 Based on the events of May, 1969, when fugitives Robert and Ila Fae  Dent kidnapped Department of Public Safety trooper Kenneth Crone,  commandeered his car, and led police law enforcement officials on a  chase from outside Port Arthur, through Houston, up to Navasota, and  on to Wheelock, where Ila Fae Dents mother lived. At one point, a  motorcade of more than 150 police cars and reporters joined the  pursuit. FBI agent Bob Wiatt (who retired in 2004) confronted them  at the mothers home and was forced to shoot Robert Dent, who was  armed, in the neck, killing him. Wiatt wrestled Ila Fae to the  ground and handcuffed her.