TEXARKANA POLICE DEPARTMENT
TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
01/05/04
Cpl. Bart Veal
Public Information Officer
903-798-3187 (office) 903-798-2368 (pager)
903-824-4199 (cell) 903-798-3023 (fax)
On 01/02/04 at 8:13pm Officers responded to 33 Globe Ave. an industrial manufacturing plant where a citizen had found a deceased black female. The deceased has been identified as Cynthia Aubrey Wilkerson 42yo of Texarkana, TX. Wilkerson suffered from suspicious injuries of a criminal nature. A local man found the victim lying next to a vehicle in a drive area of an industrial warehouse and called the police. Patrol Officers secured the crime scene while the Criminal Investigation Division was notified. The Metro Crime Scene Unit and detectives responded and began an investigation. As you know the Criminal Investigation Division of the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department arrested the victims husband Hance Lee Wilkerson for Murder in the 1st Degree.
Detectives are still conducting interviews. Details of the case will be released as early as possible although detectives have not concluded their investigation and to protect the integrity of the case have asked that the details not be released at this time.
SUSPECT WILKERSON
This mugshot photo of suspect Wilkerson was taken on 01-19-2001.