October 3, 2025
ST. JOE, Ark. – On Friday, October 3, 2025, Jeffery Stansbery, 76, of St. Joe, pleaded guilty in Searcy County Circuit Court to Capital Murder and Abuse of a Corpse in connection to the death of his wife, Amanda Stansbery, 43, also of St. Joe.
Stansbery was sentenced to life without parole plus 10 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
On September 5, 2024, the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division assisted the Searcy County Sheriff’s Office in a homicide investigation after deputies discovered Amanda Stansbery deceased at her Chipley Road home.
Deputies were dispatched for a welfare check after Jeffery Stansbery reportedly told staff at Cox Medical Center in Branson, Missouri, that he had harmed his wife. Stansbery had entered the hospital seeking treatment for a medical condition.