Police search for evidence in Beaver Lake in Allison Castro case

INVESTIGATORS HAVE TURNED THEIR SEARCH TO BEAVER LAKE TO FIND EVIDENCE IN CONNECTION WITH 29- YEAR-OLD ALLISON MARIA CASTRO'S MURDER. 40/29'S EMMA CLAYBROOK JOINS US LIVE THERE THIS MORNING - AND EMMA - WHAT EXACTLY DO POLICE SAY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR? YUNA - POLICE SAY THEY CAN NOT TELL US áSPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR...BUT THEY SAY THERE COULD BE EVIDENCE THAT COULD HELP THEM IN THIS CASE. WE'RE NEAR THE HIGHWAY 12 BRIDGE - THIS IS AN AREA OF THE LAKE WHERE INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED YESTERDAY. THIS ALL CAME JUST TWO DAYS AFTER POLICE ARRESTED 29- YEAR-OLD KACEY JENNINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF ALLISON MARIA CASTRO. POLICE SAY THEY BEGAN INVESTIGATING AFTER THEY FOUND JENNINGS AT A HOME HAVING AN APPARENT DRUG OVERDOSE. SGT. TONY MURPHY WITH FAYETTEVILLE POLICE SAID POLICE FOUND DOCUMENTS THAT LED THEM TO BELIEVE JENNINGS KILLED CASTRO AND DISPOSED OF HER BODY. POLICE SEARCHED WITH DIVE TEAMS, MULTIPLE BOATS, AND EVEN A HELICOPTER YESTERDAY. ( "There is lots of potential evidence in the case. We do know that we have not recovered Miss Castro, but there is other evidence in this case that are investigators are looking for, so they're looking for any potential evidence out here." ) JENNINGS IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL áWITHOUT BOND. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WILL BE BA

Police are searching Beaver Lake for evidence in the murder of a 29-year-old woman, Sgt. Tony Murphy said.Allison Maria Castro disappeared last month. Police have been searching for her body.The Benton County Dive Team and Fayetteville police were searching in the area of the Highway 12 bridge Wednesday. “It’s a big area there’s not certain spots there’s several locations that they’re going to be checking," Murphy said. Police arrested Castro's ex-boyfriend, Kacey Jennings, 29, and charged him with murder earlier this week.“He has been released from the hospital and he is at the Washington County Sheriff’s Office right now," Murphy said. They began investigating after they found him at a home having an apparent drug overdose, Murphy said. Police found documents that led them to believe Jennings killed Castro and disposed of her body.

ROGERS, Ark. —

Police are searching Beaver Lake for evidence in the murder of a 29-year-old woman, Sgt. Tony Murphy said.

Allison Maria Castro disappeared last month. Police have been searching for her body.

The Benton County Dive Team and Fayetteville police were searching in the area of the Highway 12 bridge Wednesday.

“It’s a big area there’s not certain spots there’s several locations that they’re going to be checking," Murphy said.

Police arrested Castro's ex-boyfriend, Kacey Jennings, 29, and charged him with murder earlier this week.

“He has been released from the hospital and he is at the Washington County Sheriff’s Office right now," Murphy said.

They began investigating after they found him at a home having an apparent drug overdose, Murphy said. Police found documents that led them to believe Jennings killed Castro and disposed of her body.

Police search for evidence in Beaver Lake in Allison Castro case

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