October 30, 2025
ASHDOWN, Ark. — On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, a Little River County jury found Chance Cathey, 35, of Idabel, Okla., guilty of Abuse of a Corpse. Cathey was sentenced to 30 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
The Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) was contacted by the Little River County Sheriff’s Office on January 2, 2024, to investigate a report of a body left in a well along County Road 106 in west Little River County, near the Oklahoma border.
ASP CID Special Agents and investigators with the Little River Sheriff’s Office located and excavated the well, where they recovered the body of Bobby Graham, also known as Bobby Conley, 57, of Tom, Okla.. Investigators believe the victim had been in the well for up to two weeks before being found.
In December of 2024, an arrest warrant was issued for Cathey. He was taken into custody in Idabel, Okla., on January 17, 2024.