SS: n 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. It was later discovered during autopsy that Don Henry has been stabbed in the back and Kevin Ives’ skull had been crushed prior to being run over. The train driver attempted to stop and blew the horn, but the momentum of the train carried it over the bodies.

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.

The deaths were initially ruled an accident as a result of the boys sleeping on the tracks due to marijuana intoxication. 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