SHERIDAN, Ark. (KTHV) - The Grant County Sheriff's Department has made an arrest in connection to the homicide of 17-year-old Austin Moody.
On January 26, Arkansas State Police and Grant County deputies arrested 45-year-old Rusty L. Draper and has charged him with first degree murder. He is being held in the Sheridan Detention Center pending formal charges.
On Thursday, January 19, Moody was found dead in a yard on the 10000 block of Highway 35 North in Sheridan.
A press release by Sheriff Ray Vance said the investigation is ongoing and anyone with more information was asked to contact the Grant County Sheriff's Office at 870-942-2101.