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To: pezz who wrote (15595)	3/17/2000 12:23:00 PM
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You'd say innocent...right? Death of woman, fetus draws teen 2 murder counts JIM BROOKS ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Pulaski County sheriff's deputies on Wednesday arrested an 18-year-old Little Rock man on two counts of capital murder in the Feb. 13 slaying of a pregnant Higgins woman. Jasper Lee Vick, whose nickname "Jazieo" is tattooed on his right forearm, was being held without bail in the Pulaski County jail. Investigators are looking for other suspects in the brutal slaying, which will be the second application of the state's Fetal Protection Act in Pulaski County in the past year. Vick of 4109 Slinker Road in Little Rock will be arraigned today in Pulaski County Municipal Court. Aricca Kelley, 21, of 4501 Allen St. in the Higgins community of south Pulaski County, was shot several times while her 2-year-old son slept in another room. Deputies believe that the boy may have spent time with his mother's body because they found toys on the bed next to her remains. "We had remarkable cooperation from other residents because the community was outraged by this crime," said Lt. Kirk Lane. Sheriff's office investigator Tim Hibbs said analysis of the crime scene revealed that the killer or killers entered Kelley's mobile home by forcing open the front door. Four bullets were recovered from the pregnant woman's body and one was found lodged in her mattress, according to an affidavit written by Hibbs in support of the capital murder warrants. An autopsy performed by the state medical examiner's office determined that the fetus' size was "consistent with a fetus at 18 weeks gestation." Under the Fetal Protection Act, prosecutors can charge suspects with murder once a fetus reaches the 12th week of gestation. Hibbs' affidavit includes information from three witnesses; two placed Vick in or near Kelley's trailer, and a third said Vick admitted to the killings in a jailhouse conversation. A teen-ager told Hibbs that he was with Vick when the shooting occurred. The boy -- who said he went along with the intention of committing a theft at Kelley's mobile home -- said that Vick was the only person who went into the woman's bedroom. The youth said that after hearing several gunshots, he ran from the mobile home. Later, the teen met Vick and some other men at a nearby club. According to the teen, Vick said 'I had to shoot the bitch,' " Hibbs wrote. Hibbs also interviewed a parking lot attendant at the B&W Club, which can be seen from Kelley's mobile home. The man told Hibbs that during a disturbance in the parking lot early on Feb. 13, "he saw a man who he knows only as 'Jasper' walking on Allen Road with a gun in his hand, coming from the direction of Ms. Kelley's mobile home," according to the affidavit. Hibbs said he questioned dozens of people during the month-long investigation, but one of the most helpful may have been a man who was nowhere near where the slaying took place. An inmate at the Pulaski County jail said Vick, in jail on a probation revocation warrant shortly after the killing, was trying to arrange bail because Vick knew that he might be a suspect in Kelley's death. The inmate said Vick confided in him "because Vick was attempting to enlist his [the inmate's] aid in making bond out of jail," Hibbs wrote. Although neighbors have been helpful to investigators, Hibbs is hoping for more information to help recreate Kelley's activities on the day of her death. "I can't help but believe that someone in that neighborhood knows what [Kelley] was doing on that day," Hibbs said. Anyone with information for investigators can call the sheriff's office tip line at 340-8477, Hibbs said. The investigator said prosecutors agreed to file the capital murder charges because of the "premeditation and deliberation" they believe went into the killings. Hibbs said Vick and Kelley were acquainted, but investigators were tight-lipped about talking about a motive for the slaying while other possible suspects are still at large. Prosecutors also signed off on the application of the Fetal Protection Law, which was first filed last year in a Little Rock case. On Aug. 26, Shiwona Pace was assaulted at the home of a former boyfriend by three men. Pace, who was nine months pregnant when the attack occurred, recovered from her wounds, but her unborn daughter, Heaven LaShay Pace, died in her womb. Four men, including the father of the fetus, were charged with capital murder and are awaiting trial. This article was published on Thursday, March 16, 2000