On July 22, 2017, at approximately 10:45 am, Cleburne County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a call of an unresponsive female at Dam Site Park. Upon arrival, EMT’s were performing CPR on a white female, later identified as 19 year old Kirstie Heinen of Conway, AR. Witnesses said that Heinen was riding a tube when she suddenly fell off and seemed to be struggling in the water. She was loaded onto the boat and taken to Dam Site Park where she was then transported to the Heber Springs Baptist Health emergency room. Ms. Heinen was pronounced deceased at the hospital. This incident is under investigation.

Sheriff Chris Brown