Missouri

David E. Smock, the Agape Boarding School physician accused of 11 felony sex crimes against children, remained in custody Tuesday at an Arkansas jail where he was booked a week ago, after several days during which he was allegedly on the run from law enforcement.

Meanwhile, Smock's defense team in Missouri sought his release on bond for the second time in two days.

Smock's Springfield-based attorney, Stacie Bilyeu, told a Greene County court she had not been able to speak to her client since the doctor was apprehended with the help of U.S. Marshals in Harrison, Arkansas three days after Christmas.

On Monday in Cedar County, where Agape Boarding School is based, Judge Gary Troxell denied a motion from Smock's attorneys to set bond or release him on his own recognizance.