July 31, 2024
LAKE VILLAGE, Ark. – On Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at approximately 7:25 p.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) stopped a black Dodge Charger at the intersection of Arkansas Highways 65 and 82 in Lake Village for a traffic violation. A passenger was identified as Taiwan Collins Jr., 25, of McGehee, who was wanted by the Monticello Police Department in connection with a double homicide investigation that occurred in Wilmar in early December 2023.
ASP arrested Collins and transported him to the Drew County Detention Center, where he is being held on two counts of Capital Murder.
On Sunday, December 3, 2023, the Drew County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call at approximately 2:30 a.m., arriving at the old Wilmar School on North 5th Street to find two deceased men. Suquorey Pitts Jr., 25, of Dumas, was found in the front passenger seat of a vehicle parked in the school’s driveway. Independence Young, 21, of McGehee, was found lying on North 5th Street.
ASP Criminal Investigation Division Company B investigated the homicides.
