Update: Two More Arrests in Hot Springs Baseball Bat Beating Death
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: August 23, 2012
Update (August 23, 11:20 a.m.):
Hot Springs Police detectives have arrested two more suspects in the Wednesday morning beating death of James Cranford.
Felecia Murray, 25, and Elbert Osborne, Jr., 48, both of Hot Springs, are charged with one count of capital murder, one count of aggravated robbery and one count of aggravated residential burglary.
Both are being held without bond in the Garland County Detention Center
Original story (August 22):
Hot Springs Police are investigating a man's baseball bat beating death.
It happened just after 2:30 this morning at the El Rancho Motel on Central Avenue, just south of the city's downtown area.
Police say David Lee Felty (photo below), 42, was arrested as officers arrived on the scene and James Cranford was rushed to the hospital but later died from his injuries.
Felty now faces a murder charge.
Hot Springs Police detectives have arrested two more suspects in the Wednesday morning beating death of James Cranford.
Felecia Murray, 25, and Elbert Osborne, Jr., 48, both of Hot Springs, are charged with one count of capital murder, one count of aggravated robbery and one count of aggravated residential burglary.
Both are being held without bond in the Garland County Detention Center
Original story (August 22):
Hot Springs Police are investigating a man's baseball bat beating death.
It happened just after 2:30 this morning at the El Rancho Motel on Central Avenue, just south of the city's downtown area.
Police say David Lee Felty (photo below), 42, was arrested as officers arrived on the scene and James Cranford was rushed to the hospital but later died from his injuries.
Felty now faces a murder charge.
