Ashley Flowers

From the sound of it, Bynum is right on their tail.

So when they come onto this raised dirt berm in the road, almost at once, both the four-wheeler and Bynum's truck go airborne before crashing back down to the road.

Now both vehicles get turned around, but something happens to the four-wheeler and it stops suddenly.

So Bynum slams on his brakes and calls out to the rider.

But before he can even approach the four-wheeler, the rider is on foot.

He hops a fence and darts into the woods.

It's all so fast that by the time Bynum draws his service weapon and aims for the woods, the rider is gone.

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.