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Hopkins County Grand jury indicts two for murder

By Scott Harvey

Sulphur Springs – An official murder charge has been levied against two suspects alleged to have acted together in the strangling of Hopkins County resident Bobby Riley.

43-year-old Brian Allen Tucker and 49-year-old Sarilu Mettlen were recently indicted by a grand jury. The two reportedly killed 61-year-old Bobby Riley during the course of committing a robbery at his home in the Mahoney Community in late April.

Authorities were led to the suspects after finding Riley's stolen musical instruments from a pawn shop in Texarkana.