Jonesboro man acquitted of murder; guilty of arson, abuse of corpse

  • Source: KAIT-TV ABC 8 Jonesboro
  • Published: 03/15/2019 05:52 AM

A man accused of shooting a Bono man then setting his truck on fire over a $50 debt has been found not guilty of first-degree murder. According to online court records, a Craighead County jury found Dakota Cantwell, 22, of Jonesboro not guilty for last year’s murder of Jimmy Don Doyle. However, they did find him guilty of arson and abuse of a corpse. The jury recommended that Cantwell be sentenced to five years in the Arkansas Department of Correction for the arson charge, and six years for the abuse of a corpse charge. They also recommended the terms be served consecutively. On May 2, 2018, Jonesboro police found Doyle’s body inside a burnt out vehicle on Deer Lake Road. An autopsy revealed he had been shot once in the head before being set on fire.



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