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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.

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 >
Donna Herring admitted to creating a will after Matthew Seth Jacobs, who had survived the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April 2010, died in a one-vehicle wreck in January 2015.

Donna Herring Tells Her Side of Fake Will StoryLock Icon

Donna Herring, the former Camden real estate agent who masterminded an infamous fake will, said in recent court filings that there’s more to the story than has been reported. read more >
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.

Fake Will Authors Get More Time to Lobby for Lighter SentencesLock Icon

Donna Herring and Marion “Diane” Kinley have until Nov. 15 to to compile their reports lobbying for a lighter sentence in connection with the scheme to create a fake will for Matthew Seth Jacobs. read more >
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 >
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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Woman in Camden Fake Will Case Wants Separate Trial from HusbandLock Icon

A Camden woman doesn’t want to be tried with her husband for 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 >
Donna Herring is accused of creating Matthew Jacobs' last will and testament days after he died in January 2015.
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Fake Will Case Leads to Exhumation, Inquiry Into Death

A Ouachita County Circuit Court judge grants a request to exhume the body of Matthew Seth Jacobs, who died in a one-vehicle wreck in January 2015 and whose fortune was stolen after a Camden real estate agent faked his will. read more >
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.
Legal

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 >
Donna Herring is accused of creating Matthew Jacobs' last will and testament days after he died in January 2015.
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Court Appoints Attorney for Donna Herring in Will Fraud CaseLock Icon

Donna Herring is represented by the Little Rock law firm Lassiter & Cassinelli, which asked U.S. District Court Judge Susan O. Hickey if Herring could file paperwork for the appointment of an attorney. read more >
Donna Herring is accused of creating Matthew Jacobs' last will and testament days after he died in January 2015.
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Fake Will Scheme Puts Camden Real Estate Agent in Hot Water

A Camden real estate agent stands accused of pushing her teenage daughter into the arms of a survivor of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, and then, after he died in a car accident, faking his will to leave his nearly $2 million estate to the daughter. read more >
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Camden Woman Accused of Faking Will for Deepwater Horizon Survivor

A federal grand jury has accused an Arkansas woman of creating a fake will for a Deepwater Horizon oil explosion survivor who was later killed in a car wreck so her daughter would inherit his million-dollar estate. read more >