Arkansas police identify remains as Samuel Camron, seek clues in death

The skeletal remains found in a wooded area of Alexander, Arkansas, near Highway 111, Interstate 30 and Alexander Road have been identified as Samuel Camron, a 63-year-old from Judsonia. Police still do not know how he died, and they are asking anyone with information to help fill in the missing piece of the case.

Authorities said they received a tip about the remains around 8 a.m. on May 5, 2026, setting off the recovery that led investigators to a patch of woods near the busy highway corridor. What first looked like an unidentified-remains case has now become a named death investigation, with the Arkansas State Crime Lab confirming the identification before police publicly announced Camron’s name on May 19.

That identification changes the shape of the case, but it does not answer the central question. Investigators have not publicly described a cause of death, and they have not named a suspect. Instead, they are asking the public for clues about Camron himself, his movements, and the circumstances that brought him to Alexander, in Saline County, from Judsonia in neighboring White County.

Police have also made the contact numbers public for anyone who knew Camron or has information about his death. The Alexander Police Department can be reached at (501) 274-4400, and the Saline County Coroner can be reached at (501) 303-5658. Chief of Police T. Preator said investigators were seeking the public’s assistance on information connected to Camron.

For true-crime watchers, that is the moment the mystery deepens: a John Doe recovery is no longer anonymous, but the timeline remains open. Camron’s name gives the case a face and a hometown, yet the wooded stretch near Interstate 30 still holds the question police have not been able to answer publicly. Until someone comes forward with what they saw, or what they know, the identity is only the beginning of the story.