ON JANUARY 22, 2013 AT 6:13 A.M., CENTRAL DISPATCH RECEIVED A CALL OF AN UNRESPONSIVE 13 YEAR OLD JUVENILE FEMALE AT A RESIDENCE IN EVENING SHADE.  EVENING SHADE FIRST RESPONDERS, SPRING RIVER AMBULANCE, SHARPCOUNTYSHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AND THEARKANSASSTATE POLICE RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENCE.  UPON OFFICERS ARRIVAL, THEY FOUND A 13 YEAR OLD FEMALE DECEASED IN HER BED. THE JUVENILE FEMALE WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED BY CORONER DOUG WORTHAM.  THE BODY OF THE DECEASED HAS BEEN SENT TO THEARKANSASSTATEMEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE FOR AN AUTOPSY.  NO FOUL PLAY IS EXPECTED IN THIS CASE. 

 SHERIFF MARK A. COUNTS