Boyd Crowder

“

I am the outlaw, and this is my world. And my world has a high cost of living.

— Boyd Crowder

”

A career criminal from Harlan, Kentucky, Boyd Crowder was the eldest son of crime boss Bo Crowder and the latest in a long line of militia members and criminals. As a young adult, he befriended Raylan Givens, and later saved his life while they worked in the coal mines. When Raylan's aunt Helen gave him the money to leave the state, Boyd joined the military and served a tour in Kuwait. Upon returning from the war, Boyd was imprisoned for refusing to pay taxes, and became affiliated with several Neo-Nazi gangs. After his release, Boyd used his ties to start his own gang, and he and his men began robbing banks.

Shortly after Raylan, now a US marshal, is sent back to Kentucky, Boyd's brother Bowman is murdered by his abused wife Ava, and Boyd resolves to take her for his own. Setting up an ambush to distract the other Marshals, Boyd holds Ava at gunpoint in her home as Raylan arrives, and the two have a brief talk before Ava distracts Boyd long enough for Raylan to shoot him in the chest, though he misses Boyd's heart out of respect for their friendship.