March 19, 2026

DOVER, Ark. — On March 18, 2026, the Arkansas State Police (ASP) was alerted that a murder suspect from Rusk County, Texas, might have entered Arkansas.

Troopers located the suspect’s vehicle on Highway 7 in Pope County and conducted a stop near Moccasin Gap, north of Dover, around 8 p.m. The suspect, Scott Thompson, 47, was taken into custody without incident by ASP and the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force.

Thompson was wanted by the Rusk County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office in connection with the death of a woman found deceased Wednesday afternoon in Mount Enterprise, Texas.

Thompson is currently being held at the Pope County Detention Center awaiting extradition to Rusk County, Texas.