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Lavinda Counce

Case from Lake City, AR dated Jul 12, 2015

Victim Details

Lavinda Counce

Female

White / Caucasian

Lake City

AR

2015-07-12

90

Lavinda

Counce

07/20/2026

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In the small town of Bay, Arkansas, a sense of shock and disbelief rippled through the community in the summer of 2015. Lavinda Counce, a beloved 90-year-old female resident, vanished from her home on Lunsford Avenue on the 3rd of July. The following day, her car was discovered abandoned at a hospital in Jonesboro, deepening the mystery surrounding her disappearance and sparking an extensive nine-day search.

The grim discovery was made on July 12th, when a volunteer searcher found Mrs. Co ...
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  • KATV: Man charged with capital murder in death of Lavinda Counce
  • Tarver charged with capital murder in Lavinda Counce death - KAIT
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