In the early morning hours of December 21, 1975, a young Springdale police officer named John Tillman Hussey, age 22, was reported missing. His patrol car was discovered with the door ajar and its lights still flashing, a silent testament to a sudden and violent encounter. A short time later, the grim discovery of his body was made in a wooded area west of Fayetteville. The young officer had been handcuffed to a tree and fatally shot with his own service revolver. He had only been with the Sprin
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