Inset (left): Scott Strauss (Maumelle Police Department). Inset (right): Bridget Strauss (Roller Funeral Homes). Background: The home in Maumelle, Ark., where Michael Hudson Page was found dead (Google Maps).
An Arkansas man was arrested in connection with his stepson's death — and now police are reopening the investigation into his wife's death, which occurred less than two months earlier.
Scott Strauss, 50, was charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence after his stepson, 21-year-old Michael Hudson Page, was found dead of gunshot wounds on Nov. 7. According to reporting by local NBC affiliate KARK, police said they responded to a report of a suicide attempt at a home in Maumelle, Arkansas. When they arrived at the scene, they found Page, but stated that evidence did not support the claim that he took his own life.
According to KARK, it was not the first purported suicide connected with Scott Strauss.
Less than two months earlier, Scott Strauss' wife and Page's mother, 49-year-old Bridget Strauss, also died in what was ruled by authorities as a suicide. The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office confirmed to media outlets, including KARK and local ABC affiliate KATV, that they were reopening the investigation into Bridget Strauss' death "[i]n light of recent events in Maumelle."
The sheriff's office did not share any specific details about what prompted them to reopen Bridget Strauss' case.
Scott Strauss has not been charged in connection with Bridget Strauss' death. He is currently in custody at the Pulaski County Regional Detention Center, where he is being held on $250,000 bond. His next court appearance is scheduled for Jan. 26, 2027.
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