Okay, youve been down there in those woods before. RIDGE:Light blonde, or like a sandy reddish type blonde, do you know the difference? RIDGE: You were playing around in the water, alright, wha what were you doing in the water? [74] A biography of John Mark Byers by Greg Day named Untying the Knot: John Mark Byers and the West Memphis Three was published in May 2012. How close would he have to be behind Damien to have his view of the bikes blocked? [89], Echols' mental stability during the years immediately prior to the murders and during his trial was the focus of his appellate legal team in their appeal attempts. This makes no sense.). RIDGE:Okay, Damians didnt come up that far? Dropout Found Guilty in Deaths of 3 Boys : Crime: Jessie Lloyd Misskelley Jr., 18, is sentenced to life in prison for the brutal slayings. GITCHELL: But, you saw them cutting on the boys, JESSIE: I saw them cutting on them, and then. (Again, the hog tied postion doesnt align with the boys being on their backs. GITCHELL:Did you have some blood on your clothes? [21] Morgan was presumed to be at least casually familiar with all three murdered boys, having previously driven an ice cream truck route in their neighborhood. Jessie Misskelley was brought in to WMPD for questioning on 3 June 1993. (Jessie now states that he leaves again second time . I want you to think about it. JESSIE:There was a group of pictures of all three of them. RIDGE: okay, now when its going on, when this is taking place, you under you saw somebody with a knife, who had a knife? Misskelley agreed to introduce Hutcheson to Echols. [9][28], On May 6, 1993 (before the victims were found later the same day), Hutcheson took a polygraph exam by Detective Don Bray at the Marion Police Department, to determine whether or not she had stolen money from her West Memphis employer. [8] Initial police searches made that night were limited. [3][9] Misskelley specifically said he was "scared of the police" during this confession. When he first hit the boy, when Damien first hit the first boy, did they have their clothes on then? [10] During a polygraph examination, he denied any involvement. RIDGE: If you read the caption, the grizzly slain from left, 8 year old Michael Moore. [62], Many of the men's supporters, and opponents who still believe them guilty, were unhappy with the unusual plea deal. ????). Trade Mark (2) Shaved head Tattoo of a clock with no hands Trivia (1) He was last seen wearing blue jeans, dark shoes, and a white long-sleeved shirt. Do you think they are sick or just mean? JESSIE: After the murder and stuff, I would say about two or three days later after it happened, I went down there and thought about it and I havent been down there since. JESSIE:They had some cocaine, and a little gun. JESSIE:Just thought, what happened to them real bad, just thought. He stated in his report for Echols's legal team that there was no evidence the murders were linked to satanic rituals and that post-mortem animal predation could explain the alleged knife injuries. [9] Leveritt further noted that some of the physical evidence was stored in paper sacks obtained from a supermarket (with the supermarket's name printed on the bags) rather than in containers of known and controlled origin. Michael Moore was the son of Todd and Dana Moore. I had always assumed that my son's murderer had taken the knife during the crime. So they were there for a lot longer. Mr. Echols and his wife, Lorri Davis, in Arkansas . On April 28, 2011, the band Disturbed released a song entitled "3" as a download on their website. JESSIE: I was just wearing regular blue jeans, my shoes. JESSIE:I didnt see a briefcase, not unless they left it there at that day before it happened, unless they left it there by accident then but I didnt see one that day. RIDGE: Now did somebody take it and used your knife, do you have a knife? And what did they tell you on the telephone? RIDGE:Okay, how long was the knife that Jason was using? [80], Atom Egoyan directed a dramatized feature film of the case, titled Devil's Knot, released in U.S. theaters on May 9, 2014. He is a producer, known for Devil's Knot (2013), Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) and West of Memphis (2012). JESSIE: I was looking down, and after I seen all of that, I took off, (Were going to correct that??? Jessie Misskelley lives life out of the spotlight, Jessie Misskelley Lives Life Out Of The Spotlight, Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley report to prison, This has been the worst Ive ever been through: 97-year-old woman attacked by granddaughter, drunk, police say. RIDGE: Alright, have they got their clothes on when you saw them tied? GITCHELL:thats who you are pointing at? Stevie Branch's mother, the ex-wife of Terry Hobbs, and Mark Byers have publicly stated the WM3 were wrongly convicted. RIDGE: It was like earlier in the day, but you dont know exactly what time, okay, cause weve got Ive gotten some real confusion with the times that youre telling me, but now,this 9 oclock in the evening call that you got, explain that to me. RIDGE:Was anything on his shirt? I had been shocked that the police did not find it with Stevie when they found his body. RIDGE:Didnt you go there with some more boys once? All three were released from prison that same day. RIDGE:Now these meetings, have they ever been violent, anybody gotten mad and got into a fight? RIDGE:Okay, what about when you get with Jason by himself? RIDGE: Okay, now when this, when he hit the first boy, where are they at when he hits him, are you in the woods, youre on the side of big bayou, youre out in the field, where were you at? He was eight years old, 4ft. 2 tall, weighed 55lbs, and had brown hair. Okay, what was he choking him with? Jessie Misskelley Jr., released from prison in 2011 in the infamous West Memphis Three case was jailed Saturday night after he was arrested on a slew of traffic citations. Circuit Court Judge David Laser was selected to replace David Burnett and preside in the evidentiary hearings mandated by the successful appeal. Their clothing was found in the creek, some of it twisted around sticks that had been thrust into the muddy ditch bed. (Jessie Misskelly did not have access to a phone at this time. JESSIE: You know Damien keeps asking me how come I left and stuff and hadnt anybody said anything to me about it. JESSIE: My dad woke me up this morning. [11], The autopsies by forensic pathologist Frank J. Peretti indicated that Byers died of "multiple injuries",[11] while Moore and Branch died of "multiple injuries with drowning".[12][13]. [6] The judge sentenced them to 18 years and 78 days, the amount of time they had served, and levied a suspended sentence of 10 years. The film stars Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth. They were released with 10-year suspended sentences, having served 18 years. JESSIE: By uh, Blue Beacon Truck Wash. (The location was widely reported in the media in May 1993), (Ridge might as well say: reat afte me A little patch of woods). Copyright 2012 WMC-TV. Stidham overheard Judge Burnett discuss taking a lunch break with the jury foreman and heard the foreman reply that the jury was almost finished. DNA evidence at the scene was not found to include any from Echols or his co-defendants. However, these potential bite marks were first noticed in photographs years after the trials and were not inspected by a board-certified medical examiner until four years after the murders. RIDGE:Okay, you couldnt stand it. To assist in the appeals process, Echols' appellate legal team retained a Berkeley, California-based forensic psychiatrist, Dr. George Woods, to make their case. He also told mental health workers that he was "going to influence the world. The phone would have been in use at Jasons at the time Jessie says the call occurred. "He still believed in the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus". RIDGE: Alright, is that where he was cutting? His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. JESSIE: We usually you know, kill an animals, you know, so you have to know how to handle the meat and stuff, after we kill it to see if he knows, if he cant handle it, then he dont get in. Jason Baldwin, 16, Jessie Misskelley, 17, and Damien Echols, 18, were ultimately convicted in 1994. RIDGE:You said that they had their hands tied up, tied down, were they hands tied in a fashion that they couldnt have run, you tell me. Jessie Misskelley was born on July 10, 1975 as Jessie Loyd Misskelly Jr. JESSIE: He called me and asked me if I could go toWest Memphiswith him and I told him, no, I had to work and stuff. (Ridge leads Jessie again; Jessie doesnt state on his own where he was, he is told. RIDGE: Alright, you went home and about what time was it that all of this was taking place? JESSIE: I was just wearing a regular one of my old greasy up t-shirt. RIDGE:What did they look like? GITCHELL: How long have you been involved in it? "This was not justice," he said of the deal. Echols is married, an author, and a movie producer who travels the world. (Jessie was never taken to the woods with a video camera for this purpose.). [82], On August 19, 2011, Misskelley, along with Baldwin and Echols, entered an Alford plea. JESSIE: I would say it was about that big around, I would say about that long. JESSIE: He made the call from his house and Damien was hollering in the background saying, we done it, we done it, what are going to do if somebody saw us, what are we going to do? RIDGE: Okay, one of them were cut on the face real bad, is that what you said? JESSIE:We usually skin it, then make a bon fire and eat it and stuff. This more accurately describes the14thStreetWoods, which are normally known as the RHH woods by locals, not the site where the bodies were found (The Blue Beacon Woods). [53] At the time, legal experts agreed that this issue could result in the reversal of the convictions of Jason Baldwin and Damien Echols. [26] Portions of Misskelley's statements to the police were leaked to the press and reported on the front page of the Memphis Commercial Appeal before any of the trials began. The plea deal did not technically result in a full exoneration; some of the convictions would stand, but the men would not admit guilt. He is not dating anyone. [31] Police had initially suspected that the victims had been raped because their anuses were dilated. "[93] Advanced DNA and other scientific evidence combined with additional evidence from several different witnesses and experts released in October 2007 had cast strong doubts on the original convictions. [90] Echols's mental state while in prison awaiting trial was also called into question by his appellate team. GITCHELL: Where did the boys put their bikes? Later that evening, their parents reported the boys missing. In 2002, Henry Rollins worked with other vocalists from various rock, hip hop, punk and metal groups and members of Black Flag and the Rollins Band on the compilation album Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three. JESSIE: They laid their bikes down when they come out to the, when they hollered for them to come out there, (When they hollered for them to come out there conflicts with claim that Jessie and Jason were hiding and Damien [singular] called the boys over). He also opted to stay out of spotlight, so he remains an enigma in many aspects. RIDGE: They were on theMemphisside. "I said, 'Look, you get mad because they're living a good life but they're earning. To call them disorderly would be putting it mildly. RIDGE: Okay, he had his legs up in the air, alright, what was to keep the little boys from running off, but just their hands are tied, whats to keep them from running off? The West Memphis Three are three men convicted as teenagers in 1994 of the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, United States. [9] During Echols' trial, Dr. George W. Woods testified (for the defense) that Echols suffered from: serious mental illness characterized by grandiose and persecutory delusions, auditory and visual hallucinations, disordered thought processes, substantial lack of insight, and chronic, incapacitating mood swings. Jessie Lloyd Misskelley's third recorded statement in regards to the events of May 5th, 1993.Full transcript:http://callahan.mysite.com/wm3/jmfeb.html [59] Since his release, Misskelley has become engaged to his high school girlfriend and enrolled in a community college to train as an auto mechanic. [22], The day after the victims' bodies were found, Bojangles' manager Marty King, thinking there was a possible connection to the bleeding man found in the bathroom, reported the incident to police officers who then inspected the ladies' room. RIDGE:So, they are scared, is that right, JESSIE: They are scared cause after what they did, I told him that I was going to work with my daddy next time, I got to do something. Wouldnt any reasonable questioner ask about the contradiction? JESSIE: He choked him real bad and all. Stidham made similar comments during a radio show interview in May 2010. If you will look at John Mark Byers statement of 5-19-93 he describes Todd Moore becoming confused that all boys were castrated and John finding out it was only his son; so there was dicussion between the families and possibly those who knew them. A subsequent search of the ditch revealed the bodies of three boys. [10] The police interviewed Echols on May 7, two days after the bodies were discovered. The polygraph examiner claimed that Echols' chart indicated deception. JESSIE: Behind it, right back there behind it. HBO executives ordered them to return the knife to the West Memphis Police Department. [63] In 2011, supporters pushed Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe to pardon Echols, Baldwin, and Misskelley based on their innocence. Prosecution experts claim Byers' wounds were the results of a knife attack and that he had been purposely castrated by the murderer; defense experts claim the injuries were most likely the result of post-mortem animal predation. The third picture, which will be. RIDGE: Jason had a knife, what did he cut with the knife. [71] Douglas believed that the perpetrator had a violent history and was familiar with the victims and with local geography. And Susie Brewer Boggan says she is now out of Jessie Misskelley's life. Note:This is a transcription of the taped confession of Jessie Misskelley, Jr. regarding the murder of Chris Byers, Steve Branch and Michael Moore. 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Roofing with Ricky Deese and Josh Darby. JESSIE: They were sitting so far away, they were in the water, I would say about five to ten seconds, then come up and then the other one would go down. (Hello? 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. [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. [36] The court sentenced Echols to death and Baldwin to life in prison.[3]. They did college in jail. Piers Morgan Tonight aired an episode on September 29, 2011, about the three's plans for the future and continued investigations on the case. Several rounds of DNA testing in recent years have failed to turn up any physical evidence connecting the three men to the . They had been stripped naked and were hogtied with their own shoelaces, their right ankles tied to their right wrists behind their backs, the same with their left arms and legs. Misskelley, 42, is accused of driving without a license, no vehicle insurance, and driving a vehicle with one or more headlights. RIDGE:Which way the boys came from and where you all were when he hollered for the boys and stuff like that, you wouldnt have a problem with that? (There wasno evidence that Christopher Byers had been strangled with a stick or anything else. RIDGE: Had Damien seen these boys before? His stated reasons for the removal are apparently contradictory. RIDGE:Okay, was it a designed shirt, like this bull run type shirt, or was it just a plain white, old. He had never told me that he had it. Baldwin was initially resistant to agree to this deal, insisting as a matter of principle that he would not plead guilty to something he did not do. Confession. RIDGE:At the houses? The counsel representing the men said they would continue to pursue full exoneration. . No marks of any kind to his body in that region, nor did he die of asphyxia). Police initially suspected the boys had been raped;[10] however, later expert testimony disputed this finding. JESSIE: No, they just hollered at them, they showed up. I could not believe it was in Terry's things. Trace amounts of sperm DNA were found on a pair of pants recovered from the scene. [14], Steve Edward Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore were all second graders at Weaver Elementary School. . RIDGE:And one of them was being cut on his penis? [70], John E. Douglas, a former longtime FBI agent and current criminal profiler, said that the murders were more indicative of a single murderer intent on degrading and punishing the victims, than of a trio of "unsophisticated" teenagers. JESSIE: Yeah, thats where he was cut at. Jessie Misskelley, Sr. of Marion, AR September 5, 1938 - February 21, 2021 Jessie Loyd Misskelley,Sr. From left, Jessie Misskelley, Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin, the West Memphis Three, after their 1993 arrests in the murder of three boys. JESSIE: Damien had some black pants on, some boots and a black t-shirt. [59], The families of the three victims are divided in their opinions as to the guilt or innocence of the West Memphis Three. RIDGE: so, your time period may not be exactly right in what youre saying? What color is Jasons hair? Each man then entered an Alford plea to lesser charges of first- and second-degree murder while verbally stating their innocence. Douglas served as FBI Unit Chief of the Investigative Support Unit of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime for 25 years. [9] Friends and neighbors also conducted a search that night, which included a cursory visit to the location where the bodies were later found. RIDGE:How was he actually killed? View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. JESSIE: Well after, all of this stuff happened that night, that they done it, I went home about noon, then they called me at 9 oclock that night, they called me. Jessie Misskelley is reluctant to talk, but his father us his son is working and doing fine in West Memphis. (*****During this statement Jessie says that the boys were beaten by Damien and Jason with their fists, then he is asked if they were hit with sticks, and he answers yes. [60], Under the deal, Judge David Laser vacated the previous convictions, including the capital murder convictions for Echols and Baldwin, and ordered a new trial. There is no way he could have received any call). I can't help it you just laid on a bed and laid there,'" said Boggan. Im saying what time was it that you were actually there in the park? None was found to match DNA from Echols, Baldwin, or Misskelley. Beebe said he would deny the request unless there was evidence showing someone else committed the murders. Jessie Misskelley Jr Confession in West Memphis Three Case Home Law Jessie Misskelley Jr Confession in West Memphis Three Case February 3, 2022 by Madison Gregory Note: This is a transcription of the taped confession of Jessie Misskelley, Jr. regarding the murder of Chris Byers, Steve Branch and Michael Moore. (Jessie indicates here he leaves directly after Damien and Jason reach Michael, yet he is then led on to continue his story). Eight months after his original confession, on February 17, 1994, Misskelley made another statement to police. [16] Steve Edward Branch is buried in Mount Zion Cemetery in Steele, Missouri. RIDGE:Okay, how did he have sex with that one? On August 19, 2011, Echols, along with Baldwin and Misskelley, was released from prison after their attorneys and the judge handling the upcoming retrial agreed to a deal. GITCHELL: Now, youre pointing to the Byers boy again? [9], On June 3, the police interrogated Jessie Misskelley, Jr. RIDGE:Since this crime took place. He said they called me). He moved to New York with his wife Lorri Davis. After the West Memphis 3 were convicted, Susie Brewer Boggan went on with her life. During subsequent questioning, Morgan claimed a long history of drug and alcohol use, along with blackouts and memory lapses. JESSIE: And then Damien, I heard Damien in the background saying we done it, we done it, what we gonna do now what about if somebody saw us. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. Would you do that? Misskelley was arrested in connection to the murders on June 3, 1993. RIDGE: When youve been by yourself, and Im sure in the last three weeks youve been by yourself with them sometime. [57], In early December 2010, David Burnett was elected to the Arkansas State Senate. Police said the recording was "inaudible", but Hutcheson claimed the recording was audible. . RIDGE: Okay, let me ask you something, now this is real serious and I want you to be real truthful, and I want you to think about it before you answer it, dont just say yes or no, real quick. [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. Lawyers representing the West Memphis Three reached the plea deal that allowed the men to be released from prison. JESSIE: Yes, and I took off and run home. 5-10-102 (a) (2) (Repl. [21], California police sent blood and urine samples from Morgan and Holland to the WMPD, but there is no indication WMPD investigated Morgan or Holland as suspects following their arrest in California. [75], Many songs were written about the case, and two albums released in support of the defendants. Alright, another boy was cut I understand, where was he cut at? RIDGE: And what else, I think you said that he made the call from his house? According to HBO's documentaries Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) and Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000), no blood was found at the crime scene, indicating that the location where the bodies were found was not necessarily the location where the murders actually happened. Damien was one of the most watched charectars in West Memphis, no one ever mentioned seeing him with a briefcase? GITCHELL: Alright, thats uh the Byers boy. This would include running the results through the FBI's Combined DNA Index System database. RIDGE:You say that you got sick, so thats what you were saying, did you throw up or anything? [citation needed], While in prison, Echols wrote letters to Gloria Shettles, an investigator for his defense team. . 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