Razorbacks defensive lineman McTelvin "Sosa" Agim brought a Chucky doll with him to SEC Media Days on Wednesday.
The senior from Texarkana said the doll-a character from the "Child's Play" horror movie franchise-"represents my little cousin" John Neal Jr., who died in 2018 in an unsolved homicide in Texarkana, Texas.
Agim said Neal was reported missing before being found the next day in the back of a car that was set ablaze.
In March 2018, officers were dispatched to a report of a burned vehicle in the 4200 block of Findley Street. Officers found Neal in the backseat of a four-door Mitsubishi with apparent gunshot wounds. According to the Texarkana Gazette article, the evidence indicated Neal was killed somewhere else, said Sgt. Geoff Lewis of the Texarkana, Texas, Police Department.
"I want him to see everything I see," Agim said. " He was supposed to, but other things happened. Other things transpired. But now he's able to see it all, and I'm able to keep him with me."
Neal, 19, was found dead in the burned vehicle March 28, 2018, the Texarkana Gazette reported. Police said evidence indicated Neal was killed somewhere else.
Asked why he chose the sinister doll to remember his cousin, Agim said he got it because he is a fan of the character.
"I like Chucky, so that's why I got Chucky," he said, grinning. "I didn't think to get Annabelle or nothing like that."