MAUMELLE, Ark. – Police in Maumelle said they have found the body of a paddleboarder who first went missing Wednesday. In a release, Capt. David Collins with the Maumelle Police Department said the body of Ashley Haynes was found around noon Sunday in the water on the north side of the Arkansas River.This was in the area where authorities had been searching for Haynes for three days.
Collins said a search party discovered the body and notified police. He noted that there did not appear to be any signs of foul play and that the body would be turned over to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for further investigation.
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Searchers find missing mom’s paddle board after she vanished on Arkansas River, cops say
By Kaitlyn Alanis
Updated January 14, 2022 5:02 PM
Ashley Haynes, of Maumelle, was reported missing at about 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, police say.
The paddle board and paddle of a missing woman have been found by searchers, leading police to end the “active search” for mother Ashley Haynes. Haynes was last seen paddle boarding away from her home on the Arkansas River at about 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, according to a news release from the Maumelle Police Department. She was reported missing at about 6 p.m. that evening. Investigators have found no signs of the mother, though the department says police will continue searching until she is recovered.
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The search continues for a missing mother whose family says she was last seen paddle boarding along the Arkansas River. Ashley Haynes, of Maumelle, was reported missing at about 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, according to a news release from the Maumelle Police Department. Her family members said she was seen leaving the Maumelle side of the river.
“My name is Griffin (and) I’m posting on my mothers Facebook account,” he shared the evening she went missing, as seen in a screengrab on Facebook. “She went for a paddle and hasn’t been back in 3 hours.”
As of 7:30 a.m. Thursday, police said the search is ongoing alongside Arkansas State Police and Arkansas Game and Fish. “Please avoid the area which includes staying off the Arkansas river and please do not use personal aircraft or drones as it would hinder search efforts,” Maumelle police wrote on Facebook.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Capt. Dustin Ivey at 501-960-3629.
