Based primarily on police investigation techniques and the consultation of historical criminal analysis, Blackwater Draw will present the accurate story of the murders of William S. “Buck” Morton, Frank Baker, and William McCloskey and seek to show how this event was critical to the chronology and heightened conflict of the Lincoln County War.To widen the scope of the murders, the film will set out to examine the lives and paths of all three victims: William S. ”Buck” Morton, a Virginian fleeing from his past; Frank Baker, a mystery man who hid his real name and shady career; and William McCloskey, an elderly cowboy who unsuccessfully attempted to play the peacemaker. The myths and accounts of the three men and their murders are analytically separated. Connective events where the paths of the participants intersected, such as the death of John Tunstall, will likewise be examined.Legend and fact are separated in the case for both victims and their captors. Billy the Kid is justly portrayed as a human being wrought by conflicts. The Regulators and their opposition reveal character both good and bad. An investigative approach to this portion of the Billy the Kid saga corrects the record on some old assumptions and creates new avenues of insight and possibility into what really occurred that day.
