KATV-TV News, Arkansas
Just days ago, the FBI finally identified a capitol murder suspect who ran away from Texas and was caught in Arkansas. Channel Seven’s Beejal Patel has more.
The Searcy County Deputy says he was at the right place at the right time last May. That’s when he stopped 22 year old James Singleton who is wanted in connection with the brutal murder of his adopted parents in Dallas last August. On May 25th, James Singleton’s nine month run from police came to a stop.
On Highway 65, a Searcy County Deputy noticed a suspicious car.
(Lang Holland, Deputy) “As it went by, I looked in my side view mirror, and it didn’t have a license plate, so I turned around and stopped him.”
Deputy Lang Holland had no idea he was dealing with a man considered armed, and extremely dangerous. Holland says he found a loaded shot gun in the trunk of the car.
“I’m just fortunate nothing happened to me, because I didn’t know the person I stopped, so I’m just lucky to be here I guess.”
And for the past four months, Singleton tried to throw police off track from his own jail cell by claiming he was really John Sutton. Until last Friday, when the FBI finally matched his fingerprints, and found their man. Singleton is wanted for the murder of his adopted parents who lived in Dallas. Police say he used a chinese militia sword to stabb Ralph and Sherida Singleton to death. News of the capture comes as a relief to the victim’s brother.
(Paul Singleton, Ralph’s brother) “Relief, the fact that he’s caught and in jail, and as far as we know, no body else was injured from his one year on the run, it’s a relief to us.”
And a relief to Deputy Holland, who with just one year on the job helps make a major catch, without anyone getting hurt.
Deputy Lang Holland says James Singleton claimed he did not have parents. Singleton will soon be sent to Texas, where he’ll face capitol murder charges.