JESSIE:Two or three days after it happened, and I left. What did he say about that? GITCHELL: And you saw the pictures in the briefcase? The man reportedly wore a "blue cast type brace on his arm that had white Velcro on it", which would have made it difficult to tie up and murder three young boys. GITCHELL: Now, where you in a car? Following their convictions, Echols, Misskelley, and Baldwin submitted imprints of their teeth. [23] King gave the officers a pair of sunglasses he thought the man had left behind, and the detectives took some blood samples from the walls and tiles of the restroom. GITCHELL: Alright, thats uh the Byers boy. [9] Friends and neighbors also conducted a search that night, which included a cursory visit to the location where the bodies were later found. [9] On May 9, during a formal interview by Detective Bryn Ridge, Echols mentioned that one of the victims had wounds to the genitals; law enforcement viewed this knowledge as incriminating. GITCHELL: How many pictures did you see, altogether? We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. The14thStreetWoods are down the street from the BB woods; a good distance). RIDGE:Light blonde, or like a sandy reddish type blonde, do you know the difference? [53] At the time, legal experts agreed that this issue could result in the reversal of the convictions of Jason Baldwin and Damien Echols. "[9], Brent Turvey, a forensic scientist and criminal profiler, stated in the film Paradise Lost 2 that human bite marks could have been left on at least one of the victims. [7] The boys were allegedly last seen together by three neighbors, who in affidavits told of seeing them playing together around 6:30pm the evening they disappeared and seeing Terry Hobbs, Steve Branch's stepfather, calling them to come home. [9] Misskelley's former attorney Dan Stidham cites multiple substantial police errors at the crime scene, characterizing it as "literally trampled, especially the creek bed." [96] After his release, he has worked on a number of additional media projects. ????). Police detective Bryn Ridge testified that he later lost those blood scrapings. Anal dialation CAN happen after sodomoy; however, it is unlikely that two boys were raped and BOTH of them only showed dialation and NO tearing, especially in light of the violent rape with fighting and struggling that Jessie alleges. He is not dating anyone. "[90], The appellate legal team argued that Echols did not waive his assertion that he was not mentally competent before his 1994 trial because he was not competent to waive it. . "[9] Leveritt speculated that the small local police force was overwhelmed by the crime, which was unlike any they had ever investigated. RIDGE:You say that you got sick, so thats what you were saying, did you throw up or anything? What did you see him cut or who did you see him cut? I had always assumed that my son's murderer had taken the knife during the crime. Baldwin and Echols were acquainted with Misskelley from school, but were not close friends with him. Stidham made similar comments during a radio show interview in May 2010. JESSIE: He had been watching them. Second, Dennis Dent stated he was having a phone conversation with Angela (Jasons mother) between 9:00 and 9:30 pm, during her break at work. An open letter from Lorri Davis, wife of Damien Echols . Celebrities and musicians held fundraisers to support efforts to free the men. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a white T-shirt, and riding a black and red bicycle. A report jointly issued by the state and the defense team stated, "Although most of the genetic material recovered from the scene was attributable to the victims of the offenses, some of it cannot be attributed to either the victims or the defendants. (It is also confirmed that Jason was in school on 5/5/93; hecouldnot have been in the woods at 9 AM.). [77], Investigative journalist Aphrodite Jones undertook an exploration of the case on her Discovery Network show True Crime with Aphrodite Jones following the DNA discoveries. Jessie Misskelley was born on July 10, 1975. They got their GED in jail. "[59] Since his release, Baldwin has moved to Seattle to live with friends. A little gun? JESSIE: Not that I know of, I wouldnt. Police said the recording was "inaudible", but Hutcheson claimed the recording was audible. [3][9] Misskelley specifically said he was "scared of the police" during this confession. GITCHELL: Okay, what is kept inside of that briefcase? [59], The families of the three victims are divided in their opinions as to the guilt or innocence of the West Memphis Three. They were transferred to the hearing with their possessions. JESSIE: They hadnt they hadnt said nothing around me, when I was over to my friends house, they didnt say nothing. A hair "not inconsistent with" Stevie Branch's stepfather, Terry Hobbs, was found tied into the knots used to bind one of the victims. RIDGE:Old t-shirt, where are these shoes at now? ALSO, the Commercial Appeal, local newspaper, picked up chatter about the murders on their police scanner, hearing about the castration, and printed it in the next days paper. [16] Steve Edward Branch is buried in Mount Zion Cemetery in Steele, Missouri. Stidham has called the coroner's investigation "extremely substandard." No marks of any kind to his body in that region, nor did he die of asphyxia). Metalcore band Zao's 2002 album Parade of Chaos included a track inspired by the case named "Free The Three". Damien first came into my life in 1996, when my friend and I watched a documentary called Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills. RIDGE: So, what do you think ought to be done to them for killing these boys? The first report to the police was made by Byers' adoptive father, John Mark Byers, around 7:00pm. RIDGE: Jason had a knife, what did he cut with the knife. All three were released from prison that same day. RIDGE: Okay, and when you left, did you hear any more hollering or anything? JESSIE: He hit him with his fist and bruised him all up real bad, and then ull (phonetic) Jason turned around and hit Steve Branch. [91], Echols' lawyers claimed that his condition worsened during the trial, when he developed a "psychotic euphoria that caused him to believe he would evolve into a superior entity" and eventually be transported to a different world. RIDGE:Were they in the houses or were they in the trees when they took those pictures? (Impossible time; the boys were in school. RIDGE: Okay, they killed the boys, you decided to go, you went home, how long after you got home before you received the phone call? For other uses, see, "Jason Baldwin" redirects here. You dont need a PhD to figure this out a stick across a neck would cause very obvious linear damage. [3][9] Misskelley's father gave permission for Misskelley to go with police but did not explicitly give permission for his son to be questioned or interrogated. Boggan appeared in the first documentary of the Paradise Lost series about the murders. [[[The following portion was cut out Watergate Style from the statement played for the jury. In 2000, the biological father of Christopher Byers, Rick Murray, expressed his doubts about the guilty verdicts on the West Memphis Three website. [1][2][3], Due to the dubious nature of the evidence as well as the suspected presence of emotional bias in court, the case generated widespread controversy and was the subject of several documentaries. Although most of the genetic material recovered from the scene was attributable to the victims of the offenses, some of it cannot be attributed to either the victims or the defendants. JESSIE: If he cant eat it, then he dont get in. Charles Jason Baldwin was born April 11, 1977. RIDGE: And you mentioned that you heard some voice in the background? Note:This is a transcription of the taped confession of Jessie Misskelley, Jr. regarding the murder of Chris Byers, Steve Branch and Michael Moore. "We were writing each other two years before he got out. [9] In 1996, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that Misskelley's confession was voluntary and that he did, in fact, understand the Miranda warning and its consequences. RIDGES:Cutting him in the face. Jessie Misskelley Jr. (born July 10, 1975) is one of the three members of what has been called the West Memphis 3 (Misskelley, Damien Echols, and Jason Baldwin). 1993).3 The jury was also instructed on accomplice liability as follows: In this case, the state does not contend that Jessie Lloyd Misskelley, Junior acted alone in the commission of the offense of three counts of capital murder. JESSIE: I was there until they tied them up and then thats when I left, after they tied them up, I left. [49] She also claims that an audiotape the police said was "unintelligible" (and that they eventually lost) was perfectly clear and contained no incriminating statements. [10], After a month had passed with little progress in the case, police continued to focus their investigation upon Echols, interrogating him more frequently than any other person. (Jessie indicates here he leaves directly after Damien and Jason reach Michael, yet he is then led on to continue his story). Organized by Eddie Spaghetti of the band Supersuckers, the album featured a number of original songs about the case and other recordings by artists such as Steve Earle, Tom Waits, L7, and Joe Strummer. (Echols and Lorri Davis . or scared of the police? The record on appeal spells out a long history of Echols' mental health problems, including a May 5, 1992, Arkansas Department of Youth Services referral for possible mental illness, a year to the day before the murders. You mentioned earlier that, one of the meetings you went to with this cult thing, they had some pictures. JESSIE: No, they just hollered at them, they showed up. Searchers canvassed all of West Memphis but focused primarily on Robin Hood Hills, where the boys were reported last seen. Alright, when you get the boys back together, where you at from the creek? RIDGE: Okay, so they had them under control, you were there the whole time that was taking place? 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