Don Henry and Kevin Ives were two teenage boys from Bryant, Arkansas and were the best of friends with each other. On the night of Saturday August 22, 1987, the two boys met with a group of friends hanging out in a parking lot before going back to Don's house. At just after midnight, the two boys left again to do some night hunting in an area along some train tracks behind Don's house. It was the last time the two boys would be seen alive. Just a few hours later, a train was coming down the tracks when the operator noticed two bodies laying completely still across the tracks. Despite all efforts to stop the train, it was unable to and the bodies were run over and badly mangled. The bodies turned out to be those of Kevin and Don. Their deaths were ruled to be accidental, despite strong evidence suggesting they were murdered. Deeper looks into this case would take those looking down a rabbit hole of corruption, politics and the drug trade of the 1980s. Over 30 years later, the case of what exactly happened to Don Henry and Kevin Ives in the early morning hours of August 23, 1987 are still a mystery.

Sources for this episode:

"The Boys on the Tracks" by Mara Leveritt: https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Tracks-mothers-crusade-justice-ebook/dp/B005EJAFZC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+boys+on+the+tracks&qid=1586536587&sr=8-1

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-19-mn-118-story.html

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2018/08/28/fahmy-malak-former-medical-examiner-dies-in-florida