Background
Jesse Dirkhising was the son of Tina and Miles Yates Jr. from the small town of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. At the time of his death, he was aged 13 and was in the seventh grade. David Carpenter, who was charged with his murder, was then 38, and lived about 30 miles away in a "small but booming northwest Arkansas town" called Rogers. Joshua Macave Brown, 22, shared Carpenter's apartment. Carpenter managed a beauty salon and was a friend of Dirkhising's parents. Dirkhising had stayed with the two men at their apartment on weekends for two months prior to his death. Brown, who had been sexually molesting Dirkhising for two months prior his death, claimed that Dirkhising was a willing participant. The child's family had been told he was helping out at the salon.
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