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{{Short description|Murder committed in 1987}}
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|name        = Don Henry
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|birth_name=Donald George Henry
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|start=August 23, 1987
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|end=August 23, 1987
|name        = Kevin Ives
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|birth_name=Larry Kevin Ives
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|description=The murder of two kids who have witnessed criminal activity.
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| death_place  = [[Alexander, Arkansas]], US
 
 
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'''Don Henry''' and '''Kevin Ives''' were hit by a [[freight train]] on August 23, 1987 in Alexander ([[Arkansas]]) as they were laying on the tracks. The case is sometimes referred to as the ''"Murder on tracks case"'',<ref>"Murder on tracks" this is also a descriptive term for other train related accidents/murders - https://web.archive.org/web/20230703205223/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-UtDShbxE0</ref> or ''"Boys on the Tracks"''.
  
On August 23, 1987, the bodies of 16-year-old '''Don Henry''' and 17-year-old '''Kevin Ives''' were hit by a [[freight train]] in [[Alexander, Arkansas]], United States, as they were laying on the [[Track (rail transport)|tracks]]. The locomotive engineer engaged the brakes while blowing the horn, but the train could not stop in time and rolled over the bodies.  A second autopsy revealed that Don Henry had been stabbed in the back and Kevin Ives' skull had been crushed prior to being run over.
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The deaths were initially ruled an accident, the result of the boys in a deep sleep on the tracks while incapacitated due to high amounts of [[THC]] allegedly present in their blood. The parents of the boys insisted on a second [[autopsy]], and after [[exhumation]] it was ruled that [[homicide]] was likely. A second autopsy revealed that Don Henry had been stabbed in the back and Kevin Ives' skull had been crushed prior to being run over.
  
The deaths were initially ruled an accident, the result of the boys in a deep sleep on the tracks while incapacitated due to high amounts of [[THC]] allegedly present in their blood. The parents of the boys insisted on a second [[autopsy]], and after [[exhumation]] it was ruled that [[homicide]] was likely. Later, another pathologist ruled that Don Henry's shirt showed evidence of a [[Stabbing|stab]] wound.
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In August 2016, another lawsuit was filed by Linda Ives, citing a violation of the [[Freedom of Information Act]] by local and federal officials, or “stonewalling,” in relation to the boys’ deaths.<ref>https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/kevin-ives-and-don-henry-12289/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20230130022022/https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/kevin-ives-and-don-henry-12289/ Archive.org]</ref> She also runs a website dedicated to the case.<ref>https://idfiles.com/</ref>
 
 
The deaths of Henry and Ives are part of the [[Clinton body count conspiracy theory]].<ref name="Knight">{{cite book |last= |first=|title=Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia |editor1-first=Knight |editor1-last=Peter |year=2003 |publisher=ABC-CLIO, Inc. |location=Santa Barbara, California |isbn=1-57607-812-4 |page=877}}</ref>
 
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
About 4:00 a.m. on August 23, 1987, the crew on board a 75-car, 6,000-ton [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] freight train, more than a mile long and traveling at a rate more than 50 miles per hour, en route to [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], spotted two boys lying motionless across the tracks, about 300 feet ahead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bentoncourier.com/content/vigils-held-capitol-courthouse-25-years-after-ives-henry-deaths|title=Vigils held at Capitol, courthouse 25 years after Ives, Henry deaths - The Saline Courier|website=www.bentoncourier.com|access-date=2019-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527024955/https://www.bentoncourier.com/content/vigils-held-capitol-courthouse-25-years-after-ives-henry-deaths|archive-date=2019-05-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Members of the locomotive crew also stated that the bodies were partly covered by a green [[tarpaulin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/aug/18/mom-s-motion-in-bid-to-unseal-files-say-1/|title=Arkansas mom's motion in bid to unseal files says DEA hiding crimes|date=18 August 2018|website=Arkansas Online}}</ref> though police disputed the existence of any such tarp and none was ever recovered from the scene. Nearby were a [[.22 Long Rifle|.22 caliber]] [[rifle]] and a [[flashlight]]. The boys did not move, despite the sound and vibration of the approaching train, its emergency brakes, and its air horn. More than 1,000 feet of the decelerating train crossed the point where the bodies lay before it came to a stop.
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About 4:00 a.m. on August 23, 1987, the crew on board a 75-car, 6,000-ton [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] freight train, more than a mile long and traveling at a rate more than 50 miles per hour, en route to Little Rock, Arkansas, spotted two boys lying motionless across the tracks, about 300 feet ahead.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190527024955/https://www.bentoncourier.com/content/vigils-held-capitol-courthouse-25-years-after-ives-henry-deaths</ref>  Members of the locomotive crew also stated that the bodies were partly covered by a green tarpaulin,<ref>https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/aug/18/mom-s-motion-in-bid-to-unseal-files-say-1/</ref> though police disputed the existence of any such tarp and none was ever recovered from the scene. Nearby were a .22 caliber rifle and a flashlight. The boys did not move, despite the sound and vibration of the approaching train, its emergency brakes, and its air horn. More than 1,000 feet of the decelerating train crossed the point where the bodies lay before it came to a stop.
  
The train's crew reported the incident to railroad and law enforcement authorities. By 4:40 a.m., police arrived on the scene. Police never found a tarp.<ref>Berry, Cody Lynn. [https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/kevin-ives-and-don-henry-12289/ "Kevin Ives and Don Henry (Murder of)."] [[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]], February 26, 2018.</ref>
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The train's crew reported the incident to railroad and law enforcement authorities. By 4:40 a.m., police arrived on the scene. Police never found a tarp.<ref>Berry, Cody Lynn. [https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/kevin-ives-and-don-henry-12289/ "Kevin Ives and Don Henry (Murder of)."] Encyclopedia of Arkansas, February 26, 2018.</ref>
  
The boys had reportedly left home about midnight to go [[hunting]]. The gun and flashlight near the bodies suggested they were using a hunting technique known as [[spotlighting]], which involves using a bright light to scan for animals whose eyes brightly reflect the light after dark.
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The boys had reportedly left home about midnight to go [[hunting]]. The gun and flashlight near the bodies suggested they were using a hunting technique known as spotlighting, which involves using a bright light to scan for animals whose eyes brightly reflect the light after dark.
  
 
==Autopsies==
 
==Autopsies==
The state [[medical examiner]], Fahmy Malak, ruled the deaths an accident as a result of marijuana intoxication, saying the boys had smoked the equivalent of 20 [[Joint (cannabis)|marijuana cigarettes]] and fell asleep on the tracks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://katv.com/news/local/judge-orders-agencies-to-release-more-information-in-boys-on-the-tracks-case|title=Judge orders agencies to review more information in 'Boys on the Tracks' FOIA lawsuit|last=KATV|date=13 August 2018|website=KATV}}</ref>  The parents did not accept this finding and conducted their own investigation.  
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The state [[medical examiner]], Fahmy Malak, ruled the deaths an accident as a result of marijuana intoxication, saying the boys had smoked the equivalent of 20 [[Joint (cannabis)|marijuana cigarettes]] and fell asleep on the tracks.<ref>http://katv.com/news/local/judge-orders-agencies-to-release-more-information-in-boys-on-the-tracks-case</ref>  The parents did not accept this finding and conducted their own investigation.  
  
In March 1988, James Garriot of [[San Antonio]] offered a second opinion and was skeptical of the findings about marijuana. A second autopsy by Georgia medical examiner Joseph Burton found the equivalent of one or two marijuana cigarettes, not 20. A [[grand jury]] ruled the deaths a "probable homicide."<ref>Day, Chris. “Train Deaths Are Officially Homicides.” Arkansas Gazette, March 6, 1988, p. 3B.</ref> When it was found that Don Henry's shirt contained evidence of a stab wound to the back, and Kevin Ives' [[skull]] may have been crushed by his own rifle, the ruling was changed to "definite homicide."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://unsolved.com/gallery/don-henry-kevin-ives/|title=The Mysterious Deaths of Don Henry & Kevin Ives|publisher=}}</ref> Don Henry's father also noted that he did not believe his son would have risked his gun getting scratched by laying it on gravel.
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In March 1988, James Garriot of [[San Antonio]] offered a second opinion and was skeptical of the findings about marijuana. A second autopsy by Georgia medical examiner Joseph Burton found the equivalent of one or two marijuana cigarettes, not 20. A [[grand jury]] ruled the deaths a "probable homicide."<ref>Day, Chris. “Train Deaths Are Officially Homicides.” Arkansas Gazette, March 6, 1988, p. 3B.</ref> When it was found that Don Henry's shirt contained evidence of a stab wound to the back, and Kevin Ives' [[skull]] may have been crushed by his own rifle, the ruling was changed to "definite homicide."<ref>https://unsolved.com/gallery/don-henry-kevin-ives/</ref> Don Henry's father also noted that he did not believe his son would have risked his gun getting scratched by laying it on gravel.
  
 
==Suspects and theories==
 
==Suspects and theories==
One week before the boys died, a man wearing [[Combat uniform|military fatigues]] was spotted not far from the train tracks. When police officer Danny Allen attempted to stop him, the man opened fire and managed to disappear into the night. On the same night the boys died, a similar-looking man dressed in military fatigues was spotted nearby.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
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One week before the boys died, a man wearing [[Combat uniform|military fatigues]] was spotted not far from the train tracks. When police officer Danny Allen attempted to stop him, the man opened fire and managed to disappear into the night. On the same night the boys died, a similar-looking man dressed in military fatigues was spotted nearby.{{cn}}
  
The usual theory given about the boys' deaths, believed by Linda Ives, involves [[Illegal drug trade|drug trafficking]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/new-witness-man-claims-to-have-seen-boys-on-the-tracks-murders/971386523|title=New Witness? Man Claims to Have Seen "Boys on the Tracks" Murders|date=14 February 2018|website=KARK}}</ref> The theory is that the boys came upon a drug drop from an [[airplane]] similar to [[Barry Seal]]'s operations near [[Mena, Arkansas|Mena]] and were murdered.
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The usual theory given about the boys' deaths, believed by Linda Ives, involves [[Illegal drug trade|drug trafficking]].<ref>https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/new-witness-man-claims-to-have-seen-boys-on-the-tracks-murders/971386523</ref> The theory is that the boys came upon a drug drop from an [[airplane]] similar to [[Barry Seal]]'s operations near [[Mena, Arkansas|Mena]] and were murdered.
  
Dan Harmon, a prosecutor of the case, who was later arrested for dealing drugs,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mysaline.com/former-prosecutor-dan-harmon-arrested/|title=Former Prosecutor Dan Harmon Arrested|website=www.mysaline.com|date=18 February 2010|access-date=2019-06-21}}</ref> is one person implicated in the murder.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Obstruction of Justice: The Mena Connection |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa3Fgi43c_s |language=en |access-date=2022-11-04}}</ref> Keith McCaskle, also implicated in the murder,<ref name=":0" /> was stabbed to death by an unknown attacker<ref>{{Cite web|url=Arkansas gravestones.org/view.php?id=1133087|title=The-Grave-of-Lionel-Keith-McKaskle|language=en-US}}</ref> on November 10, 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Mysterious Deaths of Don Henry & Kevin Ives|url=https://unsolved.com/gallery/don-henry-kevin-ives/|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Unsolved Mysteries|language=en-US}}</ref> Several other individuals who came forwards claiming to be witnesses died under mysterious circumstances, most of whom had their autopsies presided over by Dr Malak.
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Dan Harmon, a prosecutor of the case, who was later arrested for dealing drugs,<ref>https://www.mysaline.com/former-prosecutor-dan-harmon-arrested/</ref> is one person implicated in the murder.<ref name=":0">Obstruction of Justice: The Mena Connection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa3Fgi43c_s</ref> Keith McCaskle, also implicated in the murder,<ref name=":0" /> was stabbed to death by an unknown attacker<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230520172815/https://arkansasgravestones.org/view.php?id=1133087</ref> on November 10, 1988.<ref>https://unsolved.com/gallery/don-henry-kevin-ives/|access-date=2021-02-14</ref> Several other individuals who came forwards claiming to be witnesses died under mysterious circumstances, most of whom had their autopsies presided over by Dr Malak.
  
The case was profiled on the television program ''[[Unsolved Mysteries]]''.<ref>{{Citation |last=Cosgrove |first=John |title=Episode #1.2 |date=1988-10-12 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1897846/ |series=Unsolved Mysteries |access-date=2023-02-24 |last2=Gomez |first2=Dan |last3=Scott |first3=Michael M.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Unsolved Mysteries - Episode #2 - TheTVDB.com |url=https://thetvdb.com/series/unsolved-mysteries/episodes/205159 |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=thetvdb.com}}</ref>
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The case was profiled on the nationally syndicated US [[television program]] 'Unsolved Mysteries'.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1897846/ </ref><ref>https://thetvdb.com/series/unsolved-mysteries/episodes/205159</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsolved_Mysteries</ref>
  
== See also ==
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==Testimony by Billy Jack Haynes in 2018==
* [[List of unsolved murders (1980–1999)]]
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In January [[2018]], [[Billy Jack Haynes]] made a [[Youtube]] video to promote a [[GoFundMe]] page. The money was to be used to pay a [[private investigator]], [[Keith Rounsavall]], who was looking into a double homicide case in Saline County, [[Arkansas]] called "The Boys on the Tracks".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20201126205256/https://www.fox16.com/news/man-claims-to-have-witnessed-murders-of-boys-on-the-tracks/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240212104918/https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/could-wrestler-have-witnessed-boys-on-the-tracks-murders-on-busy-wwf-schedule/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180304113631/http://katv.com/community/7-on-your-side/back-to-the-tracks-a-new-witness</ref> According to him, in August [[1987]] he was hired to provide security at a [[cocaine]] [[drug trafficking|drug deal]] in [[Mena]]. This deal was connected to the [[cartels]] running drugs into the [[United States]], with the small [[Mena/Intermountain Municipal Airport|regional airport in Mena]] as a main stopover point used by [[Barry Seal]] and other drug runners. In the video, Haynes refers to a male “criminal politician” multiple times, but does not name him. The politician was suspicious that cash from drug money drops was being stolen.<ref>https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/billy-jack-haynes-witness-murder-boys-on-the-tracks/</ref>
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{{QB|"In August of 1987, I was contacted by the Arkansas criminal politician and was asked if I would provide muscle at an Arkansas drug stop," <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210415000306/https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/former-wrestler-claims-he-witnessed-murders-of-don-henry-and-kevin-ives/91-518352443</ref>}}
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According to Haynes, the two teenage boys stumbled upon the drug deal and were killed, their bodies placed on railroad tracks to be mutilated by a passing train in order to cover up the murder. Haynes claims that he witnessed the murders, even taped it <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200810081302/https://www.kark.com/news/ex-wrestler-claims-he-recorded-train-running-over-boys-on-the-tracks/</ref> and has given the names of those involved to the [[PI]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200420220411/https://www.kark.com/news/new-witness-man-claims-to-have-seen-boys-on-the-tracks-murders/</ref>
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[[Billy Jack Haynes|Haynes]] is said to have murdered his wife in February [[2024]].<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-wrestler-billy-jack-haynes-accused-shooting-killing-wife-portla-rcna138393</ref><ref>https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2024/02/10/former-professional-wrestler-billy-jack-haynes-suspected-in-murder-of-his-wife/</ref>
  
 
==Further reading==
 
==Further reading==
*Leveritt, Mara. ''The Boys on the Tracks: Death, Denial, and a Mother's Crusade to Bring Her Son's Killers to Justice''. New York: [[St. Martin’s Press]], 1999. {{ISBN|978-0312198411}}.<ref>[https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/the-boys-on-the-tracks-book-12011/ "The Boys on the Tracks."] ''[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]].''</ref>
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*Leveritt, Mara. ''The Boys on the Tracks: Death, Denial, and a Mother's Crusade to Bring Her Son's Killers to Justice''. New York: [[St. Martin’s Press]], 1999. {{ISBN|978-0312198411}}
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*[https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/kevin-ives-and-don-henry-12289/ Encyclopedia of Arkansas]
 
*[https://idfiles.com/ ID Files] Website run by Kevin Ives mother
 
 
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Event.png Killing of Don Henry and Kevin Ives (Murder,  Clinton body count?) Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Killing of Don Henry and Kevin Ives.jpg
DateAugust 23, 1987
Deaths2
DescriptionThe murder of two kids who have witnessed criminal activity.

Don Henry and Kevin Ives were hit by a freight train on August 23, 1987 in Alexander (Arkansas) as they were laying on the tracks. The case is sometimes referred to as the "Murder on tracks case",[1] or "Boys on the Tracks".

The deaths were initially ruled an accident, the result of the boys in a deep sleep on the tracks while incapacitated due to high amounts of THC allegedly present in their blood. The parents of the boys insisted on a second autopsy, and after exhumation it was ruled that homicide was likely. A second autopsy revealed that Don Henry had been stabbed in the back and Kevin Ives' skull had been crushed prior to being run over.

In August 2016, another lawsuit was filed by Linda Ives, citing a violation of the Freedom of Information Act by local and federal officials, or “stonewalling,” in relation to the boys’ deaths.[2] She also runs a website dedicated to the case.[3]

Background

About 4:00 a.m. on August 23, 1987, the crew on board a 75-car, 6,000-ton Union Pacific freight train, more than a mile long and traveling at a rate more than 50 miles per hour, en route to Little Rock, Arkansas, spotted two boys lying motionless across the tracks, about 300 feet ahead.[4] Members of the locomotive crew also stated that the bodies were partly covered by a green tarpaulin,[5] though police disputed the existence of any such tarp and none was ever recovered from the scene. Nearby were a .22 caliber rifle and a flashlight. The boys did not move, despite the sound and vibration of the approaching train, its emergency brakes, and its air horn. More than 1,000 feet of the decelerating train crossed the point where the bodies lay before it came to a stop.

The train's crew reported the incident to railroad and law enforcement authorities. By 4:40 a.m., police arrived on the scene. Police never found a tarp.[6]

The boys had reportedly left home about midnight to go hunting. The gun and flashlight near the bodies suggested they were using a hunting technique known as spotlighting, which involves using a bright light to scan for animals whose eyes brightly reflect the light after dark.

Autopsies

The state medical examiner, Fahmy Malak, ruled the deaths an accident as a result of marijuana intoxication, saying the boys had smoked the equivalent of 20 marijuana cigarettes and fell asleep on the tracks.[7] The parents did not accept this finding and conducted their own investigation.

In March 1988, James Garriot of San Antonio offered a second opinion and was skeptical of the findings about marijuana. A second autopsy by Georgia medical examiner Joseph Burton found the equivalent of one or two marijuana cigarettes, not 20. A grand jury ruled the deaths a "probable homicide."[8] When it was found that Don Henry's shirt contained evidence of a stab wound to the back, and Kevin Ives' skull may have been crushed by his own rifle, the ruling was changed to "definite homicide."[9] Don Henry's father also noted that he did not believe his son would have risked his gun getting scratched by laying it on gravel.

Suspects and theories

One week before the boys died, a man wearing military fatigues was spotted not far from the train tracks. When police officer Danny Allen attempted to stop him, the man opened fire and managed to disappear into the night. On the same night the boys died, a similar-looking man dressed in military fatigues was spotted nearby.[citation needed]

The usual theory given about the boys' deaths, believed by Linda Ives, involves drug trafficking.[10] The theory is that the boys came upon a drug drop from an airplane similar to Barry Seal's operations near Mena and were murdered.

Dan Harmon, a prosecutor of the case, who was later arrested for dealing drugs,[11] is one person implicated in the murder.[12] Keith McCaskle, also implicated in the murder,[12] was stabbed to death by an unknown attacker[13] on November 10, 1988.[14] Several other individuals who came forwards claiming to be witnesses died under mysterious circumstances, most of whom had their autopsies presided over by Dr Malak.

The case was profiled on the nationally syndicated US television program 'Unsolved Mysteries'.[15][16][17]

Testimony by Billy Jack Haynes in 2018

In January 2018, Billy Jack Haynes made a Youtube video to promote a GoFundMe page. The money was to be used to pay a private investigator, Keith Rounsavall, who was looking into a double homicide case in Saline County, Arkansas called "The Boys on the Tracks".[18][19][20] According to him, in August 1987 he was hired to provide security at a cocaine drug deal in Mena. This deal was connected to the cartels running drugs into the United States, with the small regional airport in Mena as a main stopover point used by Barry Seal and other drug runners. In the video, Haynes refers to a male “criminal politician” multiple times, but does not name him. The politician was suspicious that cash from drug money drops was being stolen.[21]

"In August of 1987, I was contacted by the Arkansas criminal politician and was asked if I would provide muscle at an Arkansas drug stop," [22]

According to Haynes, the two teenage boys stumbled upon the drug deal and were killed, their bodies placed on railroad tracks to be mutilated by a passing train in order to cover up the murder. Haynes claims that he witnessed the murders, even taped it [23] and has given the names of those involved to the PI.[24]

Haynes is said to have murdered his wife in February 2024.[25][26]

Further reading

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References

  1. "Murder on tracks" this is also a descriptive term for other train related accidents/murders - https://web.archive.org/web/20230703205223/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-UtDShbxE0
  2. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/kevin-ives-and-don-henry-12289/ saved at Archive.org
  3. https://idfiles.com/
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20190527024955/https://www.bentoncourier.com/content/vigils-held-capitol-courthouse-25-years-after-ives-henry-deaths
  5. https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/aug/18/mom-s-motion-in-bid-to-unseal-files-say-1/
  6. Berry, Cody Lynn. "Kevin Ives and Don Henry (Murder of)." Encyclopedia of Arkansas, February 26, 2018.
  7. http://katv.com/news/local/judge-orders-agencies-to-release-more-information-in-boys-on-the-tracks-case
  8. Day, Chris. “Train Deaths Are Officially Homicides.” Arkansas Gazette, March 6, 1988, p. 3B.
  9. https://unsolved.com/gallery/don-henry-kevin-ives/
  10. https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/new-witness-man-claims-to-have-seen-boys-on-the-tracks-murders/971386523
  11. https://www.mysaline.com/former-prosecutor-dan-harmon-arrested/
  12. a b Obstruction of Justice: The Mena Connection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa3Fgi43c_s
  13. https://web.archive.org/web/20230520172815/https://arkansasgravestones.org/view.php?id=1133087
  14. https://unsolved.com/gallery/don-henry-kevin-ives/%7Caccess-date=2021-02-14
  15. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1897846/
  16. https://thetvdb.com/series/unsolved-mysteries/episodes/205159
  17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsolved_Mysteries
  18. https://web.archive.org/web/20201126205256/https://www.fox16.com/news/man-claims-to-have-witnessed-murders-of-boys-on-the-tracks/
  19. https://web.archive.org/web/20240212104918/https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/could-wrestler-have-witnessed-boys-on-the-tracks-murders-on-busy-wwf-schedule/
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20180304113631/http://katv.com/community/7-on-your-side/back-to-the-tracks-a-new-witness
  21. https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/billy-jack-haynes-witness-murder-boys-on-the-tracks/
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