![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/where-is-rebecca-lynn-odonnell-now/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/LG-REBECCA-LYNN-ODONNELL-OFFPLAT.jpg&description=SEN Linda Collins-Smith was killed in a brutal stabbing in June 2019 by her then-best friend, Rebecca O'Donnell. O'Donnell initially pleaded not guilty, but later confessed to the crime after striking a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. Linda Collins-Smith was the senator for ArkansasCredit: Facebook / Linda Collins Who is Rebecca Lynn O'Donnell? Rebecca Lynn O'Donnell was Sen Linda Collins-Smith's aide and best friend when Collins-Smith was found brutally murdered in her home. O'Donnell's then-fiance, Tim Loggains was friends with Collins-Smith when he introduced the women. 'She and I shared political views, had a lotta common interests and goals from a legislative perspective, and that was the basis of the start of our friendship,' Loggains told ABC News about his relationship with Collins-Smith. Loggains knew O'Donnell through grade school and high school, and told the outlet: "So we knew each other basically our whole lives." Collins-Smith was elected to the US Senate in 2014 and 2018, and O'Donnell played an integral role in carrying out her campaign for both elections. And when Collins-Smith and her then-husband, Phil Smith, filed for divorce after 20 years of marriage, O'Donnell attended as a witness for the divorce proceedings. In the years leading up to Collins-Smith's murder, she and O'Donnell were incredibly close according to a mutual friend. The person told PEOPLE: 'They were inseparable. If you ever wanted to know what was going on with Linda, you could ask Becky. And vice versa. "They did everything together, and they were close confidantes. They called each other 'sisters,' even though they weren't blood relations.' What happened to Linda Collins? Collins-Smith returned to her home in Pocahontas, Arkansas from a visit to Washington, DC in June 2019. Her family said they knew she returned home, but when they didn't hear from her, they became worried. According to her daughter, Heather Tate Williams, text messages and phone calls weren't going thro){kind=link}
SEN Linda Collins-Smith was killed in a brutal stabbing in June 2019 by her then-best friend, Rebecca O’Donnell.
O’Donnell initially pleaded not guilty, but later confessed to the crime after striking a plea deal to avoid the death penalty.
Rebecca Lynn O’Donnell was Sen Linda Collins-Smith’s aide and best friend when Collins-Smith was found brutally murdered in her home.
O’Donnell’s then-fiance, Tim Loggains was friends with Collins-Smith when he introduced the women.
“She and I shared political views, had a lotta common interests and goals from a legislative perspective, and that was the basis of the start of our friendship,” Loggains told ABC News about his relationship with Collins-Smith.