Dyer v. State

DONALD L. Corbin, Justice.

On the evening of December 4, 1998, William “Bill” Dyer was found dead on his driveway in Horatio, Arkansas. He had been shot through the neck with a high-powered rifle. The investigation of the crime led police to suspect that Dyer was shot with his own 30/30 rifle by Steven Swim, a man who worked with Dyer’s wife, Appellant Glenda Buryi Dyer. Police also suspected that Appellant had solicited Swim to kill her husband. Before police could make an arrest, however, Swim committed suicide by a single shotgun blast to his chest. Police subsequently arrested Appellant…