An Arkansas man was arrested hours after three members of his family were discovered dead from gunshot wounds in their home.
In a pair of Facebook posts on Sunday, the Bryant Police Department stated that it responded to a call from a man who arrived at a Bryant home to find his wife and her parents dead after returning from work around 7:30 a.m.
Three children were present at the time and were unharmed. Later that day, police announced the arrest of a 34-year-old suspect named Jarrod Mitchell.
Police did not release the names of the three people who died, but said they were Mitchell’s sister and parents.
According to police, the man who discovered the bodies was married to Mitchell’s sister. When police arrived, they discovered no evidence of forced entry into the home.
Mitchell was booked into the Saline County Detention Facility on three counts of first-degree murder and is being held without bail. Police did not provide a motive for the alleged triple murder.
According to court records, Mitchell has a history of nonviolent drug arrests and was forced to enter a detox facility in 2017.
According to court records obtained by Law&Crime, he threatened his mother, her husband, and his sister on June 18, 2017. He had knives spread across the bed and one on his person.”
Mitchell’s grandparents, who lived with him at the time of the reported threats, signed the petition for commitment.
The judge who approved the petition ordered Mitchell to be admitted to a detox facility for no more than 21 days, stating that Mitchell is “believed to be addicted to alcohol/drugs” as well as “homicidal, suicidal, or gravely disabled.”
Mitchell is being held under a $2 million bond. According to the local NBC affiliate KARK, he is scheduled to appear in court on August 5.
