On the morning of December 26, 2003, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Nikky Joe Green, 35, was on duty on a rural road north of Devol when he radioed in about a disabled vehicle. Approaching the car, he encountered a man apparently involved in methamphetamine production. A struggle followed as Green tried to make an arrest; the assailant gained control of the trooper’s service weapon. Dash-cam audio captured the struggle and Green’s pleas before a gunshot. A Cotton County deputy later found Trooper Green’s body beside the roadway; he had been shot and killed.

A man identified as Ricky Ray Malone fled the scene and was captured two days later. Malone was convicted of first-degree murder by a jury and initially sentenced to death; that sentence was later overturned on appeal and a new sentencing trial was ordered. Trooper Green was survived by his wife and three daughters.

Did anyone in the area at the time see the disabled vehicle or the patrol car that morning?