Update: In June of 2012, a suspect was arrested and charged with capital murder for the death of Nina Ingram. At this time, on the 7th anniversary of her death (April 22nd), we ask for your continued patience and support to see justice is served. The family would like to thank all of those who have posted messages, sent emails, phone calls, and letters to the family during these past 7 years. It just shows how much Nina touched everyone she knew.
We will give updates as we can as advised by the prosecuting attorney. Please keep the family in your thoughts during this difficult time as they have to relive the horror of this vicious crime.
You can learn more about Nina, the book “The Brightest Star” written by her mother about Nina’s life and tragic death, see a photo gallery, or send us a message.
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Want to say am sooo blessed to have a precious neice like Nina. She was and still such a blessing to me and to all who knew her. Love You Nina, Aunt Barbara
Proud to have known Nina! Wonderful young lady that had dreams and ambitions.
“The Brightest Star” is a great book……buy it…..and let it bless your life.
Atm praying for SIS. Judy and her family. Lord Jesus help solve this senseless crime.
I know nina’s mom and have seen her great faith in action. I am praying that the Lord Jesus will reveal the one who did this. Six years is a long time for this family to wait for justice!
It has been six years since Nina was unsensibly murdered, and the closure seems to come so very slowly, but, God, I know has numbered his days until he is revealed. This is an absolute fact. I am so deeply grateful for the many prayers and support that have been given in Nina’s behalf during these years, and we must not give up, yet, proceed productively with our lives as Nina would so desire for us to do. Please continue to get the word out about Nina everywhere, and expose her case so that just maybe someone will know something, and speak up and closure will come. Thanks again, everyone. May God’s richest blessings be yours for all that you have done and continue to do. The includes the untold hours of the police and investigative force in this case. Sincerely, Judy Ingram, Nina’s mother.
Have faith the end IS near!! God is good all the time!
I did not know Nina, personally. I began working at store #144 in Fayetteville, nearly two years after she was already gone.
The day of my interview for a position there, I was sitting in what used to be the layaway area (now, dotcom.) and I noticed a wall of faces, and I was just looking at the names and faces of those who had worked in the store, and had passed.. My eyes rested on three of the faces after realizing how very young these few people were at the time of their passing. One, a man named Will who I beleive was in his early twenties, a young man named Billy (I think) and this beautiful, young woman with an infectious and bright smile, Bethany “Nina” Ingram. I stared at her face for nearly five minutes before being called away to my interview, and left, still thinking of how very young she was and how nice it must have been to have worked with her. Even through her picture, you could see in her eyes that she was genuinely happy-go-lucky and probably didn’t have one bad day or negative thing to say about anyone.
After I got on at Walmart, I kept coming back to the wall of heroes for one thing or another.. spending my break wondering why these three individuals passed away with so much youth, like myself. (I was only 18.) On another day, I was in the dotcom area, for my break, eating a quick snack, and I needed to go back toward the new receiving area, so I passed through the single door that leads to the backroom area and noticed a corkboard to my right with some pictures attached to it. I recognized her again. One was a picture of her, wearing an oversized hoodie and from the looks of the photo, she did not want her picture taken.. the other, a bright-eyed, huge smile radiating from it.
I went back to work, unloading the trucks on that side of the store and asked my friend about her, as he had worked there for several years. He told me that she had been murdered in her apartment and that she had worked in Loss Prevention. There were no words.
I could not fathom this as a possibility and I asked him who would do such a thing.. He told me they never ended up arresting anyone in connection with her murder and that everyone at the store who had known Nina, missed her. He said he hardly ever saw her, but that she would always smile at him and ask him how he was that day.
A couple years went by, and I was discussing the probability of Nina’s murderer never being caught because of the amount of time that had passed and I started doing my own research on the case. (As much as Google would allow, anyways) To my surprise, a book had been written about Nina’s life. I found it on Amazon, ordered it, but decided I couldn’t wait that long to read it and ended up getting buying it again, in the form of an ebook. I read the entire book from cover to cover.
AMAZING story, and an extraordinary person.. I wish I could have known her.
I left Walmart a few months back, and I had thought about those faces on the wall, and read Nina’s story once more since then..and then, two days ago on my commute to work in Springdale, I heard the radio personality say “An arrest has been made in a 6 year old murder case..” and I knew it was Nina’s case. I cried, tears of joy.. I told everyone at my new job, educated them on the story of her life and legacy, and Googled the headlines at least four dozen times in hopes of finding out any new information or about the evidence linking this man to her murder.. to my disappointment, I didn’t find any different information than I had the first time I had looked it up.
Judy,
I did not know Nina, but I wanted to. I will be praying for you every day and praying that they have nabbed the right man and have the evidence to back it up. I know this doesn’t get any easier with time, but there will be justice, and I will be behind you every step of the way. You are loved and supported worldwide! Thank you for your persistence and unfaltering desire for your daughter’s justice! You are an amazing person, and it’s very easy to see where she got her drive from!
THANK YOU FOR SHARING NINA WITH US!
Wonderful story Tiff. It warms my heart to hear your kind words. Thank you for sharing it.
I am responding to all the kind words in Nina’s behalf, and my heart is touched beyond measure. I know that only God above could have produced such a treasure and blessing to those who knew her, and those that only read about her. It pleases me well that her life here on this earth was not in vain. God made every minute count, and it to Him, and not me, or even Nina, that this credit belongs. To those out there please continue to look at her smile, or see it in her picture and know that whenever you do, a special peace and joy will fill your life each time this happens. Her influence will never end, God has seen to that. Thank you once more. Judy Ingram, Nina’s mother.
We still think of Nina often! She was a precious young lady and we were blessed to have known her!
At this time, which is near Nina’s birthday on October 1st, it is with a grateful heart and thanksgiving to God, that someone has been arrest in Nina’s case, and this is a big step toward the justice she needs and so deserves, and gives those connected with her some much needed closure. The trial date is at a later date, but the step that has been made as of now, does take away some of the unknown that troubled us for quite some time. Thank God! Happy Birthday, Nina! on October 1st. We love you beyond words. Mama, and all those who love you.
I worked with Nina at the Neighborhood Market until she transferred to the (then new) Lowell store. She trained me to do her job at our small store before she left. I don’t think I could’ve ever really filled her shoes. She really was one of those people who had only nice things said about her. It was and is still such a shock that anyone could harm her. I wish she had been given more time on this earth. I had the privileged of spending time with her outside of work only three or four times & would’ve loved to have known her better. I know if she impacted my life in the way she did in such a short time, there are surely so many more people out there missing her.
Today is the 7th anniversary of Nina’s untimely death, but her legacy and memory still burns within, and will always do so. I am deeply grateful to God that someone has been arrested in her case, and am fully confident that God will finish the process of Justice for one so very dear, and who is missed very much. Thank each of you who support Nina and love her with all that is within me….I will forever be grateful to each of those people, and pray that God will somehow show them my gratitude. The next step will be the trial and justice. Nina,, keep on shining brightly……I love you soo much. Mama
I didn’t know Nina personally but she has changed my life forever in a very strong way. My life will NEVER be the same! But I will do my part to see justice is served so miss judy’s star can keep shining bright!