HARRISON, Ark. — On Monday, January 12, 2026, Donald Calderwood Jr., 31, of Harrison, pleaded guilty in Boone County Circuit Court to First-Degree Murder, Aggravated Residential Burglary, and Theft of Property in connection with the death of a Boone County man.

Calderwood entered the plea and was sentenced to 40 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division agents developed Calderwood as a suspect in the death of Dale Eugene McEntire, 63, of Bellefonte, after the Boone County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) requested ASP assistance when a friend found McEntire dead in his home on June 26, 2023.

ASP Troopers, working alongside deputies from the BCSO, arrested Calderwood on June 28, 2023.