VIDEO: An auto shop owner was arrested in Tennessee after a body was found in Trumann, Arkansas
TRUMANN, Ark. — A Trumann man has been returned to Arkansas after waiving extradition and now faces multiple charges in a homicide investigation, according to police.
On Aug. 29, the Trumann Police Department announced that officers took custody of 56-year-old Rudy A. Ray in Franklin, Tennessee, on Friday and transported him back to Arkansas.
Auto shop owner arrested in Tennessee after body found in Trumann, Arkansas
Ray is charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence.
He is being held pending a bond hearing scheduled for Monday in Poinsett County Circuit Court in Harrisburg.
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