Aftermath The Kevin Ives and Don Henry case. Matrisciana created the Obstruction of Justice documentary to show the connection between the cover-up of Kevin Ives and Don Henrys murder, Mena drug trafficking and Bill Clinton. Mile Higher. In 1987, two teenage boys, Kevin Ives and Don Henry, were found dead on train tracks in Alexander, Ark. https://prospectiveonline.com/12135/feature/the-murder-of-kevin-ives-and-don-henry/#comment-5199, https://prospectiveonline.com/12135/feature/the-murder-of-kevin-ives-and-don-henry/#comment-5161, https://prospectiveonline.com/12135/feature/the-murder-of-kevin-ives-and-don-henry/#comment-5135, https://prospectiveonline.com/12135/feature/the-murder-of-kevin-ives-and-don-henry/#comment-5132, https://prospectiveonline.com/12135/feature/the-murder-of-kevin-ives-and-don-henry/#comment-5109. Five months after the deaths, Kevin and Dons parents held a press conference. The Clinton Chronicles - Wikipedia Lying parallel to both of them was Dons .22 rifle. The claims in the video are controversial; some have been discredited, while others continue to be debated. 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. 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. Boonie Bearden, who was friends with Collins and Coney, went missing in 1989. [1] Matrisciana later acknowledged that he was not in any danger, but that the interview was staged for dramatic effect at Falwell's suggestion. He also suspects that there was some sort of police cover-up involved in the case; however, he was not sure if it was inadvertent or deliberate. Yet the further away from the murder she gets, the less compelling her story becomes. Baz | May 1, 2017 at 5:54 pm. This time, he was leaving town, heading down a road less than 200 yards from the spot where the bodies were run over. The Los Angeles Times reported that Larry Nichols, who appears throughout the film and is the primary source for a number of the murder and mysterious death claims, was fired from his Arkansas state government job and once admitted to an Associated Press reporter to being motivated by spite. At the time, President Ronald Reagan was paranoid about another communist government rising in the western hemisphere, so Seals information was music to Reagans ears. Ives said that she and Harmon became good friends while he was working the case. Am so glad that the author took the time to research and write this bookeven though we know there was a reason why the incident disappeared, it still makes the pointdont give up!! It was featured in a two-part episode of "The Trail Went Cold" podcast. His documentary accused many men holding high rank, such as Dan Harmon, of being corrupt and involved in drugs. The Fat Man was arrested in Florida in 1984 for money laundering and smuggling quaaludes. It is likely that this is a direct result of Barry Seal running drugs out of Mena in the early eighties. Leveritts prose is less than taut, and she too often indulges in repetitive emotional rhetoric regarding the Iveses loss. . These relationships began to tie the murders to something larger than just a homicide. It is a tale of multiple murders and of justice repeatedly denied. Don Henry & Kevin Ives - Unsolved Mysteries Hollenbeck and Thompson were willing participants in Harmons smear campaign against me and my task force, and neither reporter bothered to verify anything Harmon said; they just printed it lie after lie, article after article even when they knew Harmon was lying.. He took Curtis spotlight and took his own .22 rifle. Official investigations have focused on drug smuggling activities in Saline County, Arkansas. Answer: Protecting the legacy of three U.S. Presidents. She has confessed to selling cocaine to both Bill and Roger Clinton. , of being corrupt and involved in drugs. His shirt was found in Bryant, but his body was never discovered. The pivotal event that began to unravel the mystery of Mena was the death of Don Henry age 16, and Kevin Ives age 17. The Mena Connection. For those not familiar with the background, the story begins on August 22 when teen-agers Kevin Ives and Don Henry went out to a secluded area of Saline County, Arkansas, for a night of deer hunting. Their parents would not accept Dr. Malaks conclusion. She has won several awards, including the White Award for Investigative Reporting. Mara Leveritt has worked for twenty years as an Arkansas journalist. Exposing a web of silence and complicity in which drugs, politics, and murder converge. Item may be missing bundled media unless noted. Kevin and Don were typical young men who enjoyed working on their cars (a Firebird and a Camaro . Ives believes Kevin and Don came upon the scene and were grabbed and interrogated for information they didn't have and ended up being beaten and put on the railroad tracks." At the end of the documentary the narrator says, "Eyewitnesses have implicated several people in the murders and subsequent cover-up including, Dan Harmon, Richard Garrett . Leveritt, an award-winning investigative reporter, handles a mountain of details well and succeeds in making this convoluted story reasonably understandable. 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). Her approach is one of scrupulous reporting and lively narrative. Her approach is one of scrupulous reporting and lively narrative. 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. The boys had reportedly left home about midnight to go hunting. As years passed, and more unsolved killings occurred, Ives assembled evidence that the boys had stumbled upon a diffuse conspiracy involving CIA-backed air suppliers to the Contras, who ran an enormous cocaine-trafficking operation from a remote airport. Excerpt. The state medical examiner, Dr. Malak, concluded they had smoked the equivalent of twenty marijuana cigarettes. 16-year-old Don Henry and a year older Kevin Ives were best mates. A powerful story reminiscent of, Not Without My Daughter, The Boys on the Tracks. Stephen noted that although three seconds does not seem like a long amount of time, it felt like an eternity for him. The train driver attempted to stop and blew the horn, but the momentum of the train carried it over the bodies. His autopsy also showed that Malak had mutilated Ivess skull by sawing it in many different directions, which made it virtually impossible to determine where the initial skull fractures were. If you want a window into the corruption of our government at the state and federal levels, read this book. They believe that he found out about their investigation and named them as suspects in order to taint their credibility and hinder their investigation into him. He was released in 2006 after helping prosecutors in a murder conspiracy case. Two police officers accused in that film of being involved with the murders of Ives and Henry attempted to sue Matrisciana for defamation. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. Linda Ives, mother of the victim Kevin Ives, has devoted her life to finding out the truth behind her sons murder. The action grips readers from the beginning, with the death of two teenagers, Don Henry and Kevin Ives, told from the perspective of the train engineers who accidentally ran over the boys' bodies. However, he was never charged in the case or officially labeled a suspect. The state medical examiner, Dr. 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. Murder on the Tracks - The Massive Cover-up of Kevin Ives and Don Henry I finally understood, Duffey wrote in a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal in 1997, To solve the train deaths case would be to expose the crimes of Mena, and no government agent who has come close to doing either has survived professionally.. Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2021. While the Starr Report accused Clinton of obstruction of justice in covering up an affair, and other players in the Whitewater controversy were charged and sentenced, Starr declined to recommend charges for Clinton over Whitewater and cleared Clinton of involvement with Vince Foster's death. That was her immediate reaction to the ruling. According to the L.A. Times, almost a year after Seals death, Sandinista patrol shot down a cargo plane that was supplying weapons to the Contras, right-wing rebels in Nicaragua supported militarily by the U.S. However, this never happened, and the federal investigation regarding corruption in Saline County was unexpectedly terminated. In the early hours of August 23 rd, 1987, they also died together. The Clinton Chronicles: An Investigation into the Alleged Criminal Activities of Bill Clinton is a 1994 documentary that accused Bill Clinton of a range of crimes. . 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. These witnesses testimonies could have solved the murders of Kevin and Don, however they were all killed before they had the chance. The Boys on the Tracks: Death, Denial, and a Mother's Crusade to Bring The case to this very day is still unsolved and no arrest. She weaves profiles and events into a smooth and chilling whole, one that leads the readers to confront, along with Linda Ives, the events' profoundly disturbing implications. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2015. It seemed especially unlikely that it would happen to two people at the same time. #Unsolvable #Mysteries #TheBoysOnTheTracks #DonHenry #KevinIvesIn this week's episode we will be discussing the twist of fate that led to the death two frien. Man Claims to Have Seen "Boys on the Tracks" Murders", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Clinton_Chronicles&oldid=1140842400, Having affairs with or harassing numerous women, Murdering witnesses to the Mena drug smuggling operation. The two teens were hit by a . Within about three seconds, he hit the boys. Police never found a tarp.[4]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow0yPO8g9YA. Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2018. Please use a different way to share. All rights reserved. My home town, Bryant, has secrets of its own. Clinton promised Black that he would get a man on the case, but never did. Kevin and Dons families hired a private investigator to try and figure out what happened to them. I ordered the book immediately and devoured it over the course of about 2 weeks. True story of a parents passion to find justice for their sons killed on the rail tracks going by a typical small town, near the Metroplex of Little Rock. Bill Duncan, a former IRS agent who investigated the Mena accusations regretted appearing on the film, stating, "I would not have willingly been a part of it had I known where that footage would end up". To him, it looked like they had been laid out by someone. These cases are either quickly closed or still under investigation. The investigation was rushed, and the infamous state medical examiner at the time, Fahmy Malak, was quick to rule the deaths as accidental due to a marijuana-induced coma. I have known about this case since the late 80s. I can not say enough good words about this book !! However, Linda and her attorney did not find anything in the documents related to the murders. It is likely that this is a direct result of Barry Seal running drugs . The Train Deaths: Don Henry and Kevin Ives Don Henry and Kevin Ives. You might think it sounds like crime fiction but this is real.crime. [4] The fact checking site TruthOrFiction.com states that "There is no credible evidence that any of the deaths is related or can be attributed to Bill Clinton". I lived in Arkansas from 1988 to 2005 and I remember this being local news during those early years. On the same night the boys died, a similar-looking man dressed in military fatigues was spotted nearby. Item may contain remainder marks on outside edges. Officially ruled an accidental death on the train tracks, but . Kevin Ives and Don Henry; Keith McKaskle, who was allegedly at the tracks by Sharlene Wilson on Aug. 23, 1987, turned in information he had to Deputy prosecutor Richard Garrett, who was Dan Harmons partner. I can not say enough good words about this book !! That said, her investigatory efforts seem impeccable; little within this page-turner reads as implausible conspiracy theory. In Hogden, Oklahoma, just 200 miles west of Little Rock, two young men, Billy Hainline and Dennis Decker, lying together on the railroad tracks had been run over by a locomotive in 1984. Guess who was the US Attorney for Western Arkansas for the entire time Barry Seal was operating out of Mena Arkansas, which is in Western Arkansas??? Question: Now that the criminal complicity of these presidents has been exposed and is not disputable, what is the justification for continuing to protect the killers? 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. . I remember when this happened and it was on the newsthen faded. When police officer Danny Allen stopped to question him, the man opened fire. In the end, the objective of unseating the Sandinistas appears to have taken precedence over dealing properly with potentially serious allegations against those with whom the Agency was working.. 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.' Five minutes later, Celine County officers showed up. I learned of this book while listening to a true crime podcast and was fascinated by the story. A federal judge later dismissed many of the agencies listed, but ordered three of them to turn over the pertinent documents to him. On one of his trips, he was able to capture a photograph of Pablo Escobar, a Colombian drug lord and drug trafficker, helping Nicaraguan soldiers load cocaine for shipment to the U.S. at the Managua airport. By 1982, Seal was making regular runs on behalf of the Medellin Cartel from Columbia, bringing tons of cocaine into the U.S. before moving his operations from Baton Rouge, La. Last edited on 22 February 2023, at 01:31, Bank of Credit and Commerce International, "Clinton Accuser to Drop Lawsuit: Politics: Larry Nichols says case alleging infidelity by presidential candidate has 'gone way too far.' These relationships began to tie the murders to something larger than just a homicide. The result is that what should be chilling ends up seeming merely fantastical. They initially prevailed; however, lost the case when it was appealed. As Dan Harmons investigation pushed forward, many potential witnesses started to turn up dead. Much was not reported in the media at the time. I told myself that nobody would befriend parents of a murder victim and then screw them over, but I was wrong, Ives said. He also points out that Dons gun was laying on the gravel. All rights reserved. Think about this for minute A bunch of weapons and parts illegally are sold to Iran the money(not all) is diverted to the Nicaraguan Contra rebels as well as weapons, again both illegally Tons of cocaine was shipped into the U.S., by plane-load after plane-load, year after year, by the pilots that were bringing the weapons to the Contras and for it all, only ONE PERSON, Thomas G. Clines, went to jail for 16 months, for not reporting taxes?! After facing all of these drug charges, it may not be so far-fetched that he was at the tracks when Ives and Henry were murdered. 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The locomotive engineer engaged the brakes while blowing the horn, but the train could not stop in time and rolled over the bodies. Don Henry and Kevin Ives. Please feel free to make a contribution towards helping bring this treacherous case to a close, with some Justice finally being served!THE KEVIN IVES/DON HENRY GoFundMe PAGEhttps://www.gofundme.com/KevinIves-DonHenryMurdersLinda Ives appeared on a Reddit AMA on Wed June 7, 2017. A must read if you care about justice for the innocent. Later, another pathologist ruled that Don Henry's shirt showed evidence of a stab wound. He is not sure why someone would do that, however. His documentary accused many men holding high rank, such as. While there, he allegedly witnessed the murders. By all accounts, Kevin and Don were typical teenage boys who both loved to work on their cars and hunt. Why aren't they talking about this? Kevin waited on the porch while Don went inside to talk to his father, Curtis. Maybe one of those with first hand knowledge will come forward to do the right thing and reveal who did what to whom in this whole ugly mess which was played out in Alexander but went from Mena to Little Rock, maybe even to Washington. To learn that the child was murdered is worse. They then went to Casady, who referred them to Wright, and so on. So for 4 long years, Hutchinson couldnt catch Barry Seal and all those tons of cocaine??? Don Henry and Kevin Ives case. by Hayden Jones - Prezi This was not a coincidence. 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The Clinton Chronicles: An Investigation into the Alleged Criminal Activities of Bill Clinton is a 1994 documentary that accused Bill Clinton of a range of crimes. The case remains unsolved, and Leveritt draws no conclusions. *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 He placed the train into an emergency stop position and laid down on the horn. In August 2016, Linda sued the United States over Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. They told us that he was bad news and that he was involved in drugs.. In 1994 the University of Arkansas named her Arkansas Journalist of the Year. Police have been unable to locate him. The film was produced shortly after Clinton's election to the presidency and provides background on a number of conspiracy theories associated with now former president Bill Clinton. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. This doctor concluded that together, they had smoked not twenty, but between one and three marijuana cigarettes. According to WorldNetDaily, Matrisciana created the Obstruction of Justice documentary to show the connection between the cover-up of Kevin Ives and Don Henrys murder, Mena drug trafficking and Bill Clinton. They honked their horn and tried to stop the train, but they were unsuccessful. [8] 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. Question: What is more important than holding the killers of Kevin Ives and Don Henry accountable? the dispatcher asked. As a result, the families were not able to move forward with their investigation. According to ID Files, Harmon was convicted in July 1997 of racketeering, extortion and drug conspiracy, and sentenced to eight years in prison. The two left around midnight to go back to Dons house. [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. After facing all of these drug charges, it may not be so far-fetched that he was at the tracks when Ives and Henry were murdered. My nephew is Boonie Bearden. A grand jury ruled the deaths a "probable homicide. Much was not reported in the media at the time. The director admitted the payments but denied he had instructed any paid participants to say anything that was false. To cover their tracks, they laid them on the railroad tracks and covered them up with a tarp. Neither Kevin nor Don owned such a tarp. I respect the mother's quest for justice and her investigation. The fate of Barry Seals plane The driver of a 6000-ton cargo train noticed two bodies lying side by side, in straight lines, on the tracks. 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. There are many conspiracy theories about this case that say many differnet people are involved or responsible for their deaths. The police discounted the statement and blamed the tarp on an optical illusion. One of the railroad employees stated as he pointed toward the tracks, I know it was some kind of tarp, and to my recollection they set it right over there.. I believe he was at the wrong place at the wrong time just like these boys. Gary Parks, who appeared in a segment of the film discussing the suspicious circumstances of the death of his father while investigating Clinton's womanizing, admitted he embellished some details in the film, but still believes his father was killed for political reasons. On August 23, 1987, the bodies of 16-year-old Don Henry and 17-year-old Kevin Ives were hit by a cargo train in Alexander, Arkansas as they lay on the tracks. Kevin and Don had avoided being caught. In March 1988, Dr. James Garriot of San Antonio offered a second opinion and was skeptical of the findings about marijuana. The book's subject is one of the state's most famous unsolved cases. On June 3, 2021, Linda passed away at the age of seventy-one. Afraid to go against Arnolds orders because he mightve been one of the public officials involved in drugs, Duffey brought the information to Assistant U.S. Attorney Bob Govar, who was in charge of a federal investigation of corruption in Saline County. In 1987, Linda Ives suffered a parental worst-nightmare when her son and a friend were run over by a train, whose crew observed them supine and covered with a tarp before impact. Suddenly, while going through the town of Alexander, he saw something in his path; he could not tell what it was. Their parents could not accept that ruling. Garrett also believes that the tarp existed. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2015. The action grips readers from the beginning, with the death of two teenagers, Don Henry and Kevin Ives, told from the perspective of the train engineers who accidentally ran over the boys' bodies. Prospective Online | The Murder of Kevin Ives and Don Henry In a recent interview, she told me about defense attorney Dan Harmon. Four men were possibly killed because of what they knew. The secrets revolve around the murder of two Bryant seniors, Kevin Ives and Don Henry, and drug smuggling in the eighties. It also helps the At first, I was turned off by the omniscient musings of Linda Ives in a non-fiction book. Imagine a true story that opens with two dead teenagers being run over by a train! Mother of boy found dead on tracks in 1987 suing United States of America, Judge to look at files in 1987 deaths of 2 boys found on central Arkansas railroad tracks, Former wrestler claims he witnessed murders of Don Henry and Kevin Ives, Mom of cold case victim dies; Linda Ives sought answers in the deaths of 2 teens for decades, Linda Ives, mother who sought answers in 'Boys on the Tracks' case, dies at 71, SitcomsOnline Discussion of Don Henry and Kevin Ives, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, This case originally aired on the October 12, 1988 episode of. Nearly every day after school he would be in the front yard washing it. He ruled their deaths an accident. The expert pathologist, Joe Burton, found an apparent stab wound in Don's back and a wound to Kevin's cheek. More than 1,000 feet of the decelerating train crossed the point where the bodies lay before it came to a stop. Burton concluded that Kevins skull had been crushed and Don had been stabbed in the back hours before they were run over by the train.
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