Rally for 'Boys on the Tracks' Kevin Ives, Don Henry deaths

7:16 PM, Aug 23, 2012   |    comments
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - People are coming together on the steps of the Capitol to remember the deaths of two boys 25 years ago.

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the deaths of 17-year-old Kevin Ives and 16-year-old Don Henry.

This morning, people will gather on the steps of the Capitol to ask for a renewal in the investigation. The boy's parents are expected to be in attendance.

Also, they will gather for a candlelight vigil at the Saline County Courthouse at 8 p.m.

Aug. 23, 1988 the bodies of Ives and Henry were found after a train hit them in Alexander on the border of Saline County. Their deaths were first ruled a suicide, but a year later their bodies were exhumed and their deaths ruled a homicide.