On August 24, 1994, Richard Drummond, 47, a technical support supervisor for AT&T, stopped on Interstate 70 near Kingdom City in Callaway County, Missouri, to help a stranded Chevrolet Caprice. The three men with that car — Dennis Skillicorn, Allen Nicklasson, and 17-year-old Tim DeGraffenreid — had just burglarized a nearby home and accepted Drummond’s offer of a ride to a payphone.

Shortly after entering Drummond’s company-issued 1994 Dodge Intrepid, Allen Nicklasson produced a .22-caliber semi-automatic pistol, held it to the back of Drummond’s head and forced him to drive west on I-70 for about an hour. The men stopped in a secluded area near Higginsville in Lafayette County. Nicklasson ordered Drummond to walk into the woods and then shot him twice in the head, killing him. The three then abandoned his body and took his vehicle.

Drummond’s body was not found until September 1, 1994. The suspects were later captured during a nationwide manhunt; Tim DeGraffenreid cooperated with investigators and provided testimony against the two older men. Did anyone who knew Drummond or who traveled I-70 that night see his Dodge Intrepid after he stopped to help?