Arkansas State Police helping Stuttgart police in investigating Arkansas County homicide

Arkansas State Police Special agents have been requested by the Stuttgart Police Department to investigate an apparent homicide that has claimed the life of a local teenager.

Stuttgart police officers found Kyler Stigger,15, dead inside a vehicle parked in the driveway of a vacant lot at 508 S. Henderson Street Friday night.

Stigger’s body will be sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory where a manner and cause of death will be determined.

The investigation is continuing.