- Daniel Blanks, from Fort Smith, Ark., received a life sentence in federal court on April 21, 2025, for his role in the 2021 kidnapping and murder of a Springdale man, with his white supremacist affiliations cited as an aggravating factor during sentencing.
- Blanks’ accomplice, Matthew Baker, pleaded guilty on April 5, 2024, to accomplice to first-degree murder, kidnapping, and residential burglary, receiving a 60-year sentence with 40 years of supervised release.
- Blanks and Baker were charged with capital murder, kidnapping, and residential burglary, with the two arrested in Tulsa, Okla., following the 2021 crime. Read More
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