“The information we received through our investigation is a possibility she
was murdered in that house,” St. Francis County Sheriff Bobby May said. “A
possibility.”

Sheriff May said during the search warrant execution, they gathered possible
evidence of Strope’s murder.

“We got what was ample,” he said. “It doesn’t take but a speck. It doesn’t
take much but we think we got ample forensics.”

He would not comment on what items were taken from the house but added, “We
think possibly some blood in the residence.”

Strope’s nude, decomposed body was discovered inside a plastic storage
“Tote” on February 20 by youngsters on four-wheelers riding on St. Francis
County Road 731.

Sheriff May says two brothers live at the Buford Street address. One of them
was arrested Thursday on a drug charge, unrelated to the search warrant.

The other occupant of the house was not detained.

“At this time we just don’t have enough evidence to make any arrests,”
Sheriff May said. “We certainly haven’t talked to any eyewitnesses.”

Sheriff May also says he knows how Strope was murdered but can’t jeopardize
the case by releasing those details.

“Only the person who did it or the persons who were there would know how she
was murdered so we don’t want to make that public,” he said.

There is only one crime lab in Arkansas so Sheriff May says it will take a
few weeks before results come back on items seized in today’s search.

***

Earlier coverage below:

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The woman found in a plastic container in Arkansas has been
identified, according to the St. Francis County Sheriff’s Office.

Officials say the woman is 42-year-old Troy Alexandria Strope of Forrest
City, Arkansas.

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Teens find woman’s body in plastic container in Arkansas
Stope’s nude body was found inside a plastic container by two teenagers who
were riding four-wheelers on County Road 731, located about five miles away
from Forrest City.

“The body was partially decomposed. We think the body had been out there
maybe a couple of weeks,” said Sheriff Mays. “Whoever did this had no
feeling at all whatsoever for what they had done, no conscience.”

After the youngsters posted about their discovery on Facebook, investigators
got a tip on a possible ID from a male saying his mother had been missing
for a month.

A DNA sample was taken and sent to the state crime lab to determine the
woman’s ID.

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Forrest City Police Chief Ronald Broussard says Strope was frequently seen
riding her bike throughout Forrest City.

Broussard says the mother of three was on her way to getting her life back
together when it was tragically taken.

“We talk about what a person’s hangups and issues were at death but I can
tell you what her life was like — she was always smiling, always upbeat,” he
said.

A memorial service for Troy Strope will be held at 4 on Saturday at Colt
Baptist Church in Colt, Arkansas.

The death is being treated as a homicide. If you have information, call the
Forrest City Police Department or St. Francis County Sheriff.

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