Two private investigators looking into the case on their behalf eventually turned their sights on Terry Hobbs, Steve's stepfather, because his story did not add up -- he had claimed that he had begun searching for the boys at 6 pm on the day they had disappeared when in reality, they had only been reported missing at 9 pm. Pam concedes on one condition: Stevie must be home by4:30 or he will be grounded from his beloved bike for two weeks. That could be why Stevie had wounds to the face, while the other boys had wounds to their head. When questioned later by police, he claims that on the day of the murders he was heading out to meet up with Jesse Misskelley at his Lakeshore trailer but never met up with him. Roy Taylor was the marijuana, cocaine, and crystal meth supplier for Mr. Hobbsand me. Dana Moore was there the entire time; she never left. WAS IT LIKE EVERY DAY OR ONCE WEEK OR JUST FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES YOU SAW IT HAPPEN? WE ALWAYS GOT A PLACE TO HIDE BEFORE THEY CAN GET THERE, AARON: WE HIDE ONE TIME WE HIDE BEHIND UM A TREE. Aaron adds a few more details to what the boys had seen down in those woods: RIDGE: UM, DO YOU THINK THOSE MEN WERE CRAZY? For years, the stepfather of one of the three children killed in West Memphis, Arkansas, has maintained his innocence, despite public outcry to investigate him. Even more damaging is the specifics of the way the three boys were tied up. Thursday, Hobbs told Action News 5 he didn't do it. Hobbs may be awful, but nothing accounts for the beating and drowning that took place. After Terrys attack on Michael, I believe Terry left him on the ground unconscious. Again, Ill let you decide. The figure eight knot is used in conjunction with the Packers Knot; a knot used by butchers when they bind meat. VICKIE: SO THEN UM, II JUST GOT AARON OUT OF THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW. And for two, David claims to have seen the three boys in front of his house at 5:30 when he opened the door to let Terry and Amanda inside. He will take it to his grave but some people in the town know and I'm not sure why he isn't and wasn't under more suspicion. At the time of the murders, LG was only 19 and spent most of his time with an unmarried man who was in his 50s. New DNA testing by the defense shows that none of the genetic material recovered from the murder scene links Echols, Baldwin, or Misskelley to the scene. A bitemark on Stevies face would lend credibility to the statement that another bite occurred on Chris genital area. First of all, something led the perpetrators to get into the water. Terry did not tell me who he was calling until hed completed the phone call and came out to the car. Its possible that Terry realized these knots could come back to him so he finished tying Michael up with a more traditionally used knot. HE TOLD THE REST OF THE MEN TO HOLD THEM OR SOMETHING AND PROBABLY DID IT. AARON: UH-UH (NO), BECAUSE THEY NEVER SEEN US. When police asked Dixie if the car that LG was spotted in was Richards, she too, vehemently denied it, stating that she knew Richards yellow car well, and this wasnt it. VICKIE: ARRON TOLD ME THAT UM HE AND MICHAEL AND CHRIS VISITED THEIR CLUB HOUSE EVERYDAY AND THEY ROAD THEIR BIKES AND THEY WERE SPYING ON 5 MEN AND AH I ASKED HIM WHO THEY WERE AND HE SAID I DONT KNOW MOM WHO THEY WERE I JUST YOU KNOW WE JUST SPYING ON EM I SAID WHY WOULD YOU BE SPYING ON 5 MEN YOU KNOW AND HE SAID WELL THEY WERE THERE EVERYDAY SO WE WOULD WATCH THEM. I believe that certainly Buddy, and perhaps LG as well, participated in the crime because of The Bystander Effect; they partook in the crime out of fear and/or compliance, but they did not have intentions to murder. According to statements, and as noted earlier, after Terry hit the first boy a few times, he stopped long enough to yell at him. I agree that that was the intention, but I also believe there was another element behind it. There is more evidence, also, that LG never went home that afternoon. RIDGE: WHEN I SAY HAVING SEX IS THAT WHAT YOUR DESCRIBING? Echols specifically wants the shoestrings used to tie up the victims to be tested at a California lab that utilizes new technology to extract DNA from evidence. Those who didnt know the case that well simply believed that Chris entire penis and scrotum had been cut off with a knife. In that letter is a story about four men going to the woods, smoking marijuana and possibly engaging in sexual activity. THE MEN SEEN THEM. But there also had to be an injury there to begin with. (Interestingly, Chris was referred to as the 3rd child in the alleged confessions. Humiliation is a strong word and punishment for the situation. I allege that the boys were spotted and began to run back towards the log that lay across the drainage ditch. Another indicator that points to Terrys guilt and the truth in the alleged Buddy/LG statements, lies with what was discovered on Michael Moores body. Additionally, Stevie had what appeared to be bruises on the back of his head. Perhaps she felt obligated to lie about Damien in order to get him arrested for a murder she believed he committed. Terry claims that he dropped Amanda off with Bobby, Davids wife and that he and David then scoured the neighborhood looking for Stevie, which makes no sense. WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY WHEN YOU GOT OUT OF SCHOOL WHAT WAS IT THEY WERE GOING TO DO THAT DAY? When Aaron Hutchinson spoke about the clubhouse, he referenced the boards numerous times. hobbs is high on my list, but with what we know (or lack thereof,) there's simply no way to say anyone is "for sure" guilty in this case. Biting and stabbing the groin of a male victim is a hallmark of a homosexual homicide. Jacoby is adamant to anyone who listens that Hobbs is not his friend. Sorry in advance to those of you who are tired of reading about this case! UNLESS YOU KNOW NOT GETTING UP THERE AND LOOKING AT IT ALL. He died before he was finished being tied up. I believe, that the ME was speaking of long term sexual abuse of a child. Furthermore, the time the boys were seen doing this is also around the time that Aaron Hutchinson claimed they had first seen the men in the woods. When his friend Richard failed a polygraph, he admitted that LG had asked him to lie. RIDGE: IT IS OKAY, YOUVE BEEN DOWN THERE BEFORE? Even if he maybe didn't intend to kill him, I'm sure he started to beat him and his rage just got the best of him and there was no turning back. Stevies bite mark on the left and known bite marks on the right. Problem is, many of the things he says about him are also true for the WM3, at least Damien. Indicating that, just like the 4perp indicates, Stevie was alive the longest. She was completely off in her description of the way they looked and the way they were dressed. In the autopsy reports, it, As noted earlier, the autopsies revealed that Michael was quickly incapacitated with a few defensive wounds to the hands, which implied to the Medical Examiner that Michael. If the cop has power, it's easy. Was it because he was running around frantically trying to cover up for the crime? What other reason could there be? In other words, he was likely being molested. (Another theory is that the injury to Stevies penis came from oral sex. Those partially digested vegetables not only prove the long held belief that the boys died around 7pm, shortly after being seen, but that Stevie most likely ate those vegetables right near 5:00 pm. Hobbs was sentenced to six months in prison for aggravated assault. I have a theory about what weapon it could have been. It means its likely that he never went home. And someone like that can lie and lie and lie and lie, rigfht to your fuckin' face,because narcissism is about protecting the self-myth. My theory is that Chris had tried to get into his home and failed and was heading back to Stevies house when he was picked up by his dad instead. In 2011, the defendants were released from prison by accepting an Alford Plea, which allowed them to maintain their innocence and get out of prison, However, the plea didnt clear their convictions and all three men still have a murder charge on their record, despite their release from prison. This means that the boys had most likely arrived to the Blue Beacon Woods before the four men did, crossing over from the west side of the drainage ditch to the east side of the drainage ditch, on a log that lay across the ditch at the south end. It was only then that Jacoby publicly admitted that Hobbs had left for two hours that night. And why would Narlene have any need to lie for LG if he was innocent? It is likely that you will come away from this with a clear understanding of who murdered Stevie Branch, Michael Moore and Chris Byers and why. When you look at the evidence as a whole, it is quite clear and truly undeniable what really occurred that tragic day. The act of tying up three unconscious boys who were near death at this point, was clearly an unnecessary act. Even the autopsy report shows that. The boys probably promised to meet up in a bit and Chris headed home. As noted earlier, the autopsies revealed that Michael was quickly incapacitated with a few defensive wounds to the hands, which implied to the Medical Examiner that Michaelwasin fact the first one to be attacked. Echols is one of three men found guilty in the brutal murders of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis in 1993. When suspicion was surrounding Buddy and he was interviewed by police about allegedly having a pair of bloody shoes, Buddy turned the attention to Jessie Misskelley. I think its likely that Terry took the board with him as well to dispose of later or had it thrown in the bayou. When Jessie was fully investigated by police, it never once came up that Jessie was with Buddy that night. WE ALWAYS GOT A PLACE TO HIDE BEFORE THEY CAN GET THERERIDGE: WHERE DID YOU HIDE?AARON: WE HIDE ONE TIME WE HIDE BEHIND UM A TREE. AARON: I THINK THEY WAS WATCHING THEM MEN LIKE LIKE WE ALWAYS DID, AND THEY THEY GOT CAUGHT, AND THEN THEY NEVER TOLD THE MEN, AND THE MEN SORTA KILLED THEM. I believe as David dragged Chris with him back to the others, he picked up one of the boards that lay in the open nearby. Based on the reports made available to the public pertaining to Damien's mental health issues, this is a flat out lie. If we believe these statements by Aaron, which I think are very plausible, we have not only a motive for murder but the very basis for what might have occurred in those woods on May 5th, 1993. Considering that the boys were unconscious, this knot seems to have been used out of sheer habit. I've gone down this rabbit hole time and time again. When he found out his friends were missing, he immediately told his mom that they had to go the clubhouse in the woods. VICKIE: UM, JUST SOME BOARDS, LOOKED LIKE SOME ONE HAD LIKE MADE A DEER STAND, A LONG TIME AGO OR SOMETHING AND JUST SOME BOARDS AND THEY KINDA HAD YOU KNOW LIKE A FORT. Police Officer Regina Meeks had been called to Mark Byers home at 8:10 and filled out a police report for the missing children with both the Byers and Dana Moore. By the time the crime scene was cleaned up, it would have likely been around 8pm; dark, which I believe helped the four escape undetected. John Douglas claimed to have searched murders all over the world and could not identityone other timethat this method of tying someone up was used. Both teens allegedly confessed that on the late afternoon of May 5th, 1993, they had been walking around Lakeshore trailer park when Terry Hobbs and David Jacoby pulled up next to them. Terry and David are not the only ones with suspicions and allegations of homosexuality surrounding them, though. I could continue to list the ways that Mr. Douglass' statement is wrong, but I don't think I have to. THEY WERENT SCARED THAT MAYBE SOMEBODY HAD SEEN THEM IN THERE ONE DAY?AARON: UH-UH (NO), BECAUSE THEY NEVER SEEN US. In fact, Richard and his roommate both admitted that they didnt even see LG that night. He told the exact same story even though the two men were not in prison together. RIDGE: WITH THEIR MOUTH, WHERE THEY HAVING SEX WITH THEIR MOUTH? I also went back and caught Pam in 93 saying that TH didn't get mad, he got even. He was also a minister in the Apostolic Pentecost Church, a fundamentalist group. Would project a macho, heterosexual, in-control image. This is the time when, according to Billy Stewart, he believes something sexual might have taken place between all or some of the four men. The prosecution would mention a stick and Perreti kept saying, Or a 24. This not only puts Buddy in Lakeshore at the possible time that Terry Hobbs and David Jacoby could have shown up, but it shows that his whereabouts were unknown at the time the murder occurred. He noted that his son spent a lot of time in the home of Terry Hobbs and could easily have picked up the hair (with DNA matching that of Terry Hobbs) found in his shoelaces on one of those occasions. This is just more evidence to support the statements from Stevies family that he was being abused by Terry.). The type of DNA testing utilized pertains to mtDNA. And why would Jacoby publicly and openly admit that he lied under penalty of perjury and to police back in 2007? I have a very strong suspicion that Narlene lied about dropping LG off at home and there is ample evidence to support this. For more information, please see our Additionally, in both alleged confessions, David Jacoby was also wearing shorts. With all that in mind, I allege that Terry and Amanda returned home a little after 5pm. VICKIE: SO THEN UM, II JUST GOT AARON OUT OF THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW. There are so many rumors, lies and blatant ignorance surrounding this case. If the men left the woods by 8pm and searchers did not arrive till around 10, that would give stray dogs approx. My question is this: If you are of the opinion that the WM3 are guilty, how can you be sure? The final sightings of the boys had them heading into Robin Hood Hills at 6:30.(source). The question about Terry propositioning David Jacoby has lead some people to defend Jacoby, claiming that he would not have told people he was propositioned if he really had a secret gay relationship with Terry Hobbs. Meaning to me that he was the third one caught). Anyone who has owned a dog, knows how dogs will lick blood clean in a matter of minutes. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Theres no debate about that because there were steep inclines on the sides of the ditch where all three bodies were placed, making it impossible that they were just tossed in from either the east or west bank. 9pm the night of the 5th so we need to theorize what may have happened because he has no alibi. I rewatched the paradise lost docs and in the last one, just before the murders, Pam had "kissed a Mexican" and Terry said that years later when he brought on the lawsuit with Natalie Maines. The first most essential piece of evidence came from Stevie, Michael and Chris other best friend, Aaron Hutchinson. After Terrys attack on Chris groin, was when, allegedly, David hit Chris till Buddy believed he was dead. In March 2022,Damien Echols said in a tweet that hell be back in court on June 23 with his law team as they try to get access to DNA, found in the case evidence, to a lab for testing. The darkest shit about all of this, is that they sensationalized this case as some bullshit Satanic fantasy. and all of it just covers up the sobering truth: this kind of child murder happens every day. I then believe Terry went over to Michaels unconscious body and began to undress him. VICKIE: HE STAYED. We know this because it takes 45 minutes to two hours to digest vegetables and we also know that the experts believe that the boys were murdered sometime around 7:00 pm. In 07 or 09 when he was being questioned about the murders, just prior, he'd found Pam "kissing that Mexican". RIDGE OKAY, THEN HE WAS AT LAKESHORE AND LEAVING TO GO SOME WHERE? If the theory of Terry and David leaving West Memphis and heading to Lakeshore trailer park at 5:45 is true, then Terry and David could have theoretically ran into Buddy Lucas and LG Hollingsworth sometime around 6pm, since both LG and Buddy were last seen at Lakeshore that afternoon. These statements have protected Hobbs for seven years. And, since Pam regularly made dinner at 4:30, Stevie knew that dinner was going to be around this time. It's sickening because I think everyone forgets the innocent boys that will never have justice. The clubhouse was a spot where Aaron, Chris and Michael would go play in the Blue Beacon Woods. Where do you get all this from? However, there is no mention of animal prints at the scene, as far as I know, nor car tracks found in the field next to those woods. Another interesting bit of information that Aaron tells police is that not only did Stevie not ever join the others when they watched these man having sex in the woods, but that Chris and Michael told Aaron not to tell anyone what they had seen, including Stevie, who was one of their best friends. May 1993. In the autopsy reports, it was concluded that Michael was swiftly and violently attacked and was likely unconscious for almost the entire assault on the boys. Not only ONE victim but THREE. One of the most vital components of this theory is whether LG and Buddy had alibis for this night. This means that the four could have been driving around the back streets for around 25 minutes and then might have pulled up to the Blue Beacon Woods sometime around 6:40. (Vickies interview 1993). Terry Hobbs was reported missing from Kinard on April 20, but . Terry was born in Northern Arkansas and grew up in the Ozark Mountain region of the state. SO WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? The four men see the young boys spying, one man in particular, the stepfather of one child, orders the others to grab them; he flies into a rage and hits the boys, and the attack leads to murder. He writes it right in the autopsy report. The only reason one could think that someone would make the concerted, and possibly dangerous, effort to take the bikes up to the bayou to be submerged, was to give themselves time to create an alibi. If the boys truly had interrupted the men in the middle of a sex act, then it would be understandable why there were sexual overtones to their murder. You should see the other documentary WEST OF MEMPHIS There youll be more secure. Even Aarons mother, Vicki, supported these statements in her first interview with police. I personally believe that this boy was Michael Moore. Terry Hobbs was a violent man, this is proven and well documented, and the way Douglass pictures it, he likely wanted to punish or humiliate one or all of the boys and it went too far, leading him to murder them so they wouldn't be able to tell anyone. SIDEWAYS AND WE GOT IN OUR CLUB HOUSERIDGE: OKAYRIDGE: OKAY. You really would need magic to pull it off. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE CLUB HOUSE WAS? Even worse, Terry claims that he had arrived at Jacobys already searching for the boys, while David claimed that Terry arrived with the boys behind him in the street and apparently told David that he was allowing them to play until dark. Ifvery conservativelyone in every 10-20 people is gay or bi, and the police force is made up of 20 people (just a fun number) one of those cops is gonna like dick. Is there any other reason why hed admit on national television that he lied? WHAT DID YOU ALL HIDE AND WAIT FOR THEM?AARON: YEAH (YES) WILL WE ALWAYS. In fact, she too brings up that Buddy was working that day as if that proved anything. I think you're on to something here. No. So, essentially, the boys were trapped unless they were able to get to the log. It's pure evil and hate. However, since LG was wearing a tie that day and the alleged confessions state the teens wrestled, its my belief that LGs shirt and tie had been removed for the entire murder, which meant that it was clean. Their affidavits can be read here and here. Anyway, some things the autopsy reports show us.. ~Chris was alive when he was being tied up. Buddy allegedly confessed that when the four returned to the truck, Terry and David looked to the teens and promised to kill them if they ever spoke of the crime to anyone. Then, I believe the men left around 5:45 and headed out of West Memphis towards Lakeshore trailerpark where Terrys alleged drug dealer lived. According to Gary Gitchell, there was rainfall on at least one or two of those nights. For the rest of the night the families, neighbors, friends and police search for the boys. ! Retired FBI profiler, John Douglas, as well as profiler Brent Turvey both believed the entire attack was punitive in nature and that the perpetrator was teaching the boys a lesson for either a real or percieved transgression. One of them even went up and knocked on the door and spoke to Michaels sister, Dawn. The hearing was to allow the victim's . Otherwise, there would be no reason to hide these items. AARON: ITS, ITS IN UH, ITS IN THOSE WOODS WHERE UH, WHERE THAT STOP SIGN IS AND ITS. And that alone should give us all pause. This case has just been trapped in my mind since I heard about it and it breaks my heart every single day. These boards were right next to the clubhouse which means that when the boys were caught, they most likely would have been caught very close to where these boards lay, easily seen to the naked eye.
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