Two murder victims were found inside a home north of Mountain View on Tuesday according to the Arkansas State Police who were requested to investigate the homicides according to a statement.
Stone County Sheriff’s Deputies requested the ASP shortly after the bodies of a man and woman were found at a residence on Chateau Pointe Loop around 2:52 p.m.
The victims were identified as Ronald Calkins, 64, who lived at the house, and Brandy Patrick, 40, of Mountain View.
Both victims have been transported to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory where the state medical examiner.
a suspect was developed and identified as a person who may have taken a truck from the residence.
Reports state at 9:30 pm Arkansas State Police CID special agents and the Stone County Sheriff’s Deputies developed leads indicating the suspect was possibly in the Fifty-Six area, north of Mountain View. Deputies located Royce Calkins age 43, the son of the murder victims.
Royce Calkins lived with his father at the residence on Chateau Pointe Loop .
Royce Calkins was arrested and is currently being held at the Stone County Detention Center charged with first degree murder.