A Green Forest woman was arrested after a man's body was discovered on the front porch of a home in Carroll County.
Ashley Hunt, 32, was arrested on suspicion of second degree murder and she's being held in the Carroll County Detention Center.
Special agents with the Arkansas State Police's criminal investigation division started investigating Oct. 3 death at the request of the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, according to a Friday news release from the State Police.
Carroll County authorities received a call at 3 p.m. Oct. 3 from a witness who discovered the body of Kevin Rogers, 61, on the front porch of a residence in the 3000 block of Arkansas 103, according to the release.
The caller had gone to check on Roger's welfare after noticing his pickup truck parked at the end of a driveway on Carroll County Road 4351, according to the release.
Special agents interviewed Hunt, who was Rogers' girlfriend, and she provided a statement to investigators detailing a physical altercation in which she struck Rogers in the head with an object, according to the release.
She was arrested and transported to the Carroll County Detention Center.
Rogers' body has been taken to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory, where medical examiners will determine the official cause and manner of death, according to the release.
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