A 63-year-old Jonesboro man accused of having sex with a 15-year-old female has died.
Jerry Donald Busch was due to appear in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday. As Busch’s name was called, Prosecutor David Ethredge told the court he had been informed by a law enforcement agency in another county earlier in the day that Busch had been found dead.
Ethredge said from the report he had gotten, Busch died of natural causes. Busch’s attorney, Randel Miller of Jonesboro, had come to Mountain Home to stand in with his client for his appearance Thursday.
The attorney confirmed the information Ethredge had received.