Thread: Pro wrestler admits to role in 1987 unsolved train track murder of two boys and claim

Pro wrestler admits to role in 1987 unsolved train track murder of two boys and claims it was linked to a cocaine smuggling ring as he implicates 'criminal Arkansas politician' in far-reaching cover-up

• Former WWE star Billy Jack Haynes, 62, has made bombshell claim in cold case
• Kevin Ives, 17, and Don Henry, 16, were found dead on August 23, 1987
• The Arkansas teens were hit by a train after they went hunting at night
• Initially ruled an accident, grand jury found they were murdered before train hit
• Now Haynes says he was working a cocaine drop when boys stumbled across it
• Implicates local law enforcement and officials in the brutal double murder

By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com

PUBLISHED: 23:20 EST, 18 February 2018 |
UPDATED: 07:28 EST, 19 February 2018



Billy Jack Haynes, 62, made his bombshell claims in videos released this week

A former professional wrestler has come forward to say he witnessed the unsolved 1987 murder of two teens, implicating local law enforcement and high elected officials in the crime.

Billy Jack Haynes, 62, made his bombshell claims in video statements and interviews released this week, speaking out about the murder of 17-year-old Kevin Ives and 16-year-old Don Henry.

'Now August 23, 1987, thirty years ago, I was on the railroad tracks in Alexander, Arkansas, and witnessed everything that happened to two young boys on the tracks,' Haynes said in a video he recorded in early December, KATV reported.

The death of the two boys was quickly called a suicide by the state medical examiner, who then revised his ruling and said they had accidentally passed out on the train tracks after smoking marijuana and were struck by a Union Pacific train around 4.30am near the Crooked Creek trestle.

At the insistence of the dead boys' families, a grand jury was impaneled and ruled the deaths a probable homicide, finding that they had been murdered and then placed on the tracks to hide evidence of the killings.

Now, Haynes alleges the murders were connected to a cocaine smuggling ring and far-reaching cover-up orchestrated by a 'criminal politician'.


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Don Henry (left) Kevin Ives (right) were found dead on train tracks near Alexander, Arkansas on August 23, 1987



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In 1987, Haynes (pictured) was a successful professional wrestler. He claims that he was also involved in the seedy underworld of cocaine trafficking



In 1987, Haynes was a successful professional wrestler. He claims that he was also involved in the seedy underworld of cocaine trafficking.

'I transported and trafficked large quantities of cocaine throughout the United States of America,' he said in a second video, which was made public as part of an appeal to raise funds for the investigation.


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Haynes said he had contact with Barry Seal (above), a notorious drug dealer in Arkansas

Haynes said he bought his supply from Barry Seal, a Louisiana smuggler for the Medellin Cartel who later operated out of an airport in Mena, Arkansas.

'Barry Seal later introduced me to a politician drug dealer from Arkansas,' Haynes said. Seal was assassinated in 1986 after turning DEA informant.

'In August of 1987, I was contacted by the Arkansas criminal politician and was asked if I would provide muscle for an Arkansas drug drop,' Haynes said.

Haynes said he left Detroit, where he had been wrestling King Kong Bundy, and headed south.

Haynes says the politician wanted to make sure nothing was stolen from the drug drop by the state and local law enforcement officials he says were involved.

Meanwhile, on the night of August 22, Kevin and Don were last seen heading into the woods with a flashlight and a .22 rifle to 'spotlight' deer.

Haynes claims the boys stumbled across the smuggling operation as a plane dropped duffel bags of drugs near the train tracks, about 15 miles southwest of the state capital, Little Rock.


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Haynes said he left Detroit, where he had been wrestling King Kong Bundy, and headed to Arkansas in August 1987 to provide security for a cocaine drop





Don Henry (left) Kevin Ives (right) were last seen heading into the woods with a flashlight and a .22 rifle to 'spotlight' deer on the night of August 22, 1987


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The two bodies were found on this stretch of railroad track, about 15 miles southwest of Little Rock. A grand jury ruled that the boys were murdered before the train hit them

He said the two boys were caught by the lawmen involved and beaten to death. Although Haynes says he didn't participate in killing them, he admits to helping move the bodies onto the train tracks.

The train engineer that struck the boys said that they were lying motionless on the tracks, and made no attempt to avoid being hit.

Several of the law enforcement officials named in Haynes' confession went on to be arrested and convicted on unrelated drug charges, or were themselves murdered.

Linda Ives, Kevin's mother, sat next to Haynes throughout the first videotaped confession, which has not been publicly released in full.

She said she hopes some law enforcement agency, either local, state or federal, will want to watch Haynes' confession or bring him back to Arkansas for an interview.

Haynes has a history of making far-fetched claims in interviews, including that he believed WWE promoter Vince McMahon fathered the child of a now deceased wrestler, and that Steve Austin is ultimately responsible for the death of wrestling legend 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper.

However, he has previously discussed his role in drug trafficking from the 1980s in numerous interviews dating back to the early 2000s.

County and state law enforcement officials did not immediately respond to a message from DailyMail.com asking whether Haynes' claims would be investigated.

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"Boys on the Tracks" witness IDs others

by Jason Pederson
Friday, February 16th 2018



Billy Jack Haynes went on a Little Rock radio program and named everyone who he says was with him on the tracks the night Kevin Ives and Don Henry died.


LITTLE ROCK (KATV) -

One day after a special Channel Seven report on "The Boys on the Tracks" case, the man who claims to be a witness appeared on a Little Rock afternoon talk radio program.

Billy Jack Haynes added some new details during his 75-minute interview on KARN.

For example, he says he wore a mask the night Kevin Ives and Don Henry were killed.

He says a third teenager was with them on a motorcycle...a teen who got away only to die a mysterious death nine months later.

And Haynes says he videotaped the train hitting the teens' bodies.

"News Radio 102.9…KARN.” “Billy Jack Haynes was a very well-known professional wrestler with the WWE…”

Talk show host Doc Washburn welcomed Billy Jack Haynes to his afternoon show on Friday.

And Haynes...who claims he was at the tracks on the morning in 1987 when two teenagers were killed...was in the mood to name the two men who he says killed Kevin Ives and Don Henry.

"I looked down and at full force the butt of the rifle...which I guess was one of the kid's rifle...Kevin Ives’ rifle...he took the butt and smashed him in the back of the head and killed him instantly," shares Haynes.

"Oh my,” says an attentive Washburn.

"And that was it and that was (name redacted) that done that to him. So now they're dead...(name redacted) for some reason takes out a knife and plows into the back of the other kid...stabs him in the back...left the knife in...and says I just wanted to make sure he's dead," recalls Haynes.

"Oh my," says Washburn again.

A second autopsy did reveal head trauma to Kevin Ives and stab wounds to Don Henry.

"Everything he says is consistent with all the evidence,” says David Lewis, a Little Rock attorney representing the family of Kevin Ives in a federal lawsuit. “So…either he was there or he has done a lot of studying and has a great memory."

As far as his memory...Haynes also shared that he suffers from daily headaches, CTE and other brain trauma from his days as a professional wrestler.

When asked if he can corroborate his story Haynes hinted that he may still possess the video he says he shot of the moment the train impacted the boys.

Air date: February 16th, 2018
http://katv.com/news/local/more-from...tracks-witness

The boys on the tracks are back

Posted By Max Brantley on
Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 9:37 AM

A lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Little Rock bears notice for its effort to breathe life into the story most familiarly known as the Boys on the Tracks.

The lawsuit — a Freedom of Information action against multiple agencies from the CIA and FBI down to the Bryant Police Department — is brought by Linda Ives of Saline County. She's the mother of Larry Kevin Ives, whose body was found dead in August 1987 on railroad tracks in Saline County along with that of his friend Don Henry. The circumstances underlying their unsolved homicides have been subject of many investigations, articles, books and political rhetoric.

All of the tentacles of this sprawling saga are outlined in the lawsuit, filed for Ives by R. David Lewis of Little Rock. Keywords: Mena Airport, Barry Seal, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Asa Hutchinson, drug running, gun running, Iran-Contra, Fahmy Malak, Rose Law Firm, Dan Harmon. And that's just a few of them.

The suit claims insufficient response to FOI requests — "stonewalling," in the words of the complaint. It alleges a coverup of the story behind the death of Ives' son.

For now, that's about enough.

PDF Here's the lawsuit.

Arkansas Times senior editor Mara Leveritt wrote a book on the case.

I mean no disrespect in saying this lawsuit sounds like the whistle of an approaching crazy train. If it doesn't morph in someone's hands into a repeat of Clinton Chronicles-style conspiracy theories to inject into the final days of Hillary Clinton's run for president, I'll be surprised.

PS — Judge Leon Holmes has recused from the case because his wife is related to Linda Ives and Judge Bill Roy Wilson has recused because he once represented someone involved in the case. Judge Brian Miller now has the case.

https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlo...racks-are-back

Oh my God, how awful. Poor kids.

He names Clinton as the "politician".

Bombshell Testimony Claims Govt. Cover-up In 2 Clinton Body Count Murders



The Alex Jones Channel


]Published on Feb 19, 2018

A 1980's Pro wrestler has bravely come forward to admit his role in the 1987 unsolved murder of two teenage boys in Saline County, Arkansas. Billy Jack Haynes claims the murder of teenagers Kevin Ives and Don Henry was linked to a cocaine smuggling ring as he implicates a high ranking "criminal Arkansas politician" in the murder and massive cover-up. Could this be credible evidence of the notorious Clinton Body Count?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqcVM57I3fg

There is no written article that I can find on this.
Mena Coverup - Bill & Hillary Clinton's Arkansas Cocaine Operation Exposé



charliekerper

Published on May 14, 2012



Bill Clinton and the Mena Arkansas cocaine smuggling operations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLWMnH31D-Y

This is 56 minutes long. The comments at youtube are interesting.

Don't forget ... Seth Rich. I hope someone comes forward with some leads, tips or information on his murder.