Jacksonville woman jailed 34 years after newborn’s body found in ditch

A routine DNA sample taken from a former Pine Bluff woman led Monday, September 14, 2026 to her arrest for the 1992 murder of a newborn baby.

Arkansas State Police Cold Case Unit Agents and Pine Bluff Police Department announced the arrest of Stephanie Amos, 52, now of Jacksonville, for the infant’s death that happened when Amos was 18.

Amos was taken into custody without incident after investigators served an arrest warrant charging her with one count of capital murder…

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