The Randolph County prosecuting attorney’s office announced Wednesday that Circuit Judge Harold Erwin had sealed documents and statements obtained by police.
The Randolph County sheriff’s office said it will issue a “brief statement” on the case Wednesday. They did not answer.
The order comes after Collins-Smith was found dead from a gunshot wound at her home in Pocahontas on Tuesday. Ken Yang, her former press secretary, has said her death is being investigated as a homicide.
According to Yang, neighbors heard gunshots a day or two before Collins-Smith’s body was found. Her body was reportedly wrapped in a blanket.
Smith was a Republican state representative from 2011-2013. She served in the state senate from 2015-2019.
In statement Wednesday, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he was “stunned and saddened” by Collins-Smith’s death.
“She was a good person who served in the public arena with passion and conviction,” Hutchinson tweeted. “The First Lady and I extend our deepest sympathies to her family and friends during this difficult time.”
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Arkansas has always been known as a backward, corruption riddled state. It's definitely that way now. The Clintons' were running most of the South American drugs in through the Mena, Arkansas Airport when he was Governor there.
I understand that their have been 14 attempts on POTUS.
Cheryl Nelson said:
Well, I'd say it is chutzpah to take out a former senator, but they had no qualms taking out a SCOTUS (Scalanin). The states are extremely high in this game.