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Donna Herring walks outside of the U.S. District Courthouse in El Dorado on Tuesday. She was sentenced to 41 months in prison for forging a fake will for Deepwater Horizon survivor Matthew Seth Jacobs.

Oxygen’s ‘Southern Fried Lies’ Dives Into Fake Will Case Involving Arkansas Real Estate Agent

The 2018 case resulted in Donna Herring pleading guilty to wire fraud. It was covered extensively by Arkansas Business. read more >

by Mark Friedman - April 24, 2025, 2:17pm

Donna Herring Gets 41 Months for Fake Will

Donna Herring, a former Camden real estate agent, is sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for orchestrating a fake will. read more >

by Mark Friedman - November 12, 2019, 1:17pm

Donna Herring is accused of creating a fake will for Matthew Jacobs, a survivor of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, days after he died in an automobile crash in January 2015. The trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 5 in El Dorado.

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Camden Couple Plead Guilty to Witnessing Fake Will

John Wayne Kinley Jr. and Marion "Diane" Kinley, both of Camden, pleaded guilty Monday to their role as witnesses to what they knew was a fake will. read more >

by Gwen Moritz - May 1, 2018, 11:43am

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Mother, Daughter Plead Guilty in Fake Will Crime

A former Camden real estate agent and her 22-year-old daughter have pleaded guilty to federal crimes related to a fake will for a survivor of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion who later died in a car wreck. read more >

by Mark Friedman - January 26, 2018, 3:23pm

Donna Herring is accused of creating Matthew Jacobs' last will and testament days after he died in January 2015.

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Judge: No Retrial in Probate Case of Deepwater Horizon Survivor

A Ouachita County Circuit Court judge won't allow a retrial in the probate case of the estate of Matthew Jacobs, who was a survivor of the Deepwater Horizon explosion who later died in an auto accident. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - June 26, 2017, 12:00am