In the summer of 1973, 15-year-old Henry Michael Maser of Whitestown attended the Boone County Fair in Lebanon, Indiana. On July 23 he was at the fair with a friend, then wandered off alone and crossed paths with Cecil Henry Floyd. Floyd shot the teenager three times in the head and stole his wallet, which contained about $5.

Henry’s body was missing for six days before being found in underbrush; an autopsy attributed his death to the gunshot wounds. The investigation eventually identified Cecil Henry Floyd as the killer. Floyd was arrested, tried and convicted for Maser’s murder and given a life sentence; he received a second life term for another killing and remained imprisoned until his death.