Gentry woman is accused of premeditation in shooting husband

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

BENTONVILLE — Benton County prosecutors have charged a Gentry woman with capital murder in connection with the shooting death of her husband earlier this month.

Susan Fleck, 32, is accused of “acting with premeditation and deliberation with the purpose of causing her husband’s death by shooting him with a handgun” March 3, according to court documents.

Fleck is being held without bond in the Benton County Jail. Her arraignment is set for 8:30 a.m. April 15 in Circuit Judge Robin Green’s court.

Evan Fleck, 36, was found dead in the bedroom of the couple’s Gentry home at 19147 E. Third St. He had been shot once in the head, Sheriff Kelley Cradduck said.

Gentry police came to the home in response to a 911 call about 4 a.m. Police found the couple’s four children in the home’s basement. A police officer found Evan Fleck shot in his bed, according to court documents. Gentry police later requested the Benton County Sheriff’s Office handle the investigation.

Susan Fleck called Benton County Central Communications from Delaware County, Okla., after her husband’s body was found. She wanted authorities to pick her up at Twisters, a convenience store in Kansas, Okla., according to the affidavit.

Delaware County Sheriff’s Office deputies found a green and black Springfield .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol with several rounds still in the magazine, according to court records.