Leslie Nicole Nikki Ewing

Leslie Nicole “Nikki” Ewing, 35, female, White/Caucasian, died on December 17, 2014, in Paris, Arkansas. Around midday, deputies were dispatched to a home just north of Paris, where they found her dead inside the residence. Outside on the back patio they encountered her father, 71-year-old Jerry “Mack” Ewing, holding a gun. When officers ordered him to put the weapon down, he fatally shot himself. Investigators from the Logan County Sheriff’s Office and Arkansas State Police treated the scene as a domestic homicide followed by suicide, closing the case the same day.

Authorities determined that Nikki had been killed inside the house, and that her father died moments later on the property, leaving no surviving suspect to question. Local reporting identified the deaths as a father-daughter murder-suicide; funeral records for both confirmed their identities and the date and place of death. No arrests were made because the suspected shooter was deceased, and officials did not announce any additional suspects.