Hi, Crime Jenkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers. And the story I have for you today is one

of the most perplexing, convoluted stories I've come across in a long while. It's about

two teenage boys who are hit by a train in Arkansas. And even though their deaths aren't

initially ruled as homicides, their parents fight for years to find answers about what

happened to their sons and what they uncover is bigger than any of them ever expected. This

is the story of Kevin Ives and Don Henry.

It's about 4.30am on Sunday, August 23rd, 1987, and a train engineer named Stephen is working

on a 75 car freight train that's on its way to Little Rock, Arkansas. The ride has gone

smoothly, that is, until the train approaches the small town of Bryant, Arkansas. As they're

coming up on the town, Stephen sees something lying on the tracks a little ways ahead. At

first, he can't tell what it is, but when they get closer, his confusion turns to panic

as he realizes that laying on the tracks, side by side, are two teenage boys. He can see

that they're partially covered in what looks like maybe a light green tarp, and as the

train gets closer, they don't move. So within a matter of seconds, Stephen hits the emergency

brakes and lays on the horn, hoping that they'll get up and scramble out of the way. But

according to an article by the Associated Press, for the Baxter Bulletin, the two don't

so much as lift their heads. From how fast everything happened, I don't think he can tell

if they're passed out or even still breathing, but the train is going about 50 miles per

hour, and you can't just stop a 6,000 ton machine on a dime. So the momentum of the train

carries it forward, and the boys are hit. The train doesn't come to a full stop for

another half mile. But as soon as they do, the engineers get in contact with the police,

and soon after that, Selene County police arrive on the scene along with paramedics. But

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