On a December evening in 2018, 62-year-old Shane Alan Crawford of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, was shot in the back on a quiet dirt road and later died at Washington Regional Medical Center. Loved by family for music, camping and fishing, Crawford managed to flag down a passing truck on South Applehill Road; the driver took him to a residence in Lincoln and then called 911 when the severity of the wound became clear.

Investigators quickly focused on a residence on Applehill Road, where they found 75-year-old William Garland Smith of Prairie Grove. Smith, who was intoxicated when deputies arrived, made spontaneous statements admitting involvement in the shooting and a .22 caliber revolver was recovered in the home. Smith was arrested and booked on a charge of first-degree murder; later, after sober, he told investigators he had shot Crawford in the back with the revolver following a fight between them. The motive for the altercation and the exact nature of any relationship between Crawford and Smith were not reported.

If anyone knew Shane Crawford or has information about what led to the fight on South Applehill Road, please share what is known.