Henry Lee Callanen was a 36-year veteran of the Little Rock Police Department working an off-duty security shift at a McDonald’s on May 15, 1993. While making a bank deposit that day he was confronted by two people and shot and killed in what investigators described as a robbery attempt.

Within 24 hours police identified two suspects, Everett Foreman and Durrell Childress. A traffic stop of a 19-year-old driver for a violation led to the discovery of the weapon used in Callanen’s killing and to the arrest of both men. Foreman and Childress were tried separately and each was convicted in connection with the officer’s death; Childress was convicted of capital murder and Foreman of first-degree murder, and both received life sentences.

The case generated appeals and other legal actions over the years, including a temporary release on bond for one of the convicted men during an appeal and a clemency request that was denied. If anyone knew Officer Callanen or has information about the events of May 15, 1993, please come forward.