According to police, a tip was received that Terry Vance, 40, would go to the hospital to
visit his brother, who is a patient there, 10TV News reported.
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Vance was taken into custody at about 11 p.m. and charged with felony drug possession.
The arrest came hours after the Jackson County Sheriff's Office announced a warrant for
Vance's arrest.
Vance faces a charge of conspiracy to commit aggravated murder in connection with the death of
Carol Evans, 10TV News reported.
Evans' body was discovered inside her ransacked home on March 27. Deputies said she had been
beaten and strangled during an apparent burglary.
Evans was well known in Jackson, where she spent decades as a teacher and principal at three
elementary schools.
According to her family members, Evans did not know Vance, 10TV News reported.
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