Robert Taylor Walker, 66, was the Chief of Police in Irvine, Kentucky. On February 16, 1986, while responding to a call, he was fatally shot after being lured into what investigators say was an ambush. Reports say he was shot when he arrived at the scene.

James Nick Harrison was arrested and tried for the killing. At trial witnesses testified Harrison had threatened to kill Chief Walker, had been seen driving a small light-colored vehicle matching the car linked to the shooting, and that broken tail light fragments from the scene matched Harrison’s vehicle. Testimony also said Harrison confessed to firing five times with a .38 caliber handgun and discarded the weapon off the Irvine bridge.

On October 1, 1986, a Madison Circuit Court jury found James Nick Harrison guilty of murder with aggravating circumstances and sentenced him to life with parole ineligibility for 25 years. Appeals and a first parole hearing in March 2011 were denied. Did anyone in Irvine at the time have information about threats made against Chief Walker or sightings of that light-colored vehicle?