Strawberry man stabbed to death

— Authorities searched three homes in Baxter County and asked the Arkansas State Police for help in analyzing evidence Thursday in the fatal stabbing of a Strawberry man.

Baxter County sheriff ’s deputies found Roy Lee Hogans, 20, dead Wednesday night in a home in Midway, Sheriff John Montgomery said. He had been stabbed several times, Montgomery said.

Hogans had been in Baxter County about two weeks and was found in a home on Arkansas 178 in Midway about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Deputies searched three homes in the area and collected evidence, Montgomery said. He did not say what the evidence was. State police officials were asked to analyze blood-splatter patterns found in the Midway home.

Montgomery said deputies interviewed several people Thursday in Hogans’ death, but no arrests have been made.

Northwest Arkansas, Pages 11 on 12/07/2012

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