However, I came to find them helpful in feeling Linda's utter frustration with trying to crack the veneer of corruption of the good ol' boys network in Arkansas. My nephew is Boonie Bearden. A powerful story reminiscent of A Civil Action and Not Without My Daughter, The Boys on the Tracks is destined to become one of the most powerful works published in 1999. make the documentary, The Obstruction of Justice.. The apparent murder in Saline County in 1987 of seventeen-year-old Kevin Ives and sixteen-year-old Don Henry has spurred ongoing controversy, including conspiracy theories tying their deaths to a drug-smuggling scandal. In March 1988, Dr. James Garriot of San Antonio offered a second opinion and was skeptical of the findings about marijuana. Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, Thomas Dunne Books; 1st edition (November 1, 1999). According to Stephen, they questioned the existence of the tarp. Special Bulletin: Wanted: Jose Blandon. Question: What is more important than holding the killers of Kevin Ives and Don Henry accountable? 10 various investigations into drugs, money laundering and so forth, in and around Arkansas, from the 1980s and 1990s, were all shut down with no results made public. The train was over a mile long and was traveling at a speed of fifty-two miles per hour. Who had covered them with it and why? Hope Harkins | Jun 7, 2019 at 4:15 pm, Clark Kent | May 27, 2017 at 4:09 pm. I cant believe how much evidence & eyewitnesses there are to this case, yet it gets blocked every time there was any positive movement. *Going Inside an Ice Cavehttps://youtu.be/FHo1aXnMjdwHidden Underground Beach!https://youtu.be/sctH1_vsQuIAbandoned LA ZOO https://youtu.be/jgepM4f9HI4 Border wall at an Abandoned Beach https://youtu.be/VtmKJw7J6lo#mobileinstinct #truecrimestory #theboysonthetracks The Train Deaths, they're called in Arkansas, and our first stop on our 'conspiracy' shoot in Arkansas had been right outside Little Rock, to visit the site of the murders of Kevin Ives and Don Henry, two high school students who were murdered in 1987. The death of a child is bad enough. In April, 1989 his body was found in the Little Rock city dump after he had been shot in the head twice and set on fire. I respect the mother's quest for justice and her investigation. Required fields are marked *. Linda Ives, mother of the victim Kevin Ives, has devoted her life to finding out the truth behind her sons murder. I read this book years ago when it first came out. To add the following enhancements to your purchase, choose a different seller. The two boys were identified as sixteen-year-old Don Henry and seventeen-year-old Kevin Ives. The story, interestingly, unfolds against the backdrop of both the Arkansas and Washington Clinton administrations, so Clinton associates like Jocelyn Elders; Clinton's mother, Virginia Kelley; his brother, Roger Clinton; and Webster Hubbell pop up throughout the narrative. All public officials who had indictments against them were cleared of all wrongdoings. All information was gathered from The Obstruction of Justice documentary. He believes that others were involved or have knowledge of who was involved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow0yPO8g9YA. According to the documentary "The Mena Connection," Clinton was approached by prosecutor Charles Black, who wanted to fund an investigation about the Mena criminal activity. INVESTIGATIONS - ID Files 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 tracks. He does not believe that anyone could sleep through that kind of noise. Harmon approached the Ives family with his friend deputy prosecutor Richard Garrett and convinced them that he and Garrett would stop at nothing to find those responsible for her sons murder. In the months that followed, Ives's world darkened even more as she gradually came to understand that the very officials she turned to for help could not, or would not, solve the murders. At first, police believed that the boys had died after smoking . is the new crime journalism at its best-understated though bizarre, carefully documented, full of twists and surprises, and devoid of the flights of fancy that mar so much 'true crime.' Location: Alexander, Arkansas On October 23, 2018, Garrett passed away at the age of seventy-two. Kevin and Don had avoided being caught. He does not believe Don would do that because he would not want the wood getting scratched. It is an intensely personal story and a story of national importance. His murder remains unsolved. Unsolved: The Mysterious Deaths Of Don Henry & Kevin Ives - YouTube Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2021. Arkansas parents dispute ruling on sons' deaths, Parents Doubt Report Blaming Marijuana: Youths' Deaths on Train Tracks Probed, Forensic photos indicate teens were injured prior to being struck by train, Garrett says, Second Autopsy Report Concludes Teens Murdered, Saline County Sheriff criticizes Malak for his handling of deaths, Prosecutor says teens hit by train may have seen drug dealers before death, Prosecutor: Teens killer will be brought to justice, Teens deaths ruled homicides after parents push for facts, Patrick Matrisciana's US Court of Appeals. She has confessed to selling cocaine to both Bill and Roger Clinton. In 1994 the University of Arkansas named her Arkansas Journalist of the Year. [2] Members of the locomotive crew also stated that the bodies were partly covered by a green tarpaulin,[3] though police disputed the existence of any such tarp and none was ever recovered from the scene. The boys bodies were found in a drop location for drugs that were being flown out of Mena known to the pilots as A1. Clinton promised Black that he would get a man on the case, but never did. A powerful story reminiscent of, Not Without My Daughter, The Boys on the Tracks. One week before the boys died, a man wearing military fatigues was spotted not far from the train tracks. That said, her investigatory efforts seem impeccable; little within this page-turner reads as implausible conspiracy theory. On the night Kevin and Don died, witnesses again reported seeing a man in military fatigues. COLD CASE: MURDER IN SALINE COUNTY [Ives/Henry murder - Boys on the Tracks] Mystery: Kevin Reeder/Lost loves: Bruce and Rosa. Man Claims to Have Seen "Boys on the Tracks" Murders", "Unsolved Mysteries - Episode #2 - TheTVDB.com", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Don_Henry_and_Kevin_Ives&oldid=1151905070, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2023, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 26 April 2023, at 23:59. I can not say enough good words about this book !! However, he was never charged in the case or officially labeled a suspect. On August 23, 1987, sixteen-year-old Don Henry and seventeen-year-old Kevin Ives were brutally murdered in Saline County Arkansas. What a sad tragic story and shame on the US Government (especially the Clintons!). Due to the wide spread occurrence of suicide and fatal accidents among those who knew the story best, As a result the whole truth of the matter will never be known. It wasn't until 1990 that we learned the drugs were being dropped by plane. These cases are either quickly closed or still under investigation. Their families have conducted their own investigations and are still hoping that the case can be solved. He believes that Kevin and Don stumbled on either drug traffickers or a drug lab that manufactured methamphetamine and that they were killed as a result. So for 4 long years, Hutchinson couldnt catch Barry Seal and all those tons of cocaine??? The deaths of Henry and Ives are part of the Clinton body count conspiracy theory.[1]. Five months after the deaths, Kevin and Dons parents held a press conference. Former wrestler claims he witnessed murders of Don Henry and Kevin Ives It ranks as one of the most remembered cases in the entire series. ID Files - The train deaths The cocaine aspect of Iran/Contra wasnt publicly well known until Gary Webbs Dark Alliance series was published in 1996 Even though AP reporters Robert Parry and Brian Barger, first broke the Contra-Cocaine-association story in December 1985, the press and the networks refused to put the story out and it was ignored, although it was thanks to their reporting that the Kerry Committee was formed sadly to no avail though(even though Kerry DID uncover quite a lot of evidence). The Boys on the Tracks - The Strange Case of Don Henry & Kevin Ives The state medical examiner, Dr. Malak, concluded they had smoked the equivalent of twenty marijuana cigarettes. "Vigils held at Capitol, courthouse 25 years after Ives, Henry deaths - The Saline Courier", "Arkansas mom's motion in bid to unseal files says DEA hiding crimes", "Judge orders agencies to review more information in 'Boys on the Tracks' FOIA lawsuit", "The Mysterious Deaths of Don Henry & Kevin Ives", "New Witness? The philandering and sexual harassment claims in the film have since been reported, and in some cases confirmed, by mainstream media. The grand jury urged authorities to continue investigating the deaths and the drug problem in the county. Extra Notes: Results: Unresolved. , Jon Underwood | Jan 13, 2017 at 4:29 pm. This is a topic everyone in Arkansas should be informed on. The train driver attempted to stop and blew the horn, but the momentum of the train carried it over the bodies. Seal used the Mena airport along with double agents, who were attempting to tie Bill Clinton to drug smuggling conspiracies, especially during his first four years as President. What had caused Kevin and Don to lie side-by-side on the railroad 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. Leveritt does an excellent job in capturing Mara Leveritt tells an awesome tale about the two young boys murdered in Arkansas after they stumbled onto the airfield where cocaine drops from Central America were flown in and arms to Central America were flown out.