Arkancide
Arkancide is a neologistic term attributed to the killing of political opponents and having it framed as "suicide".[2] A reference originating with the Clinton body count, its commonly used in connection with deceased persons ruled a suicide with two bullets in the back of the head. Many suspicious deaths began occurring in Arkansas when Bill Clinton was the state's governor, hence "Arkancide".
One of the more bizarre cases among a plethora of bizarre cases was that of a witness in the Mena, Arkansas Ives/Henry double murder case (also known as The Boys on the Tracks). The state's chief Medical Examiner, appointed by Gov. Bill Clinton, originally ruled the Ives/Henry double murder as suicides, which was later overturned. The same medical examiner ruled a suicide the death of a witness whose decapitated head was found in a dumpster two blocks away.
Ives/Henry case
Died: April 23, 1987. Known as "The boys on the track" case. Reports indicate that Ives and Henry stumbled upon and witnessed an aerial drop in the area of Bauxite and Alexander, Arkansas, part of the Mena drug smuggling operation.[3] Initial cause of death was claimed to be the result of passing out on railroad tracks in Saline County after smoking marijuana. The ruling was reported by the State chief medical examiner Dr. Fahmy Malak.[4]
In April 1988, Kevin Ives body was exhumed, and another autopsy was performed, this one by Atlanta medical examiner Dr. Joseph Burton who discovered that Kevin died from a crushed skull prior to being placed on the tracks. Don Henry's body was exhumed and discovered to have been stabbed in the back prior to being placed on the tracks.
Governor Bill Clinton stood by Malak even though a group of citizens and the Arkansas Democrat called for his dismissal. Clinton excused Fahmy Malek's "errors" saying that Malek was "tired and stressed out."[5][6][7] The existing evidence points toward two local policemen.[8] 7 more violent deaths occurred before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury.
References
- ↑ Don Henry and Kevin Ives, Unsolved Mysteries.
- ↑ Urban Dictionary: arkancide
- ↑ http://www.idfiles.com
- ↑ https://youtu.be/v4yO7sdYiCI
- ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-19/news/mn-118_1_medical-examiner
- ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-14/news/mn-623_1_preliminary-report
- ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/2007/feb/25/news/adna-janie25
- ↑ Jay Campbell and Kirk Lane v. Citizens for an Honest Government, Inc., D/B/A Integrity Films Jeremiah Films, Inc. Pat Matrisciana, 255 F.3d 560 (8th Cir. 2001)
- ↑ http://posting.arktimes.com/media/pdf/ivessuit.pdf
- ↑ h\[1]