Arkabutla, MS

Arkabutla is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Tate County, Mississippi, United States. Arkabutla is located approximately 9 miles west of Coldwater and approximately 9 miles north of Strayhorn. The community derives its name from Arkabutla Creek. A newcomer can read Arkabutla through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Arkabutla comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The sole suspect, identified as 52-year-old Richard Dale Crum, was arrested by police at one of the homes, and he was charged with first-degree murder.