In the summer of 1977, a male park ranger named Opal James became a tragic figure in a crime spree that shocked Arkansas. His death was not a singular event but rather the grim conclusion to a violent rampage by two escaped convicts, Paul Ruiz and Earl Van Denton. The duo had broken out of an Oklahoma prison and their path of terror led them into Logan County, Arkansas.
On June 29, 1977, Ruiz and Van Denton's desperation for a getaway vehicle led to the murder of town marshal Marvin Ritch ...
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