I am not making a comment on this one way or the other, but I thought I would pass along what I read in the news today at http://www.rivercountry967.com/newrcnews.html there are also fishing reports there....
"Missing Man May Have Faked Disappearance
Matt Sheppard reportedly fell into the Little Red River last month and lost his life trying to save his dog, at least that is the story police are working with--now new details in the Daily Citizen this morning that Shepard is under investigation by the Searcy Police Department for allegedly embezzling nearly $40,000 dollars from the Eaton Company, where he worked as a safety manager before his disappearance. Eaton filed a theft report two days after Sheppard was reported missing. Investigators now suspect Sheppard may have faked his disappearance to avoid prosecution. "