JESSIE: We were just sitting there, throwing stuff at each other. "[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]. RIDGE:Didnt you go there with some more boys once? JESSIE: He was cutting him in the face. RIDGE: so, your time period may not be exactly right in what youre saying? In an interview with Piers Morgan, he said that he would like to have a career in writing and visual arts.[95]. He lived with his mother, Pamela Hobbs, his stepfather, Terry Hobbs, and a four-year-old half-sister, Amanda. 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. [6] Baldwin pleaded guilty to three counts of first degree murder while still asserting his actual innocence. Arrested in Oceanside on May 17, 1993, Morgan and Holland both took polygraph exams administered by California police. JESSIE: They could run, they just had them tied, when they knocked them down and stuff, they could move (hold?) 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. The episode premiered May 5, 2011, with extensive background information included on the show's page at the Investigation Discovery site. GITCHELL: okay, now you have participated in this cult, right? RIDGE: Im not saying when they called you. What did you see him cut or who did you see him cut? Under the terms of the Alford guilty plea, Echols and his co-defendants accepted the sufficiency of evidence supporting the three counts of first degree murder while maintaining their innocence. [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. RIDGE:can you describe to me what in those woods, whats the location where you were? GITCHELL: You didnt touch the bikes? According to Leveritt, "Police records were a mess. (Uh, no he didnt. GITCHELL: Now, did you say that the boys skipped school that day. The defense's expert testified that the mark in question was not an adult bite mark, while experts put on by the State concluded that there was no bite mark at all. JESSIE: And started doing the same thing, then the other one took off, Michael uhhMooretook off running, so I chased him and grabbed him and held him, cause they got there and then I left. RIDGE:What did they look like? He is not dating anyone. According to his mother, Christopher was a typical eight-year-old. [10] During a polygraph examination, he denied any involvement. Jessie's first taped confession to West Memphis Police in June, 1993. RIDGE:But you would be able to point out where these things took place? 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]. I had been shocked that the police did not find it with Stevie when they found his body. 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. [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. RIDGE: In the woods. He was considered the leader of the three. According to our Database, He has no children. And Susie Brewer Boggan says she is now out of Jessie Misskelley's life. For the former Australian rules footballer, see, DNA testing and new physical evidence (2007). Hutcheson's young son, Aaron, was also present, and proved such a distraction that Bray was unable to administer the polygraph. Wouldnt any reasonable questioner ask about the contradiction? JESSIE:They, Jason stuck his in one thems mouth and Damien was screwing one of them up the ass and stuff. It was a pocket knife that my father had given to Stevie, and Stevie loved that knife. GITCHELL: When did you go back there? JESSIE: Right after I they beat up all three of them, and beat them up real bad. RIDGE:How was he actually killed? (There wasno evidence that Christopher Byers had been strangled with a stick or anything else. [59] If they re-offend they can be sent back to prison for 21 years. 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. It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Jessie Misskelley Sr. of Marion, Arkansas, who passed away on February 21, 2021, at the age of 82, leaving to mourn family and friends. 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? 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. JESSIE: He had that uh, like a, skull like. Echols, who had been tried as an adult, was sentenced to death. [40][n 1], In May 1994, the three defendants appealed their convictions;[42] the convictions were upheld on direct appeal. Under the . [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. Steve Branch was the son of Steven and Pamela Branch, who divorced when he was an infant. Damien Wayne Echols (born Michael Wayne Hutchison,[85] December 11, 1974) was on death row, locked-down 23 hours per day at the Varner Unit Supermax. RIDGE:The little boys came on over? JESSIE:I was close by the interstate. Jessie Misskelley was born on July 10, 1975. [21], The citing of a black male as a possible alternate suspect was implied during the beginning of the Misskelley trial. Beebe said he would deny the request unless there was evidence showing someone else committed the murders. [53], In September 2008, attorney (now judge) Daniel Stidham, who represented Misskelley in 1994, testified at a postconviction relief hearing. JESSIE: I was just wearing regular blue jeans, my shoes. Jessie Misskelley Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Jessie Misskelley was born on July 10, 1975 as Jessie Loyd Misskelly Jr. He named Jason Baldwin and Damien Echols . JESSIE: My dad woke me up this morning. 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. Digging for an answer when he doesnt know what response will please his questioner). 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]]. Echols testified that Detective Ridge's description of their earlier conversation (which was not recorded) regarding those particular details was inaccurate (and indeed that some other claims by Ridge were "lies"). Would you do that? Judge David Laser accepted the pleas and sentenced the three to time served. Although Jason Baldwin has been out of the spotlight for the past . JESSIE: He had been watching them. [9] Misskelley was questioned for roughly 12 hours. GITCHELL: Okay, and it has these same three boys in it? RIDGE:Okay, what were you wearing that day? (Jessie was never taken to the woods with a video camera for this purpose.). JESSIE: No, hes been watching them, (How would Jessie know what Damien had done with the boys in the past?). 1 (2005), while still in prison. [18], At the time of their arrests, Jessie Misskelley, Jr. was 17 years old, Jason Baldwin was 16 years old, and Damien Echols was 18 years old. Stidham has called the coroner's investigation "extremely substandard." Jessie Misskelley was born on July 10, 1975. Jessie Misskelley, Sr. of Marion, AR September 5, 1938 - February 21, 2021 Jessie Loyd Misskelley,Sr. JESSIE: Uh, like a regular knife blade. RIDGE:Light blonde, or like a sandy reddish type blonde, do you know the difference? His lawyer, Dan Stidham, remained in the room and continually advised Misskelley not to say anything. Moore enjoyed wearing his scout uniform even when he was not at meetings. Did you actually hit any of these boys? I had always assumed that my son's murderer had taken the knife during the crime. RIDGE OR GITCHELL?Someone makes a brief snorting sound as if to say youre wrong listen closely. He told me that he had to go toWest Memphisso, him and Damien with and then I went with them. 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. 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. GITCHELL: Okay, what is, tell me some of the things that you all do typically in the woods, in being in this cult. [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. RIDGE:Did you see any of the boys actually killed? The plea deal did not technically result in a full exoneration; some of the convictions would stand, but the men would not admit guilt. RIDGE:Did you actually rape any of these boys? Officer Regina Meeks responded to the call, taking the restaurant manager's report through the eatery's drive-through window. RIDGE: Had Damien seen these boys before? How close would he have to be behind Damien to have his view of the bikes blocked? Each man then entered an Alford plea to lesser charges of first- and second-degree murder while verbally stating their innocence. RIDGE:Did anybody see you leaving? JESSIE:Everybody, and we have an orgee and stuff like that. Jessie Misskelley Height, Weight & Measurements At 47 years old, Jessie Misskelley height is 5' 2" (1.57 m) . RIDGE: Where did they lay their bikes down at, thats what Im asking you? Byers was eight years old, 4ft. tall, weighed 52lbs, and had light brown hair. [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. 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. RIDGE: okay, the knife that you said Jason was using, where is it? "He still believed in the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus". When the bodies proved to have been discovered near where Aaron indicated, Bray asked Aaron for further details, and Aaron claimed that he had witnessed the murders committed by Satanists who spoke Spanish. Jasons friend Ken Watkins came over to visit later. 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. They did college in jail. When he first hit the boy, when Damien first hit the first boy, did they have their clothes on then? . Now we have a briefcase there that night whereas seconds ago, they didnt. Good! Jessie Misskelley was born on July 10, 1975 as Jessie Loyd Misskelly Jr. [33] His conviction was appealed, but the Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed the conviction. Baldwin and Misskelley were sentenced to life in prison. Confession. JESSIE: They were going to catch their bus and stuff, and they was on their bikes and so, (If the children were catching the bus, why would they be riding their bikes? RIDGE:When he called you on the phone, did he say that he had just got in? RIDGE:Where did you throw up at? Basically, when we went to trial the first time, they came in with ghost stories, rumors, "Arkansas Teen Found Guilty On Three Counts Of Murder,", Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three, "Youth Is Convicted In Slaying of 3 Boys In an Arkansas City", "Arguments conclude in 'West Memphis Three' appeals", "How Rockers Helped Free the West Memphis Three", "Fresh DNA evidence boosts defense in 1993 Arkansas slayings", "Damien Echols asks for new trial in West Memphis 3 murder case", "Pain tells how much life 3 slain boys had", "Police see progress in Ark. Copyright 2012 WMC-TV. 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. "[69] Byers has spoken to the media on behalf of the convicted, and has expressed his desire for justice for the families of both the victims and the three accused. [68] "I had made the comment if it were ever proven the three were innocent, I'd be the first to lead the charge for their freedom," said Byers, and take "every opportunity that I have to voice that the West Memphis Three are innocent and the evidence and proof prove they're innocent. Police detective Bryn Ridge testified that he later lost those blood scrapings. 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. [49], In 2007, DNA collected from the crime scene was tested. He confessed to the murders, which inculpated the other two accused. Note:This is a transcription of the taped confession of Jessie Misskelley, Jr. regarding the murder of Chris Byers, Steve Branch and Michael Moore. RIDGE:They had already gotten them off. It is not yet known whether the jury had an accurate transcript that included the next, critical portion wherein Jessie is told they are correcting his statement ]]]. [20] At the time of his arrest, Echols was working part-time with a roofing company and expecting a child with his girlfriend, Domini Teer.[9]. GITCHELL: Where the pipe is that goes across the water? Police refused an unsolicited offer of aid and consultation from the violent crimes experts of the Arkansas State Police, and critics suggested this was due to the WMPD's being under investigation by the Arkansas State Police for suspected theft from the Crittenden County drug task force. [63] In 2011, supporters pushed Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe to pardon Echols, Baldwin, and Misskelley based on their innocence. No matches were found. ????). JESSIE: Yeah, thats where he was cut at. "Jason sends him texts and stuff all the time asking him why don't he come to this. Jason Baldwin, along with Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. are known as The West Memphis Three, who are three men convicted in 1994 of the murders of three 8 year old boys, in West Memphis, Arkansas, in 1993. RIDGE: Alright, Insp. Directed by Atom Egoyan Writing Credits ( WGA) Cast (in credits order) Produced by Music by Mychael Danna Cinematography by Paul Sarossy . RIDGE:He doesnt have one, he didnt have one that night? That's right, the man I was about to pledge my life to was a convicted murderer. RIDGE: You were playing around in the water, alright, wha what were you doing in the water? JESSIE: If he cant eat it, then he dont get in. Video 4: An animated map of the 1993 West Memphis Murders showing the conflicts & corroborations in Jessie Misskelley's first confession on 3rd June 1993.Ind. The Alford plea is a legal mechanism that allows defendants to plead guilty while still asserting their actual innocence, in cases where defendants concede that prosecutors have sufficient evidence to secure a conviction. There was nothing of the kind on Chris neck. Uncertainty remained due to the small amount of blood[9] and because both John Mark Byers and Chris Byers had the same HLA-DQ genotype. During the course of his interrogation, which lasted for several hours, Jessie was given a lie detector test and the police succeeded in securing a confession from Jessie of his own part in the murders of the three boys. Dont like the answer? The memorial is located in the playground of Weaver Elementary School in West Memphis, where all three victims were second graders at the time of the crime. He testified that Judge Burnett responded, "You'll need food for when you come back for sentencing," and that the foreman asked in return what would happen if the defendant was acquitted. RIDGE:Wouldnt have any problem with that? Present in the interview is Insp. [34], Three weeks later, Echols and Baldwin went on trial. [25], Though he was informed of his Miranda rights, Misskelley later claimed he did not fully understand them. All money raised from sales of the album are donated to the legal funds of the West Memphis Three. Two other defendants await trial in Arkansas. RIDGE:They havent talked to you about this? [citation needed], Around 1:45pm, juvenile Parole Officer Steve Jones spotted a boy's black shoe floating in a muddy creek that led to a major drainage canal in Robin Hood Hills. JESSIE: Thats the one that I seen them cutting on. Did they take like one picture of one boy. We have estimated Charles Jason Baldwin[83] (born April 11, 1977) along with Misskelley and Echols, entered an Alford plea on August 19, 2011. RIDGE:Okay, what about when you get with Jason by himself? JESSIE: I was just wearing a regular one of my old greasy up t-shirt. At trial, the defense team argued that news articles from the time could have been the source for Echols' knowledge about the genital mutilation, and Echols said his knowledge was limited to what was "on TV". And Susie Brewer Boggan says she is now out of Jessie Misskelley's life. 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. Douglas served as FBI Unit Chief of the Investigative Support Unit of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime for 25 years. (The knife that was eventually introduced into evidence as the possible murder weapon did not match this descriptionit was a hunting-type knife). JESSIE: They laid the knife down beside them and I saw them tying them up and then thats when I left, RIDGE: Were the boys conscious or were they, JESSIE: They were unconscious then. Only two segments, totaling 46 minutes, were recorded. RIDGE: He didnt tell you that he hid it somewhere? Best Documentaries of All Time 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. Gary Gitchell and Jessie Misskelly. [36] The court sentenced Echols to death and Baldwin to life in prison.[3]. JESSIE: You know Damien keeps asking me how come I left and stuff and hadnt anybody said anything to me about it. RIDGE:Damien and Jason having sex? 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. RIDGE:okay, which one did you see killed? Nonetheless, they claimed he was not regarded as a direct suspect but a source of information. (Listen to the inflection in his voice obviously suggesting an answer). A hair "not inconsistent with" Stevie Branch's stepfather, Terry Hobbs, was found tied into the knots used to bind one of the victims. She claimed she had implicated Echols and Misskelley to avoid facing criminal charges, and to obtain a reward for the discovery of the murderers. JESSIE: No, they didnt get into the water with us. All three were released from prison that same day. View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. JESSIE: They hadnt they hadnt said nothing around me, when I was over to my friends house, they didnt say nothing. Misskelley ignored this advice and went on to detail how the boys were abused and murdered. What did you do there? JESSIE: I was there until they tied them up and then thats when I left, after they tied them up, I left. Jessie Misskelley Net Worth. [22], Police officers James Sudbury and Steve Jones felt that the crime had "cult" overtones, and that Damien Echols might be a suspect because he had an interest in occultism, and Jones felt Echols was capable of murdering children. You tell me. RIDGE: okay, so he was choking him to the point where he actually went unconscious, so at that point, you felt like he was dead? Not much is known about Jessie Misskelley, Jr.'s current whereabouts, and what he is up to. 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. (Aisde from conflicting with the five times he says and then I left, it also conflicts with the claim that he saw the boys pulled into the water). RIDGE:Okay, alright did and the one that they were cutting the penis off of, did any of them are cutting the penis or whatever was being done, did they have sex with him at all? JESSIE:yes, out there in Lakeshore. [57], In early December 2010, David Burnett was elected to the Arkansas State Senate. RIDGE: Has he done things with them before? [39] The State's experts had examined the actual bodies for any marks, and others conducted expert photo analysis of injuries. [90] Hospital records for his treatment in Little Rock 11 months before the killings show a history of self-mutilation and assertions to hospital staff that he gained power by drinking blood, that he had inside him the spirit of a woman who had killed her husband, and that he was having hallucinations. JESSIE: They had had some houses, trees and stuff, (Trees, houses, and stuff?? The three boys were found brutally murdered in a shocking fashion in a wooded area called the Robin Hood Hills. RIDGE: Alright, is that where he was cutting? That night? The song is about the West Memphis Three, with 100% of the proceeds going to their benefit foundation for their release. RIDGE:Was it a knife that you fold up, or was it like a hunting knife? All rights reserved. [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. .no . [3][9] Misskelley specifically said he was "scared of the police" during this confession. RIDGE: Okay, so they had them under control, you were there the whole time that was taking place? His father said Byers may not have taken his prescription on May 5, 1993. Damien Echols was sentenced to death, Jessie Misskelley Jr. to life imprisonment plus two 20-year sentences, and Jason Baldwin to life imprisonment. 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. 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. Ridges leads him into when you came back, signaling Jessie that theres more for him to say. The boys had been hogtied with their own shoelaces, sexually mutilated and physically assaulted before being killed. 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. GITCHELL: Does just everybody takes a turn. JESSIE:He was holding him down like, and Jason had his legs up in the air and that little boy was kicking, saying, dont, no like that. RIDGE:Okay, how did he have sex with that one? We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 10 July. The filing cited DNA evidence linking Terry Hobbs (stepfather of one of the victims) to the crime scene, and new statements from Hobbs' now ex-wife. [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. Also, my sister Jo Lynn told me that she saw Terry wash clothes, bed linens and curtains from Stevie's room at an odd time around the time of the Murders. For other uses, see, "Jason Baldwin" redirects here. I went with them and then. "[9] Leveritt speculated that the small local police force was overwhelmed by the crime, which was unlike any they had ever investigated. RIDGE:Did anybody see Damien and Jason? The third picture, which will be. [35] On March 19, 1994, Echols and Baldwin were found guilty on three counts of murder. (There is no way this phone call could have taken place. 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. . They were convicted under what can best be described as questionable . 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