November 20, 2024
LAKE VILLAGE, Ark. — The Lake Village Police Department (LVPD) has requested assistance from the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division with a homicide investigation.
On Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at approximately 7:15 a.m., the Chicot County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an unidentified man lying in the street within the Lake Village Cemetery.
When LVPD officers arrived, they found the body of James Haney, 63.
The coroner of Chicot County pronounced Haney deceased at the scene. Haney’s body will be sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab to determine the cause and manner of death.
ASP Special Agents will submit a criminal case file to the Chicot County prosecuting attorney upon completing their investigation.