Ashley Flowers

Now, rather than jumping the fence and following him into the woods in the dark, Bynum decides to run back to his truck and call in the stop over his radio.

There was another deputy following close behind, Sergeant David Kinney.

So it only takes a minute for him to pull up.

So Sergeant Kinney goes to get the trailer so that they can tow the four-wheeler while more backup begins arriving and several deputies begin to assist in this manhunt.

But they're having no luck, not after 4.20 a.m.

when Kinney comes back and calls the fire department and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to come and set up thermal night vision drones to assist.

Or after 7.20 a.m., when the East Arkansas Department of Corrections brings tracking dogs to the scene.

Though they do find signs of the man who fled on foot.

Deputies locate a boot and a hat a short distance from where he entered the woods.

Just one boot?

Just one.

But even with this physical trail, for some reason, the canines aren't able to track his path.

By the time daylight breaks, authorities are no closer to finding their man.

So they decide to call in even more reinforcements.

By that afternoon, there's not only the sheriff's deputies searching, but also state police troopers, the state emergency response team, two local fire departments, Forest City police officers, and volunteers.

They create a search grid and form eight teams to deploy in different areas.

And they do end up finding a second boot, a wallet, a phone charger, and hoodie.

But their man is still in the wind.

And almost 19 hours after they first began their pursuit, at 7.18 p.m., the manhunt is called off due to the dark, and it is set to resume the next morning.

So they pick up again in the morning, but it's not until late afternoon, around 2.12 p.m., as their search radius widens, that one of the groups finds several footprints in a creek.