Two arrested, charged with murder after body found in Braxton home
Homicide victim identified Updated: 4:26 PM CST Jan 20, 2021 SOURCE: RCSO
Homicide victim identified Updated: 4:26 PM CST Jan 20, 2021 Two people have been arrested and charged with murder after a woman was found dead in Braxton Tuesday morning. Dantrell Jerome Hunter, 27, of Prentiss, and Ashley Hales Basham, 46, of Hattiesburg, have been arrested and charged with murder, according to Rankin County officials. Tuesday morning, deputies were called to the 100 block of Conerly Road, where they found the victim deceased with trauma to the head. Authorities have identified her as Ashlei McFarland, 38, of Louin.Investigators were called to the scene and were able to quickly identify the suspects, Hunter and Basham, who had fled the scene, authorities said. With the help of U.S. marshals and the Lawrence County Sheriff s Department, the suspects were located and taken into custod
Natchez hires police chief with 25 years in law enforcement
December 10, 2020 GMT
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) An experienced law enforcement officer will become the new police chief in Natchez, Mississippi.
City officials on Wednesday hired Joseph M. Daughtry Sr. to succeed Chief Walter Armstrong, who is retiring by the end of the year. Daughtry told the Natchez Democrat that he and Armstrong will work together during the transition.
Daughtry is currently the Pelahatchie police chief and is second vice president of the Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police.
Natchez Mayor Dan Gibson said Daughtry has worked in law enforcement in for 25 years, with jobs in the New Orleans Police Department, the Jackson Police Department, the Hinds County Sheriff’s Department and the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department.