Aaron Brock was 22 and lived in Dardanelle, Arkansas. He and his friend, 22-year-old Beau DeWitt, were reported missing after going to the U-Pull-It Auto Salvage Yard in Russellville on the night of September 16, 2016 to get car parts. Their bodies were found on September 20, 2016 inside a crushed vehicle at the salvage yard; both men had been shot to death before their bodies were placed in the car.

Investigators focused on the salvage yard manager, 36-year-old Tyler Barefield, after he reported suspicious activity and officers found blood at the scene. He was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder. Prosecutors said Barefield lay in wait and ambushed the men; surveillance footage showed him at the scrapyard that night with a rifle. The defense argued he did not know the men were in the car when it was crushed, but a jury found him guilty of both counts and imposed two consecutive life terms without parole, plus additional firearms penalties.