Richard took another polygraph saying that LG was not with him the night of the 5th and he passed. That makes sense to me. Even more damaging is the specifics of the way the three boys were tied up. 6 Q. Michael, being the first one attacked, was hit so violently and with such anger, that he was almost immediately rendered unconscious. Echols lawyer, Patrick Benca, reviewed evidence earlier this year that was thought to have been lost. WHAT I THINK HAPPENED TO THEM. Lastly, Stevie branch apparently told his cousin that Terry was molesting him and Amanda. Stevie also appeared to have a footwear impression on the back of his head; meaning that Stevie was likely kicked or stomped at the end of his attack. On top of Terry possibly molesting Stevie and being very jealous of him, I've no doubt Pam kissing another man and then the subsequent murders is just glaring motive. David Jacoby claimed that Terry said that Stevie was out riding his bike and that he told them to be back before dark. Which means that when Natalies lawyers dug into Terry Hobbs past, there were obviously some people who made similar allegations to the ones Billy made 4 years later. Then, in 2013, Jacoby was summoned to court over the alleged confessions of Buddy Lucas and LG Hollingsworth. Privacy Policy. 4:50 Terry takes Pam to work but first drives by the Moores looking for Stevie who did not come home by 4:30. Lastly, even David Jacoby, friend to Terry Hobbs, testified that when Terry arrived at his home at 5:30, he asked Terry where Stevie was. 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. I recall a man was outside across the street working in his yard. Police suspected the murders of Michael Moore, Christopher Byers and Steve Branch, all second-graders, were the work of a satanic cult. RIDGE: ALRIGHT, WHEN YOU SAW THESE FIVE OUT THERE IN THE WOODS AND THEY WERE DOING THESE THINGS THAT WERE BAD OKAY WAS THIS AT DAYTIME OR WAS IT NIGHTTIME? 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. Mark Byers claimed that Chris had attempted to break into the house sometime near 5pm but could not get in, when Mark arrived home at 5:20 and left shortly after to pick up his other son, he saw Chris riding his skateboard in the street. When the boys bodies were discovered, there were found in the Blue Beacon Woods right next to the alleged clubhouse where the boys played. My question is this: If you are of the opinion that the WM3 are guilty, how can you be sure? Hobbs was the stepfather of Steven Branch, one of the boys found murdered in 1993, in West Memphis, Arkansas. It seems extremely unlikely that one person would have been able to do this on their own in such a short period of time. A couple of months later, French contacted the police and her landlord after Hobbs reportedly came into her home and grabbed her breast. As he tied up Michael, he further demonstrated to them how to tie up the others in the same consistent manner. SO WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? When I rewatched PL1, Pam and Terry had broken up when she did the interview outside when she put Stevie's scarf on her head (she was in a red dress). THEY WERENT SCARED THAT MAYBE SOMEBODY HAD SEEN THEM IN THERE ONE DAY?AARON: UH-UH (NO), BECAUSE THEY NEVER SEEN US. "Yes I do have doubts. This is most likely when Stevie asked Terry if he could continue riding bikes with his friends. No matter whatgreen vegetable Stevie ate, the fact that it was a green vegetable and that it was partially digested shows that Stevie had to have eaten some vegetables sometime between 5:00 and 6:30. Most of the sightings of the boys were when the three were riding on two bicycles. (1) Its possible that the by the time the men could have entered into the woods, the three eight year old boys were already there hiding. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. DNA consistent with Terry Hobbs, stepfather of victim Stevie Branch, was. THEY UM. The four men beat the boys, tied them up and threw them and their clothes into the ditch of water. This would be something he could rationalize and also something that would anger him. This report http://callahan.8k.com/wm3/shadi.html details an incident where Damien got into a physical fight with another student and made numerous threats against him and his family. I also believe that Stevie was punched by the teenage boys, mostly by LG, but for the most part, and according to the confessions they mostly restrained him. Especially considering that they are remembering this event 18 years later for one, and for two, there were multiple sightings of the boys from 6pm-6:30 on the street beside the woods, quite a ways away from the Hobbs home, as well as the woods themselves. She described all three of on them on bicycles although they were only on two. In both Billy and Bennies statements, i.e. It wasnt until the following day when clothes began to emerge from the water, that police found the bodies. They are also one of very few people,who hadfamily memberswho suspected that they were involved and actually contacted police as a result of those suspicions. However, I dont think it takes an expert to see that the mark above Stevies eye appears to truly be a bite mark. In other words, he was likely being molested. I think its open to interpretation. (Narlene Interview) Additionally, she lied about seeing Damien and her niece, Domini walking away from the crime scene sometime around 9:30 the night of the murders. VICKIE: I REALLY COULDNT TELL THAT. And that is extremely significant. RIDGE: OKAY. I think those questions have easy answers. RIDGE OKAY, DO YOU REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY WHETHER YOU MAY HAVE GONE OVER TO JESSIES ON THAT DATE? (Dixies statement) When Narlenes husband was interviewed he said he saw two people walking on the service road, but was not sure who they were. ~It appears the boys *were* punched.. at least a little bit. two hours to clean up the blood at the scene. and our Its also extremely suspicious and coincidental that Dixie Huffords description of the car that dropped off LG would be so eerily similar to the car that Terry actually drove at the time and the car that he would have used to pick Pam up from work. 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 FORTRIDGE: OKAY, AND WERE THEY NAILED ONTO THE TREE OR COULD YOU TELL THAT? THEY SAID NO WE HID THEY COULDNT SEE US. 9pm at night looking for a phone number when all he would need to do is call numerous people and he could have gotten it? What is equally disturbing, is that both Domini and Damien had solid alibis for that time period. Although I have gone into great detail describing how this murder took place, in reality, the experts believed it would have only taken around 20 minutes to carry the murder out. AND THAT WHITE TANK TOP MAN. In John Douglas analysis, the tying up of the boys was another attempt from the perpetrator to humiliate and dominate the boys. Friday, January 20th 2012. Two of the childrens clothes were found inside out, implying that they were very quickly ripped off, and most likely ripped off of boys who were still moving. I personally could argue that the three are guilty based on the research I've done, but I could also argue that Terry Hobbs is. He then told the others to Get them, fuckers! Terry and David are not the only ones with suspicions and allegations of homosexuality surrounding them, though. Thats a time bomb. First of all, something led the perpetrators to get into the water. I believe its likely that LG and Buddy most likely used only their fists to hit the boys. This is a big deal. This lends credibilty to the theory that Stevie did in fact go home, and even ate some dinner. He believed that one of the men told the others what to do, because they always did what he said. In Terry Hobbs daughters own diary she talks about having dreams about having sex with her dad and that she is sure that he didnt molest her from age 15 years old to 19. According to David Jacoby, he and Terry drove down Barton street searchingfour separate times, passing Michael Moores home each time. HE SAID NO, THERE, YOU KNOW YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOUR CHILD IS LYING AND IT WAS LIKE HE KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP. It puts all questions to rest. i.e: wrestle. Why would she get in trouble for that? I dont believe when Terry first saw them that he intended to kill them. Ok, now kiss. One of the mysteries of this crime is the location of the bodies in the drainage ditch. UNLESS YOU KNOW NOT GETTING UP THERE AND LOOKING AT IT ALL. Dana Moore was there the entire time; she never left. In the second statement, Narlene describes to police a conversation she had with LG outside of the police station right before a police interview. Aaron claimed that he and his friends would go to the woods, hide, and spy on men as they smoked marijuana and had sex. AND HE SAID BECAUSE WE WERE SCARED, AND THEY WERE SCARED I GUESS OF GETTING CAUGHT THEN AND AH HE SAID MICHAEL KEPT TELLING ME THAT IT WAS AN INDIAN THING THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO AND CHRIS SAID NO THEIR GETTING READY TO HAVE SEX. In 2007 it was discovered that a hair that had been found underneath a ligature on Michael Moores nude body, belonged to Terry Hobbs. (1, 2, 3) This means that not only did Narlene lie repeatedly to police and in court, but she convinced her two children to lie under oath as well. : the alleged confessions of both Buddy and LG, Terry saw the boys spying and ordered the other three men to catch them. A narcissistic ego injury (Stevie talking back or what the fuck ever - remember the neighbor who saw Terry and Stevie together for the last time?) Well, the alleged confessions from Buddy and LG finally answer that question. As he leaned over Michael and removed his clothes, a hair from Terrys head or mustache fell onto Michaels body. I also believe this is why the boys got separated. RIDGE OKAY, THEN HE WAS AT LAKESHORE AND LEAVING TO GO SOME WHERE? The bottom line is very simple: Terry, David, LG and Buddy all liedabout their whereabouts that night. And, since Pam regularly made dinner at 4:30, Stevie knew that dinner was going to be around this time. Michael was later stripped, perhaps so he would not stand out. According to Fox 13 Memphis, Benca previously said the evidence was intact and they plan to move ahead and test this evidenceusing the latest DNA technology available to hopefully identify the real killer(s) of the three children in 1993 and exonerate Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jesse Misskelley.. OKAY WHAT WERE THESE MAN DOING?AARON: THEY WERE UH, DOING NASTY STUFFRIDGE: DOING NASTY STUFF, WHERE DID YOU SEE THEM DOING THIS STUFF?AARON: IN ROBIN HOOD UH, THE PLACE WHERE THE BOARDS ARE, AARON: THEY, THEY DO WHAT MEN AND WOMAN DO, RIDGE: OKAY, UH, YOUR SAYING THEIR DOING THINGS LIKE MAN AND WOMEN WOULD BE DOINGAARON: YEAH (YES)RIDGE: WHEN I SAY HAVING SEX IS THAT WHAT YOUR DESCRIBING?AARON: YES SIRRIDGE: OKAY, HOW WOULD THEY HAVE SEX?AARON: THEY WOULD UM, THEY WOULD WIPE EACH OTHER LIKE UM, LIKE UM, LIKE THEY DID UM TO MICHAEL, CHRIS AND STEVE THEY SAID, RIDGE: WITH THEIR MOUTH, WHERE THEY HAVING SEX WITH THEIR MOUTH?AARON: YES SIR, RIDGE: DID THIS HAPPEN REAL OFTEN ?AARON: YES SIRRIDGE: HOW OFTEN ?AARON: IT HAPPENED FIVE TIMESRIDGE: FIVE TIMES YOU SAW IT HAPPEN FIVE TIMES? that was a red flag to me, alright. RIDGE: IT IS OKAY, YOUVE BEEN DOWN THERE BEFORE? Buddy as well was involved in the investigation and was under suspicion from his family from the beginning. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHERE THE CLUB IS? 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. Apparently, Stevie had injuries to his penis that he believed were self inflicted. Here is a timeline of how events may have unfolded that day. LG also lied extensively about his whereabouts the night of the 5th. He flat out states that there is "not one shred of evidence and noting in the behavioral backgrounds of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, or Jessie Misskelley Jr. to suggest that any were guilty of murder." Join Nancy Grace for her new online video series designed to help you protect what you love most your children. SO THIS FRIGHTENED ME, SO I GOT AARON OUT OF THERE AND WE WENT HOME. LG, as well, had raised some suspicions himself by carrying on an unusual relationship with a much older man. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. "It's my. AARON: IT WAS EVERY DAY BUT, IT WAS EVERY TIME, BUT IT EVERY TIME BUT UM, THE FRIDAY. They would watch the men as they smoked marijuana and engaged in sexual activity. Whats peculiar is that Michael Moore was somewhat further away from Stevie and Chris, and that the location of the bodies was actually around 20 feet south of the suspected murder location. Hobbs may be awful, but nothing accounts for the beating and drowning that took place. 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. This means that by the time the four men would have attacked, stripped and tied up the boys, it would have only been somewhere around 7:30 at night. Not only ONE victim but THREE. Terry Hobbs was born in 1958 in Northern Arkansas, one of four children, son of Edith Raylean McLeod Hobbs and Joe Dean Hobbs, Sr. Hobbs, Sr. learned his trade as a butcher while in the military and went on to open thirty restaurants. This gave the men 2 and a half hours to let off some steam and possibly drink and get high. I think David Jacoby made a mistake/ a slip when he claimed that he saw the three boys, two on bicycles and one on a skateboard on the street when Terry showed up. Terry claims to anyone and everyone who has asked about that night, that he was almost frantically searching for Stevie from 5:00pm-9:00pm at night. Terry Hobbs grew up working for his dad as a butcher; his job was to tie up cattle and hogs, transport them, butcher them and to possible even prepare and bind the meat. This is just more evidence to support the statements from Stevies family that he was being abused by Terry.). RIDGE: YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE FIRST. 3:00/4:00pm. (source) All of these interviews and statements show that not only did LG not have an alibi, but he lied about his alibi and asked other people to lie about being with him, too. . I still think about it regularly. I know that all the experts agree that Michael was unconscious while he was tied up but I dont know about Stevie.. There is both an interview and an affidavit signed by Jacoby and neither of those mention anything about Terry propositioning him. Mark took Chris home, spanked him for being in the middle of the street and not waiting at home, told him to clean the carport and left him there cleaning at 5:30. Right as this happened, Terry, who was their neighbor, called to Stevie to come home. The teens wouldnt have minded being asked to wrestle initially and its even likely they would have removed their shirts to do so (especially if LG was wearing a shirt and tie at this time). This would make the Ballard sighting of 6:30 next to impossible if not impossible, considering the boys were found in those woods and the time of death was most likely 7pm. AARON: MICHAEL AND CHRIS SAID NOT TO TELL NOBODY. 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. From 6pm on, he had left his skateboard in the street and hopped on the back of Stevies bike. At that time and also later, when Bennie sent his letter and Billy was contacted, both men were in prison, separately.
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