Mother of hiker found dead in AR believes there was more to daughter’s death

MILLINGTON, Tenn. — It’s been nearly a month since Jessica Paige Kemp, a 32-year-old from Paragould, Arkansas was found dead after hiking by herself near Lake Ashbaugh.

Her mother said Sunday she doesn’t believe her daughter got lost — she thinks she was murdered.

Sunday, a memorial was held for Jessica at the Millington VFW, not far from her original home in Munford.

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“In a sense it’s closure, getting to say goodbye for so many people,” her mother Sandy Kemp said. “Of course I can’t say goodbye to her, but for a lot of people that’s what this is.”…

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