GOULD – On Tuesday, Oct. 17, Arkansas State Police charged Rick Allen Headley, a 48-year-old inmate at the Varner Maximum Security Unit, with first-degree murder in the 1991 Fulton County death of 19-year-old Sabrina Underwood of Huntsville.
“Sabrina’s family still suffers from the pain of her absence, but we hope this week’s arrest will provide them with some comfort and long-sought answers,” said ASP Colonel Mike Hagar. “We will never give up on finding justice for families like the Underwoods.
In January 1991, Ms. Underwood’s mother told police that she dropped her daughter off near Bear Creek in Boone County. Ms. Underwood planned to hitchhike to the North Central Unit prison in Calico Rock, where she planned to visit an inmate.
She was reported missing to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office.
In April 1991, a hunter reported finding items belonging to Ms. Underwood near the Gum Springs Cemetery in Fulton County. Fulton County deputies asked for assistance from ASP after finding human remains nearby. The Arkansas Medical Examiner identified the victim as Ms. Underwood.