Photo: Ryan James Lindsey and Allison June Cunningham
Charges against two of the four people suspected of being involved in the murder of 35-year-old Cody Stradford have been amended to capital murder, meaning the death penalty could be on the table.
Forty-two-year-old Allison Cunningham and 28-year-old Ryan James Lindsey, both of Mountain Home, are now facing the amended charges. They were both arrested in Hidalgo County, Texas.
A bond hearing for Cunningham had been scheduled during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Monday, but was canceled. Bond for both Cunningham and Lindsey remains set at $1 million each.
Prosecutor David Ethredge said Cunningham’s attorney, Gary Mitchusson of Forrest City, had been made aware of the amendment in the charge.
2 suspects in Stradford murder will now face capital murder charges
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Photos: 11 people are now facing murder trials in Baxter County Circuit Court. Pictured are: (top row, from left) Ryan James Lindsey; Allison Cunningham, Skyler Brazil, Ashley Hendricks, James Tyler Davis; Jeffery Shepherd, (bottom row) Savannah Wren, Baxter Stowers, Amber Runau, Jonathan Mauldin and Robert Dean Penny.
There will be no jury trials in Arkansas until May 1, according to a ruling issued Friday by the Arkansas Supreme Court.
The action to extend the prohibition of jury trials was taken due “to a continued high level of COVID-19 positive tests and hospitalizations,” the court’s order noted.
Through the continuing course of the pandemic, the state’s highest court has scheduled various times for jury trials to resume but pushed the dates back because infection and hospitalization numbers continued to track upward.