Jeffery K. Foster, age 60, male, was killed on February 21, 2015, in Poinsett County, Arkansas. Public records and memorial pages identify him as a longtime resident of Cash who enjoyed hunting, fishing, and gardening, and confirm the date of his death at age 60.
According to court records, investigators found Foster’s body inside a trailer where Charles Randall Davis had been living; the body was covered in blood and wrapped in a comforter.
Davis told authorities that he and Foster had been drinking and that he used a. 410 shotgun to “poke” Foster in an effort to make him leave, claiming the gun discharged accidentally and struck Foster in the back of the neck and head.
Davis was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and related offenses. In February 2017, a Poinsett County jury rejected the murder charge and convicted him of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter for Foster’s death. He received a 10-year prison sentence and a $10,000 fine, a judgment later affirmed on appeal. Separately, in a related case, a jury convicted Davis of possession of a firearm by a certain person in the commission of another crime; he was sentenced to 20 additional years, ordered to run consecutive to the manslaughter sentence.
News and memorial summaries also place the killing in the Pitts community area of Poinsett County and corroborate that a shooting led to Foster’s death, aligning with the facts ultimately presented to jurors. The combined record of obituary, memorial, news coverage, and appellate opinions establishes that Davis was the sole suspect and that his conviction resolved the case with a finding of manslaughter rather than murder.
