The Prosecutors

Linda Ives, mother of the victim Kevin Ives, has devoted her life to finding out the truth behind her son’s murder.

In a recent interview, she told me about defense attorney Dan Harmon.

Harmon approached the Ives’ family with his friend deputy prosecutor Richard Garrett and convinced them that he and Garrett would stop at nothing to find those responsible for her son’s murder.

Ives said that she and Harmon became good friends while he was working the case.

¨People warned of us Harmon,¨ she said. ¨They told us that he was bad news and that he was involved in drugs.”

Ives said that there was a possibility that Harmon was dealing drugs, but she was sure he had intentions of helping her find out what happened to her son.

“Over the years, Dan, my husband, Larry and I grew very close,” Ives said. “We never made a move without him knowing, and he never made a move without us knowing, or so we thought. We even gave him thousands of dollars from Kevin’s insurance, because he had a hard time supporting his family.”

Harmon had been rumored to be on the tracks the night the boys were murdered, but Ives chose to ignore the rumors because she wanted to trust Harmon.

“I told myself that nobody would befriend parents of a murder victim and then screw them over, but I was wrong,” Ives said.

After meeting with deputy prosecutor Jean Duffey, who was put in charge of a drug task force for Saline County, Ives was made aware of incriminating information tying Harmon to the murders of Kevin Ives and Don Henry.

Ives and Duffey helped Pat Matrisciana make the documentary, “The Obstruction of Justice.”

Matrisciana was a video journalist who also filmed “The Clinton Chronicles” in the early 90s. His documentary accused many men holding high rank, such as Dan Harmon, of being corrupt and involved in drugs.

According to WorldNetDaily, Matrisciana created the “Obstruction of Justice” documentary to show the connection between the cover-up of Kevin Ives and Don Henry’s murder, Mena drug trafficking and Bill Clinton.

The documentary drew a line in the sand between Ives and Harmon.

According to ID Files, Harmon was convicted in July 1997 of racketeering, extortion and drug conspiracy, and sentenced to eight years in prison.

In October 1997, prosecutors brought more drug charges against Harmon, and he was sentenced to three years in prison, for a total of more than 11 years.

He was released in 2006 after helping prosecutors in a murder conspiracy case.

After facing all of these drug charges, it may not be so far-fetched that he was at the tracks when Ives and Henry were murdered.