On February 7, 1980, Donald Lee Teague, 37, a Wildlife Technician for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, stopped for gas at E. L. Ward’s Service Station in Pencil Bluff. Around 2:00 p.m., Darrell Wayne Hill entered the garage brandishing a gun. Hill first robbed the station owner, E. L. Ward, then ordered both Ward and Teague to place their billfolds into a money bag and forced them into a car, telling them they were going for a ride.

Hill directed the vehicle onto a gravel road off Highway 88, stopped in a secluded area, marched the two men into a weedy area, forced them to lie face down with their hands behind their backs, and shot Donald Teague multiple times, killing him. Darrell Wayne Hill was later apprehended, convicted of capital felony murder, kidnapping and aggravated robbery, and sentenced to death.

Did anyone in Pencil Bluff or the surrounding area see Teague’s vehicle or the men at the station that afternoon?