ASP CID investigating Monroe County Jail death

CLARENDON. — On Friday, August 8, 2025, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office requested the assistance of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division in reference to the suspected homicide of 44-year-old inmate Terry Craig of Clarendon.
Craig had been booked into the Monroe County Detention Center at 12:30 p.m. that day, charged with Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials and Possession of a Firearm by Certain Persons.

Craig was transported to Baptist Health Medical Center in Stuttgart after jail staff discovered him injured in his cell. He was pronounced dead just before 10 p.m. His body will be transported to the Arkansas State Crime Lab, where manner and cause of death will be determined.
Other inmates have been identified as suspects. The investigation is ongoing.