5:08 P.M. UPDATE:
Police arrested two people and are searching for a third in connection with the murder of a woman and a man found dead Friday morning in Sherwood and in the disappearance of a 6-year-old boy, a news release said.
Napoleon Haire Jr., 33, and Brandi Beth Purtle, 20, were arrested Friday on charges relating to the death of Steve K. Lutman and Britney Alyse Belle, Sgt. Scott Hicks said in a news release Friday evening. Police are also searching for Gabrielle Marie Hill, 26, and request anyone with information about Hill’s whereabouts contact the Sherwood Police Department.
Haire faces charges of capital murder, aggravated robbery, theft of property and endangering the welfare of a minor. Purtle is charged with endangering the welfare of a minor and hindering apprehension.
EARLIER:
A Sherwood double homicide and a missing child reported in an Amber Alert on Friday morning are connected, Sherwood Police Capt. Jeff Hagar said.
He declined to detail the tie between the cases.
Officers responded just before 5 a.m. to a home on the 100 block of Markhaven for a welfare check, according to a news release. Hagar said a neighbor made the call.
Upon arrival, police found a deceased woman lying in the driveway and a deceased man inside the home.
The identities of the deceased have not been released.
A 6-year-old boy, Julian Boyd, was reported missing as of 6 a.m. Friday. An Amber Alert sent a few hours later said authorities believed he was traveling with 33-year-old Napolean Haire, of Little Rock. The Amber Alert said authorities believed Haire was armed and dangerous.
Haire and the child were found, the Pulaski County sheriff’s office said, after deputies in the narcotics division spotted the car Haire was believed to be driving.
North Little Rock police officers responded to the Quality Inn and Suites at 500 W. 29th St., according to a news release, and took Haire into custody.
Julian was unharmed, police said.
Sherwood police are handling both cases. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Dina Tylor said Haire was on probation at the time of his arrest Friday.
Information for this article was contributed by Clara Turnage of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
This story was originally published at 10:05 a.m.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misstated where the car was found due to incorrect information from North Little Rock police. It was found at the Quality Inn and Suites at 500 W. 29th St.