We have a man, by his own admittance, who was in the spot where they crime occurred all night long. I know that all the experts agree that Michael was unconscious while he was tied up but I dont know about Stevie.. Expelled From Law School, Dad Convicted of Mom & Brothers Murder. This could have given him ample time to clean the area. Yet, when Jared asked about the evidence possibly being tested in the future, Hobbs said he was against testing anything else and as far as he was concerned, the case was solved when Echols, Misskelly, and Baldwin were arrested. (1). 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. As he tied up Michael, he further demonstrated to them how to tie up the others in the same consistent manner. Allegedly, the four men made it to a spot in the Blue Beacon Woods and Terry Hobbs asked the teens to wrestle each other. I just find it amazing that she let this slip out and the police never even caught on. I wonder if Michael and Chris knew that one of the men was Stevies stepdad and that is the reason they never told Stevie what they saw in those woods. So the chance of them basing their statements off of the practically endless information found on the internet is nil. Did he simply use Jessie as a scapegoat so that he could talk about the details of the murder and get it off his chest? 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. VICKIE: THE DEAD END ON MCAULEYRIDGE: ON MCAULEY BYVICKIE: BY THE APARTMENTSRIDGE: OKAY, ALRIGHT. When he was finished with that, I believe he then turned to Stevie. This is a final note Id like to make. Whats equally puzzling is the fact that almost nothing about the two mens alibis is the same, yet they both claim to have been with each other. Not only did Terry whip Stevie for not listening, but Pam was strict as well. First of all, she claims that her husband, her three children and her sons girlfriend were all in the car that night and two of her children even testified in court about the sighting. DO YOU THINK THEY WERE CRAZYAARON: THEY WERE SMOKINGRIDGE: FOR DOING WHAT THEY WERE DOING?AARON: THEY WERE ROLLED UP UM, CIGARETTES THERE WAS ALL KIND OF WHITERIDGE: KINDA WHITE CIGARETTES?AARON: ALL WHITETHE KIND YOU ROUND UP YEA YOU PUT THAT GREEN STUFF IN THERE. At 8:42, officer Meeks was dispatched to another call and left. When Dixie told her of him coming in to the laundry in the small car she asked if she was sure that it wasnt Richard Simpsons car. WHAT DID IT SMELL LIKE DID IT STINK? After Terrys attack on Michael, I believe Terry left him on the ground unconscious. They did not have the ability to do an in depth search on the 5th because darkness was approaching. The most severe injury to Stevie came from being stomped on the back of the head and its very likely that this injury was the very last thing to happen to Stevie. 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. Dixie came to work later and Linda Hollingsworth came in asking about where L.G. Furthermore, in the alleged confessions, Terry states: The bodies cant be found, at least not yet.. If anyone might know where the boys were going or what their plans had been for that day, it would most likely have been Aaron. However, this was never corroborated by police. He claimed that along with his cousin Rex Heath, he gave Jessies dad the barbecued chicken and went home. VICKIE: SO THEN UM, II JUST GOT AARON OUT OF THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW. Terry and David are not the only ones with suspicions and allegations of homosexuality surrounding them, though. Again, If we believe Billy Stewarts statement, the murders were predicated by a sexual act which could further explain why so many seemingly unnecessary acts occurred. In 1993 Bennie Guy and Billy Stewart were both very close with a mentally slow teenager named Buddy Lucas. He systematically destroyed every member of his family, traumatizing them with years of extreme sexual abuse/grooming and beatings. Tragically, for all involved, no one seemed interested or would return their calls. NARLENE: She meant the mommy, the daddy and the son,(LG) she said I dont know whats going on over there and she said, they are making me nervous, shes a christian girl, she said and I got out of there, I said yeah, I get bad feelings around them too. Stevie Branch was also tied with a less common and more complicated knot on one side, a Figure Eight Knot. She hasnt seen him or Michael by this point. If Echols is successful in court, the DNA testing process will likely take months. RIDGE: SO HOW ABOUT DO YOU KNOW STEVE, DID HE EVER GO DOWN THERE WITH YOU?AARON: UM, ONLY ONE TIMERIDGE: ONE TIME, WERE THEY, WERE YOU ALL WATCHING THE FIVE MEN DOWN THERE THAT TIME WHEN HE WENT WITH YOU?AARON: NO, HES NEVER WE NEVER TOLD HIM ABOUT IT. On the north side of the pipe bridge, very close to the Blue Beacon woods, a woman on the service road saw the three boys riding their bicycles at approx. If we want to understand why those boys might have gotten killed in those woods we need not look further than Aarons own statements made to police shortly after the murders. A few pages prior, he writes "Damien and Jason had no indicative violence in their pasts, and while Jessie was known for a hot temper, he channeled his aggression into pursuits such as wrestling." This gave the men 2 and a half hours to let off some steam and possibly drink and get high. As he jumped up from the fall, he grabbed Chris and apparently hit him with force as well. Douglas believes the act was meant to dominate, control, humiliate and punish. CHRISTY, I WAS TALKING TO A GIRL NAMED CHRISTY AND SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE THOUGHT THEY HAD FOUND ONE OF THE BODIES. In FBI profiler John Douglass' book Law and Disorder, he makes a strong case for Hobbs. Both Guy and Stewart have tried since 1994, thirteen years before Terry and David were even suspects, to tell the authorities what they had been told. Personally? If anyone might know where the boys were going or what their plans had been for that day, it would most likely have been Aaron. Statement made by Anthony Hollingsowrth, cousin to LG, to police. Based on the reports made available to the public pertaining to Damien's mental health issues, this is a flat out lie. This subreddit is dedicated to the West Memphis Three and the ongoing mystery of who really killed the boys they were wrongly convicted for murdering. The question is, why? But there also had to be an injury there to begin with. I have a theory about what weapon it could have been. But if Chris was merely bitten and stabbed, and did not actually have his penis or scrotum cut off, as was once believed, this would have provided an injury severe enough to have killed him (ie: bled out) while also allowing turtles and attracting turtles, in fact, to make the final injury after death. 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. VICKIE: YES. At the end of the conversation LG apparently told Narlene, Dont put yourself in that kind of trouble and Narlene says, Well, Im going to take care of LG. To me, that means that she is willing to lie to help protect LG. The three men ran after the boys, caught them and dragged them back to Terry. oh boy. Buddy told them that Billy Stewart was holding weed at that time. The 4perp claims that Chris was very quickly held down so Terry could stab and bite him. Instead, he must have gotten back in his car, driven to the Jacobys to pick up Amanda and then arrived at Pams work, which he did at 9:18pm. 92.According to L.G., Mr. Hobbs snapped and hit the boy with severe force in the head two or three times. Additionally, a bite on the face during murders/attacks is not only common in homosexual attacks, like a bite to the scrotum is, but it also common in Battered Child Syndrome. AND UH, HE SAID AFTER WE HAD LEFT THE MOORES COMING OUT OF THEIR DOOR HE TOLD ME MAMA LETS GO TO THE CLUB HOUSE. 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. ~Even Peretti agrees that Chris had post mortem wounds in his groin area as well as pre mortem. RIDGE: OKAY. She yelled for him to get out of her home. WHAT DID YOU ALL HIDE AND WAIT FOR THEM?AARON: YEAH (YES) WILL WE ALWAYS. I believe he wanted to punish them because he faultedthemfor spying. Additionally, approximately a month before the murders, a friend of Chris Byers brother claimed to have seen Michael and Chris with their pants down, simulating a sex act in the exact way that homosexual men preform sex; one boy was standing up and bent over and the other boy was standing behind him and they both had their pants down. WAS IT LIKE EVERY DAY OR ONCE WEEK OR JUST FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES YOU SAW IT HAPPEN? And, allegedly, David was the one who caught Christopher, so I believe the first person who was attacked was Michael. Maybe because sheknewLG was involved and he told her that Damien did it. Billy was merely contacted to corroborate the letter, which he did. SIDEWAYS AND WE GOT IN OUR CLUB HOUSE. Is there any possible reason why they wouldnt have stopped? This theory supportsbothsides of the debate. After his alleged attack on Chris, the beating of the boys continued. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. That night and the next morning, families of the missing children with the help of neighbors and police, searched the Robin Hood Hill woods, the Blue Beacon woods and the surrounding areas. He most likely began to tie up one side of Stevie using a figure eight knot and then went to Michael and tied up one side of him with a square knot. Clemente emphasized that someone who wants to know why the children were killed would likely encourage any and all evidence testing, as its one step closer to understanding the heinous murder. Yup. I still think about it regularly. There was evidence to suggest that Aaron was telling the truth about the clubhouse because wooden planks were in fact found and collected by police. This statement proves- indisputably- that Jacoby lied. And its about time we started putting some pressure on him for some real answers. To add further suspicion, LGs cousin, Domini lived within a five minute walk from Richards house. Jacoby is adamant to anyone who listens that Hobbs is not his friend. Also, although this may seem insignificant, Anthony Hollingsworth, LGs cousin, made a statement in May of 1993 that LG acts like he is gay. YOUVE SEEN THE CLUB HOUSE, VICKIE: UH-HUH (YES) I HAVE SEEN IT SEVERAL TIMES. He then told the others that all three had to die for what they had seen. My theory is that Stevie finished dinner and took off with Michael again to find Chris, and Terry and Amanda then headed over to the Jacobys home. NARLENE: She meant the mommy, the daddy and the son,(LG) she said I dont know whats going on over there and she said, they are making me nervous, shes a christian girl, she said and I got out of there, I said yeah, I get bad feelings around them too. West Memphis Three: Who is the real killer behind the brutal - MEAWW And keeping the knife as a trophy? RIDGE YOU DIDNT GO OVER THERE THAT DAY? 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. I have recently taken a huge interest in this case, and found that there is misinformation literally everywhere. 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. Im not sure if that rumor is true or not, but I do believe TH may have done it & DJ knew about it. And, Ill tell you something, I would take up for my kids when Ive known that they have done something, cause aint no telling what they would do. I'm a parent now and that's why this case has been glued in my mind. They believed something inappropriate may be going on between the two, who practically lived together. How about his fucking alibi, oh wait, the dudehe claimed him as an alibi thinks he did it. You may be the judge of the that. After the murders of the three boys, the general understanding by the public was that Chris had been emasculated and very meticulously had had the skin removed from his penis. Local author writes book on cousin's ordeal after West Memphis murders According to Buddys confession, the men then drove him back to Lakeshore and dropped him off. Everybody said that Damian, I know that hes suppose to have 666 on his shoes. LG, as well, had raised some suspicions himself by carrying on an unusual relationship with a much older man. [2] Judge Brian S. Miller dismissed the case and subsequently ordered Hobbs to pay legal fees incurred by the singer in the amount of $17,590. The manner in which they were tied also tells us about the crime and the perpetrator(s). Another coincidence? A month later three teens, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley were arrested for the murders of the three eight year old boys. the tying up is part of what frames this as a punishment that crossed the line. Once Stevie and Chris were naked, both Bennie and Billy claim that Terry approached the boy David had been hitting, told someone to hold his legs and began to bite his scrotum repeatedly and stab at his groin. RIDGE WHO WERE WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION WORK? After ending his first marriage, he wed Pamela Hicks Branch in 1986, when her son Stevie was almost 2 years old. RIDGE: OKAY, DID YOU SEE THEM THE DAY BEFORE THEY GOT KILLED ? Perhaps Stevie tried to sneak away. RIDGE: SO HOW ABOUT DO YOU KNOW STEVE, DID HE EVER GO DOWN THERE WITH YOU? VICKIE: HE STAYED. A Calhoun County man has been missing for weeks now, leaving his family searching for answers. RIDGE OKAY, SO WHEN BUDDY TELLS US THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THE DATE ON THE 5TH THAT HE WENT OVER THERE WITH YOU, HE DID GO OVER THERE WITH YOU, BUT IT WASNT ON THAT DATE? These statements have protected Hobbs for seven years. When you realize that LG and Buddy were most likely above the ditch, handing the boys bodies to the two men, you can begin to see exactly what a difficult task this was if done alone. Lastly, Stevie branch apparently told his cousin that Terry was molesting him and Amanda. For the latest true crime and justice news,subscribe to the Crime Stories with Nancy Grace podcast. She was completely off in her description of the way they looked and the way they were dressed. RIDGE: WAS IT THERE WHERE YOUR CLUB IS OR WAS IT SOME WHERE ELSE IN THOSE WOODS? I believe he intended to terrify and threaten them so they would never, ever speak of what they had seen. Chris was only spotted on a skateboard up until 6pm. As the men submerged the boys, I believe the two teens took the bicycles to the bayou where they dumped them on the north side of the pipe bridge. Roy Taylor was the marijuana, cocaine, and crystal meth supplier for Mr. Hobbsand me. In both Billy and Bennies statements, i.e. HE SAID WE WENT THERE EVERYDAY BUT WOULDNT GO ON FRIDAY AND I TOLD HIM WHY HOW DO YOU KNOW FRIDAY? However, is it simply a coincidence that the statements that Aaron told police in 1993 coincide so perfectly with the alleged confessions that Buddy and LG made in 1994 and were later retold in 2012? And why would Narlene have any need to lie for LG if he was innocent? The West Memphis Three are Damien Echols, Jessie Miskelley, and Jason Baldwin. Cookie Notice Apparently, the medical examiner stated that the fine scratches on Stevies penis are similar to those from children who have sexually abused, i.e: given oral sex. Before I summarize what the Guy/Stewart affidavits reveal, Id like to summarize the statements made by Aaron Hutchinson in his first two interviews. 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. You have to remember that during this time these two men were quite young, mid twenties/mid thirties and they had just gotten off of work, they had Davids wife Bobby to watch the kids, Pam was at work and Stevie was playing with his friends and wouldnt be back till 8pm. I do believe that some of the injuries on Stevies penis came from himself, from excessive masturbatory play. THE MEN SEEN THEM. Would they have admitted there were car tracks found and helped the defense win their case? So why didnt Terry return to the Moores house in the four frantic hours he searched for Stevie in their tiny neighborhood? The 3 were let out of jail on an Alford Plea, which means that they admit that there is enough evidence to find them guilty (and thus the case is considered closed) but still maintain that they are innocent. The first most essential piece of evidence came from Stevie, Michael and Chris other best friend, Aaron Hutchinson. You really would need magic to pull it off. WM3 Defense Team Unveils New Evidence Against Victim's Step-Father - KATV VICKIE: HE STAYED. Biting and stabbing the groin of a male victim is a hallmark of a homosexual homicide. Why would she lie about seeing the three boys that day? Keep in mind as well, that the Flash Market/Landromat on Ingram was only a few minutes drive away from the Byers home on 14th. Michael was later stripped, perhaps so he would not stand out. $10,000 reward for new information leading to a missing man - WJHG What this means, is that the injuries to Stevies penis may have been the result of an abuser repeatedly preforming oral sex on him. In other words, a bite on Stevies face would likely mean that his perpetrator was a parent or step-parent. I highly doubt it. What stands out to me, is that no one has ever suggested before that the injury to Chris began as a bite. Is there any reason NOT to believe Terry Hobbs is guilty of the murders other than simply believing that the West Memphis Three did it? Now Im back to believing it was TH. I agree with that assessment but believe there were additional reasons. West Memphis Three: New possible suspects named in the brutal 1993 West If you read this report, it discusses threats Damien made against his parents, and they say they do not want him in their home because they are afraid of him and afraid of what he would do to the other children: http://callahan.8k.com/images/500/1/150.jpg. transfer betterment to vanguard. Years later it was discovered by experts for the defense that a knife had not caused the injuries to Chris penis at all. If anyone might know where the boys were going or what their plans had been for that day, it would most likely have been Aaron. SO WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? According to known evidenceStevie and Michael went to the Byers right around 5:30, which in my opinion was right after they left the Hobbs home. And also bit him in his penis perhaps once or twice. I believe its likely that LG and Buddy most likely used only their fists to hit the boys. 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. That means that they may have punched Stevie, but may not have taken it farther than that. apparently Terry said just 2 weeks after the deaths that Pam was neglecting her duties as a wife, apparently Terry was jealous of how much Pam loved and gave attention to Stevie. First of all, something led the perpetrators to get into the water. This is when Terry and David would have allegedly arrived at Lakeshore, seen Buddy and LG walking together and asked them who was holding weed.
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