On a summer morning in 1988, a dedicated officer of the law, 44-year-old Detective James David Mandrell of the Sumner County Sheriff's Office, embarked on what would be his final undercover assignment. The male detective was investigating a case of cattle rustling, a serious offense in the rural Tennessee landscape. His investigation led him and an informant to a barn in Robertson County, near the Kentucky border, where they intended to purchase stolen cattle as part of a sting operation.
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