In February 2005, Billy Drumm, 22, and his friend Patrick Alan Dickey, 21, were shot to death on February 15. Their bodies were placed in Dickey’s vehicle, driven to a remote wooded area near Doddridge, Arkansas, and the car was set on fire; the remains were found later in the winter by squirrel hunters.

Investigators tied several people to the slayings and the cover-up. Charles Hutchinson testified that he shot Drumm twice and that Samantha Sevier-Smith had shot Dickey and then shot Drumm in the back of the head. Kristi Sevier and her husband T.J. Sevier were implicated in the aftermath; T.J. Sevier used a blowtorch to melt the murder weapons into unrecognizable pieces of metal.

Legal outcomes reported as of this account include lengthy prison terms: Samantha Sevier-Smith received 67 years after pleading no contest, Charles Hutchinson received 60 years, and T.J. Sevier was sentenced to 86 years. Does anyone have more information about Billy Drumm’s life or what led to him being targeted?