Died when his car hit a utility pole. Investigated Madison Guarantee. His report was never released. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas Airport Drug operation. Controversial case where the initial report of death was due to falling asleep on the rail road tracks.
Later reports claim the two had been slain before being placed on the tracks.
Many people linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a grand jury. He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989. Was killed in a set-up robbery in July 1989. Major William S. Barkley Jr. 35. Captain Scott J. Reynolds 36.