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Around 4:00am 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 the town of Alexander, Arkansas, United States, as they were lying on the tracks.
Jul 13, 2024 · It further speculated that the two boys had been murdered after stumbling upon a shipment moving through Saline County. Lawyer Dan Harmon, who had represented Ives’s and Henry’s parents, was convicted of racketeering, conspiracy, extortion, and drug possession with intent to distribute in 1997.
Jul 13, 2024 · The case was the subject of journalist Mara Leveritt’s award-winning book The Boys on the Tracks. On Sunday, August 23, 1987, at around 4:00 a.m., the bodies of the two boys were spotted by the crew of a Union Pacific locomotive near Crooked Creek trestle in Alexander (Pulaski and Saline counties).
Dec 29, 2016 · 2 separate witnesses, Tom Niehaus and Sharline Wilson, independently of each other, who do not know each other, who both passed polygraphs, both state that Dan Harmon was on the tracks with...
Oct 2, 2014 · The boys were lying exactly parallel on the tracks, their arms straight down by their sides. According to the train crew, they were partially covered by a light green tarp. Lying parallel to both of them was Don’s .22 caliber rifle.
Jun 22, 2021 · In comes Dan Harmon – a key figure in this story of corruption. Harmon is a former prosecutor who, suspiciously, insisted on taking on the boys’ case. Despite having multiple domestic abuse charges thrown at him by his ex-wives, he has, for some reason, all always been protected by law enforcement.
Sep 9, 2020 · He claimed to have seen Dan Harmon on the tracks, involved in killing Kevin and Don. He personally knew Harmon as Harmon had dated his mother. The authorities chose to give his tale little merit, even though he passed two lie detector tests and was put in the witness protection program.
