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 CONTACT
Aric Mitchell
479-709-5000
info@fortsmithpd.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 18, 2025
COMMUNITY NOTICE
HOMICIDE ARREST MADE IN MARCH 16 DEATH INVESTIGATION
Fort Smith, AR - On Sunday, March 16, at approximately 2:55 AM, Fort Smith Police responded to a residence in the 1500 block of South 11th Street. Once on scene, Officers located one deceased female subject, later identified as 65-year-old Dorothy Edmonds.
Ms. Edmonds had suffered head trauma consistent with foul play. Over the next two days, investigators developed 58-year-old Marvin Davis as a suspect. On Tuesday, March 18, Davis was interviewed and arrested on a charge of First-Degree Murder. Davis is being held at the Sebastian County Adult Detention Center on a $250,000 cash bond.
The investigation is ongoing, and more information will be released when available and appropriate.
Marvin Davis, 58
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