Sheriff's Department zeroing in on suspect in Rowan Ford murder

Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland indicated today his department is zeroing in on the person or persons who killed nine-year-old Rowan Ford of Stella, whose body was discovered in a McDonald County mineshaft earlier today:

No arrests have been made as yet, Copeland said, but he confirmed it the death is now a homicide investigation.

“But I don’t want the public to think there is a murderer out there we don’t know about,” Copeland said.