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Man Formally Charged with Capital Murder in Death of 2-Year-Old Girl

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM

A Sevier County man has been formally charged with capital murder in the death of 2-year-old Ava Ann Marie Tabor.

A Sevier County man has been formally charged with capital murder in the death of 2-year-old Ava Ann Marie Tabor.

Court records filed Tuesday show 20-year-old Wesley Davis is accused of fatally beating the child while babysitting her at a home in Lockesburg on March 1. Emergency responders found Ava with severe injuries, and she later died on March 4 at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock.

Prosecutors added an enhancement for aggravating circumstances due to the victim’s age, which could justify a death sentence. Davis is being held in the Sevier County jail on $1 million bail. If convicted, he faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole.

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