Arrest Made in Longview Murder

LONGVIEW – Longview Police Chief Mike Bishop announced late Friday afternoon an arrest in a February murder. In the Harrison County Jail is Darrell Wayne Wilson, 58, of Marshall. He has been charged with the February murder of Ivory Nell Wilson, 57, Longview. On February 12th, officers were sent to a welfare check on Avalon Avenue. They were told that no one had been able to get in touch with the resident of the apartment for several days. Wilson’s body was found inside her apartment.

Chief Bishop said at the news conference, “Detective Rebecca Reeves, along with our Criminal Investigations Division, spent countless hours following leads and developing the timeline that led up to the murder of Ivory Neil Wilson. When we were dispatched to her residence on February 12, 2017 Officers recognized that the call was more than a welfare check and from that point on Detective Reeves began putting this case together. Based on evidence gathered from the scene and the analysis of this information, coupled with the investigation by Detective Reeves we were able to obtain an arrest warrant for Wilson.