After the West Memphis 3 were convicted, Susie Brewer Boggan went on with her life. [88] He moved to New York City after his release. [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. RIDGE:Besides just playing, the little boys, had they been in the water? (Hello? "[51] Pamela Hobbs' May 5, 2009 declaration in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Western Division indicates that "one hair was consistent with the hair of [Terry's] friend, David Jacoby" (Point 16), and:[52]. [53], In September 2008, attorney (now judge) Daniel Stidham, who represented Misskelley in 1994, testified at a postconviction relief hearing. GITCHELL: Did they have a briefcase with them? (Uh, no he didnt. In 2013, Misskelley's father, Jessie Misskelley, Sr., spoke on his behalf after his son shied away from local reporters. RIDGE OR GITCHELL?Someone makes a brief snorting sound as if to say youre wrong listen closely. [10] The clothing was mostly turned inside-out; two pairs of the boys' underwear were never recovered. [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. RIDGE: Okay, what did he say to you about it when you came to the police department, after seeing that boy in the woods? He confessed to the murders, which inculpated the other two accused. RIDGE: You were playing around in the water, alright, wha what were you doing in the water? [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. RIDGE: Has he ever had sex with them before? Naw, no psych or IQ issue here). [26][43] In June 1996, Misskelley's lawyer, Dan Stidham, was preparing an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. "WM3" redirects here. A month later, three teenagersDamien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr.were charged with murdering the boys. ), RIDGE: Alright, you got in front of you a picture, that was taken out of the newspaper I believe, its got three boys and these are the three boys that were killed on that date in Robin Hood Woods, okay, which one of those three boys is it you say Damien hit? RIDGE:Alright, youre describing a knife that would be about 6 inches long, is that right? [35] On March 19, 1994, Echols and Baldwin were found guilty on three counts of murder. Theyre not even TRYING to make this look like a legitimate interrogation! [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]. It was a pocket knife that my father had given to Stevie, and Stevie loved that knife. [69], In 2010, district Judge Brian S. Miller ordered Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of victim Stevie Branch, to pay $17,590 to Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines for legal costs stemming from a defamation lawsuit he filed against the band. Since his release, he has published a non-fiction book about both his childhood and incarceration, He and Lorri Davis, a NYC landscape architect who initiated a correspondence with Echols in 1999 and ultimately became his wife, co-authored, Echols provided the voice of Darryl, a fish man (i.e., a fish situated on a robot body), in episode 3 of the animated, This page was last edited on 18 January 2023, at 02:32. 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. Stidham has called the coroner's investigation "extremely substandard." RIDGE:But you would be able to point out where these things took place? He was last seen wearing blue pants, a blue Boy Scouts of America shirt, and an orange and blue Boy Scout hat, and riding a light green bicycle. (No one knew that the three boyus would be together; Steve Branch was told to be home in 15 minutes, Chris Byers was prohibited from being the RHH woods the idea that it was a targeted killing of these boys doesnt even come close to fitting). JESSIE: They started screwing them again, (No evidence of violent sodomy nor does Jessie say at any time how he found out that sexual acts were committedafterhe left if he did not discuss itlaterwith Damien and Jason; another case of Jessie leaving.). [75], Many songs were written about the case, and two albums released in support of the defendants. (Jessie was never taken to the woods with a video camera for this purpose.). JESSIE: I saw him cut one of the little boys. No way did this happen; it is a straight-up invention said to tell Ridge what he wanted to hear. Arrested in Oceanside on May 17, 1993, Morgan and Holland both took polygraph exams administered by California police. RIDGE:Okay, you couldnt stand it. Additionally, after the Murders my sister Jo Lynn McCauhey and I found in Terry's nightstand a knife that Stevie carried with him constantly and which I had believed was with him when he died. GITCHELL: You didnt see a briefcase? JESSIE: They could run, they just had them tied, when they knocked them down and stuff, they could move (hold?) What did you see him cut or who did you see him cut? 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). Branch was eight years old, 4ft. 2 tall, weighed 65lbs, and had blond hair. is 5'2"(1.57m) . RIDGE: Okay, and when you came back a little bit later, and are all three boys are tied? There was nothing of the kind on Chris neck. RIDGE: Okay, the knives, was it one knife, two knives, was your knife there? In 2013, written statements from two men, Billy Wayne Stewart and Bennie Guy, were introduced in the court. (Jessie does not state the location of the crime scene; Ridge tells him, and Jessie repeats it. Police said the recording was "inaudible", but Hutcheson claimed the recording was audible. . (Jessie now states that he leaves again second time . He is a producer, known for Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011), Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) and Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000). RIDGE:Okay, how did he have sex with that one? [9] Byers later stated that he may have cut his thumb. The prosecution accused the three young men of committing a Satanic murder. JESSIE: He was cutting him in the face. The judge then sentenced the three men to 18 years and 78 days, the amount of time they had served, and also levied a suspended sentence of 10 years. To assist in the appeals process, Echols' appellate legal team retained a Berkeley, California-based forensic psychiatrist, Dr. George Woods, to make their case. You dont need a PhD to figure this out a stick across a neck would cause very obvious linear damage. GITCHELL: Now, where you in a car? RIDGE:Damien and Jason having sex? [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. When police speculated about the assailant, the juvenile probation officer assisting at the scene of the murders speculated that Echols was "capable" of committing the murders," stating: "it looks like Damien Echols finally killed someone. Celebrities and musicians held fundraisers to support efforts to free the men. 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. Would you do that? This would include running the results through the FBI's Combined DNA Index System database. RIDGE: Okay. The audio file ishere(right click and Save As or Right click and Open in New Tab to play). RIDGE: Okay. JESSIE: Thats where I seen them going down at, and he was on his back. The knife was a folding hunting knife manufactured by Kershaw. [6], On May 5, 1993, three eight-year-old boys (Steve Branch, Michael Moore and Christopher Byers) were reported missing in West Memphis, Arkansas. He lived with his mother, Pamela Hobbs, his stepfather, Terry Hobbs, and a four-year-old half-sister, Amanda. You mentioned earlier that, one of the meetings you went to with this cult thing, they had some pictures. RIDGE:Was it a knife that you fold up, or was it like a hunting knife? They were convicted under what can best be described as questionable . 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 RIDGE:Are you scared of the police now? RIDGE:Old t-shirt, where are these shoes at now? 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: You didnt touch the bikes? Jessie Misskelleys income source is mostly from being a successful Producer. [9], In October 2003, Vicki Hutcheson, who had played a part in the arrests of Misskelley, Echols, and Baldwin, gave an interview to the Arkansas Times in which she stated that every word she had given to the police was a fabrication. The phone would have been in use at Jasons at the time Jessie says the call occurred. (Again ignores Jessies statement that he left and guides him into saying more happened). (WMC-TV) - Jessie Misskelley is the lone member of the West Memphis 3, who shied away from the spotlight. RIDGE:Did you actually rape any of these boys? In an interview with Piers Morgan, he said that he would like to have a career in writing and visual arts.[95]. Confession. They switch the side of the creek he was on from BB toMemphis), (Jessie leaves again and again he is guided to give more details after he says he left), [[Tape omission / blank 20 seconds jumps to here]]. RIDGE:okay, which one did you see killed? Charles Jason Baldwin[83] (born April 11, 1977) along with Misskelley and Echols, entered an Alford plea on August 19, 2011. What color is Jasons hair? [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. The song is about the West Memphis Three, with 100% of the proceeds going to their benefit foundation for their release. JESSIE: He keeps on asking me what are we going to do next, I told him, I cant do nothing now cause I go to work with my daddy everyday. RIDGE:Where did you throw up at? Not long after three teens were arrested, including Damien Echols, 18, Jason Baldwin, 16, and Jessie Misskelley, 17. JESSIE: They took turns going up under the water. [48], After an expert examined autopsy photos and noted what he thought might be the imprint of a belt buckle on Byers' corpse, the elder Byers revealed to the police that he had spanked his stepson shortly before the boy disappeared. He then realized, he has said, that his refusal would have meant that Echols stayed on death row. Byers was the only victim with drugs in his system; he was prescribed Ritalin (methylphenidate) in January 1993 as part of treatment of an attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. They were transferred to the hearing with their possessions. Michael Moore was the son of Todd and Dana Moore. RIDGE:About the size of a baseball bat, maybe just a little bit bigger round? Jasons friend Ken Watkins came over to visit later. RIDGE:Wouldnt have any problem with that? The plea deal did not technically result in a full exoneration; some of the convictions would stand, but the men would not admit guilt. Present in the interview is Insp. Searchers canvassed all of West Memphis but focused primarily on Robin Hood Hills, where the boys were reported last seen. [94], On August 19, 2011, Echols, along with Baldwin and Misskelley, entered an Alford plea, while asserting their innocence. JESSIE: They had holes in them and the knees were cut. If you were there the whole time, then tell us that you were there the whole time, dont leave anything out. 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 Misskelley Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Jessie Misskelley was born on July 10, 1975 as Jessie Loyd Misskelly Jr. [9][pageneeded], A more thorough police search for the children began around 8:00am on May 6, led by the Crittenden County Search and Rescue personnel. [45] The petition failed when the original trial judge, Judge David Burnett, disallowed presentation of this information in his court. RIDGE:Okay, the night you were in these woods, uh had you all been in the water? Jump to 2:46 (where the below begins). (In Gitchells testimony on the stand he states that Jessie knew about the castration of Christopher Byers and that was not public knowledge, when in fact, that was not true. All three were released from prison that same day. 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. Arnold was accused of advocating for the guilt of the West Memphis Three and sharing knowledge of inadmissible evidence, like the Jessie Misskelley statements, with other jurors. [9] Echols and Baldwin were close friends, and bonded over their similar tastes in music and fiction, and over their shared distaste for the prevailing cultural climate of West Memphis, situated in the Bible Belt. Also presented in the filing was new expert testimony that the supposed knife marks on the victims, including the injuries to Byers' genitals, were in fact the result of animal predation after the bodies had been dumped.[55]. JESSIE: It leads out there close to the uhh field, close to the interstate. RIDGE: Okay, was it after school had let out? Stidham overheard Judge Burnett discuss taking a lunch break with the jury foreman and heard the foreman reply that the jury was almost finished. After the initial investigation, the police failed to control disclosure of information and speculation about the crime scene.[38]. [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. RIDGE: Okay, how were they screwing them when you saw them? [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." I don't know, he just doesn't want to," she said. (Yet,again, Ridge get him to keep telling his story). RIDGE:No kind of design or anything? Susie Brewer Boggan, the recent former girlfriend of Jessie Misskelley, Junior, wants to set the story straight about her relationship with Misskelley. The relevance of Morgan's recanted statement would later be debated in trial, but it was eventually barred from admission as evidence. [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. . Gitchell touched on a point, real close, now what clothes were Jason wearing that day? JESSIE: Yeah, thats where he was cut at. ????). Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. Do you think they are sick or just mean? JESSIE: You know Damien keeps asking me how come I left and stuff and hadnt anybody said anything to me about it. Christopher Byers had lacerations to various parts of his body and mutilation of his scrotum and penis. He is in a relationship with a woman who befriended him while he was in prison. [6][59] Under the Bruton rule, his confession could not be admitted against his co-defendants and thus he was tried separately. JESSIE: Yeah, they seen them boys and then they hollered, Damien hollered said, hey, the little boys come up there. Douglas served as FBI Unit Chief of the Investigative Support Unit of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime for 25 years. Did you actually hit any of these boys? On May 5, 1993, Christopher Byers, Michael Moore, and Stevie Branchall of whom were eight years oldwent bike riding in West Memphis. (Jessie just said noon, it is now beingsuggestedto him to use a new time), Above Jessie has stated they met at 9 a.m., not 12 noon. JESSIE: I couldnt stand it to see what they were doing to them. Despite his reported IQ of 72 (categorizing him as borderline intellectual functioning) and his status as a minor, Miskelley was questioned alone; his parents were not present during the interrogation. 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. (It is also confirmed that Jason was in school on 5/5/93; hecouldnot have been in the woods at 9 AM.). Even if they were notinthe park at 9 a.m. it would not take three hours to walk from their homesorLakeshore, which is where, JESSIE: No . RIDGE: If you read the caption, the grizzly slain from left, 8 year old Michael Moore. GITCHELL: okay, now you have participated in this cult, right? [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. All money raised from sales of the album are donated to the legal funds of the West Memphis Three. [53] At the time, legal experts agreed that this issue could result in the reversal of the convictions of Jason Baldwin and Damien Echols. Police believed the boys were assaulted and killed at the location where they were found; critics argued that the assault, at least, was unlikely to have occurred at the creek. You tell me. Despite a shoulder-to-shoulder search of Robin Hood Hills by a human chain, searchers found no sign of the missing boys. She got married, had children, but the dream did not die. [24] Misskelley quickly recanted his confession, citing intimidation, coercion, fatigue, and veiled threats from police. Misskelley, 42, is accused of driving without a license, no vehicle insurance, and driving a vehicle with one or more headlights. RIDGE:Youve been back to this place since that murder. 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. He said they called me). Misskelley, 42, is . The man was bleeding and had brushed against the restroom walls. Mr. Echols and his wife, Lorri Davis, in Arkansas . GITCHELL:thats who you are pointing at? [33] His conviction was appealed, but the Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed the conviction. [citation needed]. [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. 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RIDGE:Okay, has Jason and Damien talked to you since this happened? This isnotsomething only the police knew). They called for these boys to come over there? RIDGE:Okay, Damians didnt come up that far? A little gun? 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. Not much is known about Jessie Misskelley, Jr.'s current whereabouts, and what he is up to. RIDGE: Alright, have they got their clothes on when you saw them tied? JESSIE:There was a group of pictures of all three of them. Trace amounts of sperm DNA were found on a pair of pants recovered from the scene. MATTINGLY: On February 4th, 1994, Jessie Misskelley was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. [32] The court sentenced him to life plus 40 years in prison. "[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. Alright, when you get the boys back together, where you at from the creek? GITCHELL: Alright, thats uh the Byers boy. Christopher Byers was born to Melissa DeFir and Ricky Murray. When told the blood matched both his and Chris' blood type, Byers said he had no idea how that blood might have gotten on the knife. RIDGE:How was he actually killed? Baldwin and Misskelley were sentenced to life in prison. Okay, youve been down there in those woods before. RIDGE:Are you scared of Damien now? Although Jason Baldwin has been out of the spotlight for the past . [16] James Michael Moore is buried in Crittenden Memorial Park Cemetery in Marion, Arkansas. [59] If they re-offend they can be sent back to prison for 21 years. Whose car where yall in? Hutcheson claimed that, at the Wiccan meeting, a drunken Echols openly bragged about killing the three boys. So, how much is Jessie Misskelley worth at the age of 47 years old? [23], In July 2008, it was revealed that Kent Arnold, the jury foreman on the Echols-Baldwin trial, had discussed the case with an attorney prior to the beginning of deliberations. RIDGE:Okay, what were you doing in the water? 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. 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. RIDGE:Alright, Damien, what was Damien wearing. their arms and stuff, and hold them down like, where they couldnt raise up and the other one stick his legs up. JESSIE: When I was there, I saw Damien hit this one (pause) hit this one boy real bad, and then uh, and then he started screwing them and stuff and then uh, (There is no evidence from the Medical Examiner whatsoever that any of the boys were raped; it was inconclusive. [86] Until August 2011, he was incarcerated in the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) Varner Unit Supermax. All rights reserved. RIDGE: When youve been by yourself, and Im sure in the last three weeks youve been by yourself with them sometime. Seeing a bruised up photo taken later would explain this statement; a recollection of the events as they were occurring could not). RIDGE: Now did somebody take it and used your knife, do you have a knife? RIDGE: At 9 oclock in the morning? Stevie Branch's mother, the ex-wife of Terry Hobbs, and Mark Byers have publicly stated the WM3 were wrongly convicted. Jessie's Alibi -- Timeline. Baldwin, who is also involved with movies about the life of the West Memphis 3, plans to attend law school. JESSIE: If he cant eat it, then he dont get in. (Once again; there was no evidence of violent sodomy on any of the children. I seen them going down right there real close to his penis and stuff and I saw some blood and thats when I took off. JESSIE: Then they tied them up, tied their hands up, they started screwing them and stuff, cutting them and stuff, and I saw it and I turned around and looked, and then I took off running, I went home, then they called me and asked me, how come I didnt stay, I told them, I just couldnt. 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. Producer: Devil's Knot. [9], On February 5, 1994, Misskelley was convicted by a jury of one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder. [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. 1 (2005), while still in prison. The bodies, he said, had been removed from the water before the coroner arrived to examine the scene and determine the state of rigor mortis, allowing the bodies to decay on the creek bank and to be exposed to sunlight and insects. [citation needed], On or about June 1, 1993, Hutcheson agreed to police suggestions to place hidden microphones in her home during an encounter with Echols. Is there anything else that you want to add to this statement? JESSIE: I dont know where they laid their bikes down at, cause I was behind Damien and nem, way way behind them, (But he just said he was up on the bank, not that close. 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