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Around 5:20, Kendra and Kiara Thompson left Marcus Hill’s house, heading home. Instead of the usual route through residential streets, the girls cut through an old industrial zone about ten minutes shorter. This area lay between two districts. Small warehouses once operated there, but by the mid-80s most had closed. The road was poorly paved with no sidewalks, lighting, crosswalks, and rare traffic—mainly occasional trucks using it as a shortcut.
At the same time, 26-year-old Leon Walker drove a heavy Ford F600 truck on his delivery route. He needed to deliver cargo by 6:30 and was running late. According to Collins and psychologist records, Walker consumed alcohol that day as he had serious drinking problems. Around 5:30, Walker drove along that road, setting sun shone directly into his windshield, creating poor visibility. Walker was speeding because he was behind schedule.
The girls walked along the road’s edge where no sidewalk existed. Walker did not see them in time due to sun glare, alcohol impairment, and excessive speed. The truck, weighing over three tons, struck both sisters simultaneously. Walker stopped and exited the cab. Both girls lay on the road with horrific injuries and multiple fractures.
According to Collins, both girls were dead, but forensic examination cast doubt. The examiner could not state with certainty, but the fractured hyoid in Kiara indicated possibility she was alive when Walker stopped, perhaps unconscious with severe injuries, dying, but still breathing. Walker called his boss, Collins, asking for help. Collins arrived. What happened next remained unknown.
Collins claimed both were dead by the time he arrived. The examiner could neither confirm nor deny, but the fractured hyoid remained fact. Johnson formulated in his final report that grounds existed to believe one victim may have been alive after being struck. Establishing exact sequence and cause of death was impossible due to remains condition and multiple injuries. However, presence of fractured hyoid did not exclude possibility of mechanical strangulation.
What was indisputable that night, Collins and Walker transported bodies to an abandoned mine in McDuffy County and dropped them into depths. In subsequent days, police searched for the girls, but had no hit and run theory. Searches focused on residential streets. Nobody checked the industrial zone. By the time searches expanded, rain had washed away traces.
Walker continued working, but alcoholism intensified. Guilt destroyed him. He tried confessing to his sister and psychologist, but never gave details. Two years later, Collins bribed Captain Harris with $10,000. Harris, as captain, had direct archive access.