Man wanted by Vernon County Sheriff’s Office found dead

Five months after being named the sole suspect in a homicide case involving his mother, the body of Aaron Goodwin was located this week.

Reports from the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office say that the body of Aaron Goodwin was located in a wooded area outside of Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Goodwin was previously wanted by the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office for Abandonment of a Corpse and was the suspect in the murder of his mother, Connie Goodwin, who was found in her home decapitated; The head was located later that same day in the back of a truck in Hot Springs Arkansas.

Until the discovery of Goodwin’s body, the investigation was treated like a suspect at large situation.