Suspect Who Wanted Child Allegedly Lured Pregnant Ark. Woman to Her Death with Promise of Baby Clothes

Mar. 15, 2025

The documents allege that Bush agreed to meet “Lucy” at a library in Gravette, Ark.

McDonald County Sheriff’s Department; Facebook

Bush’s fiancé, Joshua Willis, told police that he later arrived to pick up Bush from the convenience store. He said that he saw the two women driving away in a tan-colored truck. Bush did not answer multiple phone calls, and her phone was later found on the shoulder of a highway.

Police traced the “Lucy Burrows” Facebook profile to the Watermans' home over the border in Pineville, Mo. They also allegedly used Bush’s cellphone records to prove that she had traveled from her Arkansas home to Missouri.

When authorities confronted Waterman about “Lucy Barrows,” she allegedly told police that she knew Lucy from work, but that she had not seen her for a few weeks.

But authorities didn’t believe that Lucy Barrows existed, and they went to the workplace of Waterman’s husband, Jamie Waterman.

Amber Waterman.McDonald County Sheriff’s Department

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According to the affidavits, Jamie allegedly told detectives that his wife had confessed to killing Bush. He allegedly told police that they had burned her body and dumped it in a remote area. The affidavits allege that Jamie led police to the place where they had dumped Bush’s charred remains.

Amber Waterman is now facing federal charges of kidnapping resulting in the death of Bush, 33. Jamie Waterman has been charged with assisting his wife and trying to prevent her arrest.

Jamie Waterman.McDonald County Sheriff’s Department

A lawyer for Jamie declined to comment, while lawyers for Amber did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. They have not yet entered a plea and are being held without bond.

In aGoFundMe, Bush’s cousins are raising money to support her three other children who have been left behind.

source: people.com