The Sheriff’s Office was called to a residence on Black Bear Court in the Jordan area Monday afternoon at approximately 4:38 PM by the Ozark EMS Service from Calico Rock for a death investigation.

     The EMS had been dispatched to that location for an unresponsive female.  Upon arrival, the EMS crew determined the woman was deceased.  She had been found unresponsive by her husband.

     The decedent was identified as 59 year old DEBORAH KINNEY of the residence.  The County Coroner was also sent to the location to assist with the incident.  The cause of death of the decedent was not immediately apparent.  The decedent is being taken to the Arkansas State Medical Examiner’s Office in Little Rock to determine cause and manner of death.  There is no foul play suspected in the death.

/s/ John F. Montgomery,
Baxter County Sheriff