Ashley Flowers

I want to point out the first two really big wait what moments in this story.

When we started the story, it sounded like a manhunt.

Yeah.

They were never hunting for a criminal.

Every bit of this search was always a search for a missing kid.

The kid is missing because the ATV he was riding stopped working after he was chased on it by deputies.

He was being chased by deputies because, oh wait, apparently no one can say.

Here is another excerpt from Bynum's interview with SSA Mac.

This is at the heart of everything for me.

Why was he being chased?

It seems like they can't say.

I mean, you saw the footage for yourself.

Like, could he have slowed down safely with a Dodge Ram truck right behind him going 80 miles per hour?

So to try and answer some of these questions, we reached out to the St.

Francis County Sheriff's Office.

They declined to sit down for an interview, referring us to ASP for any questions, the Arkansas State Police.

But they did provide some helpful information, specifically their agency pursuit policy.

So I'm gonna have a voice actor read it.

Another part of their policy reads this.

If an officer does decide to initiate a pursuit, they have to immediately notify communications center personnel and give the following information.