Buried body leads to murder charge

CONWAY -- The prosecutor's office has charged a Conway man with first-degree murder in the death of a man whose body was found buried in a wooded area of Faulkner County.

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Gary Mallet, 28, was charged Wednesday in Faulkner County Circuit Court, Prosecuting Attorney Cody Hiland said Thursday. Mallet remained in the county jail in Conway on Thursday in lieu of $2 million bond.

Police found the body of Daniel Horton, 28, who had been reported missing June 30, in a shallow grave on Mallet's property in Damascus in early September. A short time later, authorities arrested Mallet in Watsford, N.D., where he has relatives.

Horton had been shot once and then buried, the Faulkner County sheriff's office has said.

Authorities have described the men as "acquaintances."

State Desk on 10/17/2014

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