October 29, 2025
OAK GROVE HEIGHTS, Ark. — The Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID), Greene County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team, Paragould Police Department, and the U.S. Marshals Service have apprehended Jacob Lowell Smith following an investigation into a double homicide in Ash Flat.
On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at approximately 8 p.m., Smith was located and taken into custody without incident at an abandoned house trailer just east of Oak Grove Heights in Greene County. Smith was wanted as a parole absconder and was identified as a person of interest in the deaths of Tonya Stallings, 54, and Ashley Stallings, 33, both of Ash Flat.
On October 21, 2025, at approximately 3 p.m., deputies with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) responded to a residence in the 300 block of Sweet Clover Lane in Ash Flat after a report of an unresponsive person. Upon arrival, the two women were found deceased inside the residence. Both victims were transported to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory to determine the manner and cause of death.
The FCSO requested the assistance of the ASP CID to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths. Smith is currently being held at the Greene County Detention Center on the absconder warrant as the investigation continues.