Two Charged in Longview Man’s Death

DONIPHAN, Mo. – Two persons are in custody in Missouri in the death of a Gregg County man. The two men were arrested this week in Southern Missouri in the April death of Jonathan Tarver, 34, of Longview. The Longview news Journal reports the men have admitted to shooting him and then burning the body. One man is said to have shot Tarver with a shotgun and the other man then shot him with a pistol. His body was then taken to a large burn pile and set on fire. The men were said to have been upset because Tarver was a convicted sex offender and didn’t like that he was living with a mother-in-law of one of the men. The two suspects remain in jail without bond.