Mike Huckabee’s Cousin Found Dead After Abduction
- Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:13am by
Christopher Santarelli
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A suspect wanted in a homicide and kidnapping case involving a distant relative of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was killed Monday morning during a shootout with authorities.
The Associated Press reports that police issued an arrest warrant for the suspect, Donald Hux, Sunday after investigators found the body of Sandy Carl Huckabee at his home in Arkadelphia, which is about 70 miles southwest of Little Rock.
Former Huckabee spokesman Jim Harris told AP that Sandy Huckabee‘s father was the first cousin of former presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee’s father. Authorities said Hux abducted his ex-wife who had remarried Sandy Huckabee, Amy, and Hux’s three children in Arkadelphia before he drove to El Dorado, which is about 80 miles away. He dropped the children off somewhere in southern Arkansas’ Union County, which is where El Dorado is located, the local sheriff’s office said in a statement. Union County Sheriff’s Capt. Clark Burton told The Associated Press the children were not hurt.
KSLA reports that Hux’s hostage, Amy, was also found dead Monday, but authorities have not confirmed how she died.
The Daily Mail reports that a local paper said that there are police records of Hux sending harrassing communications to his ex-wife from jail several months ago. Police in Arkadelphia learned about the situation and went to the Huckabee home to do a welfare check. They found Sandy Huckabee’s body inside.
Hux was wanted on capital murder, kidnapping, burglary and firearms charges.
Harris, the spokesman when Huckabee was governor, said the former Republican governor was traveling Sunday but had learned of the distant relative’s death.
“I’ve been in Washington all day. Sandy was my first cousin. Our mothers were sisters and we grew up as kids in Hope. It’s been a horrible day for everyone, especially those kids,” Mike Huckabee told Today’s THV.
KSLA 12 video on the shootout:
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Copper Catfish
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 1:23pmRobert-CA: The FIRST SENTENCE of the story states, “A suspect wanted in a homicide and kidnapping case involving a distant relative of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was killed Monday morning during a shootout with authorities.”
This would indicate that they “got” him.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:42am…..very, very sad.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:11pmThis is a sad story. My prayers go out to the famlies of the victims. No reason to post anything other than what is related to this story.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 4:15pmThis hit has Obama written all over it. Chicagoland.
Report Post »maryholloway51
Posted on April 8, 2012 at 9:52amIt does seem as if ANYONE who opposes the President’s policies or questions his eligibility (which is clearly fraudulent) either ends up dead or missing or a cherished family member does. Now the impotent Congress makes more sense than it did before this incident. Wonder if the UN will call for an International Investigation of this? HARDLY!!!
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:42pmI demand a grand jury be called to see if the dead man was indictable. If he was alive we could have executed him.
TEA
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 3:16pmWonder if the killer was one of Huckabee‘s or Barber’s pardons? Both of these guys are proven losers.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 2:38pm.
Report Post »Another Prison Romance Gone Wrong……………….
Robert-CA
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 2:38pmI hope they get that assassin asap .
Report Post »ConservativeCharlie
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 1:23pmI love Huckabee, am voting for RON Paul in 2012.. Wanted Huckabee to run very badly at begining of the Year.. But really dont think his second cousin being kidnapped is really news worthy. But The Crazy interveiw with the crazy Gingrich Supporter is news http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_D1nwLRbMI
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