Yellville Man Sentenced for 2nd Degree Murder

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 7:21 AM

A Yellville man who was 19 at the time of his arrest for first-degree murder entered a guilty plea to reduced charges Thursday and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

23-year-old Caleb William Nance was charged in the mid-March 2020 shooting death of then 49-year-old Jerry Don Hensley. Nance told authorities he acted in self-defense when he believed Hensley was reaching for a weapon. He pled to the reduced charge of second-degree murder. He also pled guilty to tampering with evidence.

Nance’s father, 67-year-old William Dean Nance, is charged with tampering with physical evidence, hindering apprehension and obstructing governmental operations. The older Nance is set to go to trail on those charges May 6.

More information on the case can be found on the KTLO Website.

(Excerpt from story written by Philip Launius, KTLO)

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