The Washington County prosecutor says a capital murder charge against a Springdale man has been dropped because a key witness died.
The charge against 29-year-old Rico Tavarous Cohn was dropped Wednesday and he was released from jail. Prosecutor Matt Durrett told reporters the witness died unexpectedly earlier this year and that the remaining evidence was not sufficient to go to trial.
Durrett declined to release the witness' name.
Cohn was charged in 2012 for the 2006 death of 21-year-old college student Nina Ingram. Ingram was found strangled inside her apartment. Ingram's mother was planning to speak to reporters later Wednesday afternoon.
Durrett said charges can be refiled for up to a year if new evidence is found.
