Owens v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

At approximately 3:00 a.m. on the morning of April 25, 1991, Deputy Sheriff Ray Bosewell of the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the westbound rest area off of Interstate 40 near West Memphis, Arkansas, to investigate a call concerning a person who reportedly was walking along the freeway. Bosewell saw no one walking along the freeway, but did, upon entering the “Truck Parking” section of the rest area, come across the dead body of Joseph Hamilton. The body was located approximately 17 feet from a nearby shade tree and 173 feet from Hamilton’s…