In the winter of 1987, the community of Russellville, Arkansas, was irrevocably scarred by a chilling sequence of events that claimed the life of James David 'JD' Chaffin. A 33-year-old firefighter, Chaffin was a man caught in the maelstrom of another's rage on December 28th. His death was not an isolated incident but part of a horrific killing spree perpetrated by Ronald Gene Simmons, a retired Air Force sergeant. Chaffin, a stranger to his killer, was simply in the wrong place at the wrong tim
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