Arkansas State Police are investigating the death of a man found lying on the ground at the rest area along I-40 near Ozark.

TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State Police are investigating the death of an inmate in Texarkana on December 13, 2024. According to a press release, the Miller County Sheriff's Detention Center staff were conducting security checks just before 6 a.m. when they found 21-year-old Hayden Phipps hanging in his cell.

Officials said a motorist found 59-year-old German Portillo-Batres lying on the shoulder of a rest stop access road at around 1:45 a.m. on Jan. 4.