RUSSELLVILLE — Authorities searching for Allison Walker two days after she was reported missing were led to her body by her brother-in-law, who admitted killing her, a deputy testified Monday.

George Walker, 20, of Adairville, is charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence in connection with the death of his 23-year-old sister-in-law.

Logan District Court Judge Ken Williams sent the case against George Walker to a grand jury after a preliminary hearing Monday.

Allison Walker was reported missing Dec. 21 by her husband, Chris Walker. Her body was found shortly after midnight Dec. 23 in the Red River near the Conn Road house where she lived with her husband and George Walker.

Law enforcement arrested George Walker later that day, and he remains in Logan County Detention Center.

On Monday, Deputy Kyler Harvey of the Logan County Sheriff’s Department testified about interviewing George Walker outside his residence while other deputies and the Logan County Search and Rescue Squad attempted to find Allison Walker.

Harvey said he initially made contact with George Walker on Dec. 22 on Conn Road after being notified by Sheriff Wallace Whittaker that Walker had just left his residence.

George Walker said he had been traveling to his mother’s residence, which is also on Conn Road, according to Harvey.

The deputy said George Walker, who had a dog in the truck with him, agreed to remain on Conn Road outside his residence, with Harvey testifying that he did not want dogs being used in search efforts to be distracted.

George Walker was read his rights and interviewed by Harvey, which was recorded on video. George Walker told Harvey that he heard Allison Walker was in the Red River, but he initially gave a vague answer about how he learned that information.

“I asked where he had heard it, and he said he had picked that up in the wind,” Harvey testified. “Later on, he told us he would lead us down to the river.”

During the interview, George Walker said he had gone to work on a farm with his brother Dec. 21 and came home about 8 p.m. that night for a break. Harvey said it was during that time when George Walker claimed to have killed his sister-in-law by choking her.

“He tied her hands and feet with a rope, drug her body outside and threw her in the river,” Harvey said.

George Walker led authorities to the river, shining a spotlight on the location about 200 yards from the house where Allison Walker’s body was located.

Her hands and feet were tied with rope, and she was wearing a red shirt, gray pants and no socks, matching the description given by George Walker, Harvey said.

George Walker’s court-appointed attorney, William Maddox II, asked whether his client provided a motive for what he claimed to have done.

“He stated due to the wrong belief,” Harvey said, adding that it was not made clear what George Walker meant at the time.

Maddox asked Harvey a series of questions regarding fingerprints and forensic testing, to which Harvey responded that those questions would have to be asked of Detective Kevin Bibb of the sheriff’s office, who is leading the investigation.

Several of Allison Walker’s relatives attended the preliminary hearing.

“I want to see justice for my niece,” said Katrina Woods, Allison Walker’s aunt, after the hearing.

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