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. 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?AARON: IT WAS BOTHRIDGE: IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING OR LATE AT NIGHT OR LATE IN THE EVENING?AARON: IT WAS, WHEN EVER WE GOT OUT OF SCHOOL WE WENT THERE ABOUT FOURRIDGE: OKAYAARON: AND THEY NEVER GOT THERE BEFORE WE DIDRIDGE: YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE FIRST. Currently, Hobbs has not been charged with anything related to the murders. HE ALWAYS TELLS THEM WHAT TO DO AND THEY DO IT. Back to the timeline. JMB is a freaking nut but I think he loved Michelle so much that when Chris died, she did, too. ~Even Peretti agrees that Chris had post mortem wounds in his groin area as well as pre mortem. However, this was never corroborated by police. AARON: UH-UH (NO), BECAUSE THEY NEVER SEEN US. You should see the other documentary WEST OF MEMPHIS There youll be more secure. He died before he was finished being tied up. Experts for the defense have claimed it is a bite mark and experts for the prosecution have claimed it isnt. At all. Roy Taylor was the marijuana, cocaine, and crystal meth supplier for Mr. Hobbsand me. All experts agreed that Perettis autopsy reports were written exquisitely. Allegedly, Terry Hobbs told the boys he was going to teach them a lesson. The day after the boys went missing before they were even found, Michael Moores parents asked Aarons mother, Vickie Hutchinson, if Aaron could be removed from school to help find the boys. However, according to Billy, one of the boys kicked Terry after he was caught and brought to him. THEY WERENT SCARED THAT MAYBE SOMEBODY HAD SEEN THEM IN THERE ONE DAY? The final sightings of the boys had them heading into Robin Hood Hills at 6:30.(source). He will take it to his grave but some people in the town know and I'm not sure why he isn't and wasn't under more suspicion. I believe that certainly Buddy, and perhaps LG as well, participated in the crime because of The Bystander Effect; they partook in the crime out of fear and/or compliance, but they did not have intentions to murder. I believe this somehow got back to Narlene, who began to feel that it was her duty that justice be served. RIDGE: ABOUT TIME WAS IT YOU WENT TO TRY AND GO TO THE CLUB HOUSE? Todd Moore, father of victim Michael Moore, found the evidence against Hobbs unpersuasive. The reason why Chriss skin was removed but his penis remained, i.e. WHAT I THINK HAPPENED TO THEM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three, http://callahan.8k.com/images/500/1/150.jpg. that was a red flag to me, alright. HE TOLD THE REST OF THE MEN TO HOLD THEM OR SOMETHING AND PROBABLY DID IT. 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). If we have actualevidencethat the attacker did in fact bite Stevie in the face, then it is not a stretch of the imagination to think that the same attacker would also bite another child during the attack. DNA consistent with Terry Hobbs, stepfather of victim Stevie Branch, was. I've no doubt he killed Stevie to "get even" with Pam. If you read Jacobys interview and declaration, they both give Hobbs an alibi and they both make it impossible for Hobbs to have committed the crime without Jacoby having noticed something peculiar about Hobbs. Not only did Terry whip Stevie for not listening, but Pam was strict as well. The use of hobbling helps to quickly control the animal as well as making transportation of the animal more easy. This theory is supported by evidence as well. These alleged confessions did not, and could not, comefrom intense online investigation. Additionally, why would LG go down to the Laundromat at approx. VICKIE: IT WAS COPSRIDGE: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DEAD ON? Also, he may have searched for the boys in the woods around 5pm when he dropped Pam off at work, also when Terry was unaccounted for. ~Also, during trial, Perreti said about ten times that the weapon was probably a 24. It seems more likely that someonesawHobbs make a pass at Jacoby and then told Natalie Maines lawyers about it. He dropped by the other parents home at the first chance he got, made an appearance and a statement that implied hed been out looking for the kids. French reported that prior to the incident she had gone to the Hobbs' home after hearing what she believed to be a domestic dispute. SIDEWAYS AND WE GOT IN OUR CLUB HOUSE. After the murders occurred, rumors circulated that Buddy may have been involved. 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. The DNA used for comparison purposes was taken from cigarette butts obtained from an ashtray. RIDGE: IS THE WOODS HAVE THEY GOT A NAME THEY CALL THEM ROBIN HOOD IS THAT RIGHT? In fact, she too brings up that Buddy was working that day as if that proved anything. When Aaron Hutchinson spoke about the clubhouse, he referenced the boards numerous times. WAS IT LIKE EVERY DAY OR ONCE WEEK OR JUST FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES YOU SAW IT HAPPEN?AARON: IT WAS EVERY DAY BUT, IT WAS EVERY TIME, BUT IT EVERY TIME BUT UM, THE FRIDAY. Jacoby knows something. OKAY WHAT WERE THESE MAN DOING? I think its highly probable that Terry repeatedly bit Stevie on his face, mostly on his left side. David Jacoby lived on 17th between 14th and Ingram. THEY UM. ! Retired FBI profiler, John Douglas, as well as profiler Brent Turvey both believed the entire attack was punitive in nature and that the perpetrator was teaching the boys a lesson for either a real or percieved transgression. John Douglas claimed to have searched murders all over the world and could not identityone other timethat this method of tying someone up was used. The 4perp claims that Chris was very quickly held down so Terry could stab and bite him. Catch them! When the teens brought the boys back, one of them kicked Hobbs which sent him into a rage. 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? Timeline: 2;30 Pam Hicks, Stevie and Amanda walk home from school. This testing, though not as conclusive as traditional DNA testing, can help to exclude suspects as potential donors of physical evidence. Is there any possible reason why they wouldnt have stopped? When the boys were eventually discovered the next day, not only were they discovered hidden under water, but their clothes and bicycles had all been submerged as well. RIDGE: WITH THEIR MOUTH, WHERE THEY HAVING SEX WITH THEIR MOUTH? In part, I blame paradise lost for the graphic images. The attorney for convicted killer Damien Echols says DNA evidence proves he is innocent and he's demanding a new trial. 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. In March 2022,Damien Echols said in a tweet that hell be back in court on June 23 with his law team as they try to get access to DNA, found in the case evidence, to a lab for testing. Why didnt Terry search for Stevie at the Moores? 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. I believe that she knew that LG was somehow involved in the murders. Before I summarize what the Guy/Stewart affidavits reveal, Id like to summarize the statements made by Aaron Hutchinson in his first two interviews. RIDGE: THE ONE IN THE WHITE SHIRT DOES HE LIKE TO BOSS? HES NEVER SEEN THEM, AARON: CAUSE IT WAS ON A FRIDAY WHENEVER HE WENT DOWN THERE WITH US. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Damien Echols, along with friends Jason Baldwin and Jesse Misskelly, were convicted of murder in 1994, in connection with the murders of Chris Byers, Michael Moore, and Steven. 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. It is completely illogical to believe that LG would have driven nearly ten minutes away to get the phone number of someone who was in walking distance from him. Due to this error in the judgement by police, the information revealed by Aaron has been largely ignored through the years. However, Richard vehemently denied lending LG his car that night. The new evidence establishes that the last person who had custody of the three boys before they vanished and died was Terry Hobbs. http://callahan.8k.com/pdf/de_dnamotion3_30_11.pdf. This is most likely when Stevie asked Terry if he could continue riding bikes with his friends. I think its open to interpretation. Basically, the truth was overshadowed by stories of cults and devil worshipping put into Aarons head by his mother and the West Memphis detectives, Bryn Ridge and Gary Gitchell. He had a history of crime and domestic violence, and he shot his brother-in-law, allegedly in self-defense. According to Gary Gitchell, there was rainfall on at least one or two of those nights. Echols is one of three men found guilty in the brutal murders of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis in 1993. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. In fact, in 2012 the animal hair found on the boys bodies was tested; revealing that the animal hair was from both canines and felines. Some details of this timeline are facts, corroborated by multiple sources, other details are merely theories of what may have taken place on the evening of May 5th, 1993. Why would he ask Terry where Stevie was if he literally had seen Stevie riding in the street with his friends a few minutes prior? Additionally, his wounds later attracted turtles to further bite his face, making his injuries more severe. What this means is that the men would have only needed to briefly remove their shoes before entering the water. Additionally, in both alleged confessions, David Jacoby was also wearing shorts. I agree that that was the intention, but I also believe there was another element behind it. http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/story/21810828/new-allegations-surface-in-the-west-memphis-3-murders. Had LG engaged in sexual activity with Hobbs and Jacoby prior to this day? May 1993. For more information, please see our The two men were looking for weed and asked the boys if they knew where to find some, or in other words, they wanted to know which drug dealer was currently holding. In the beginning I thought it was TH. 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. AND THAT WHITE TANK TOP MAN. Friday, January 20th 2012. Perhaps she felt obligated to lie about Damien in order to get him arrested for a murder she believed he committed. A year or so after Buddy admitted to Bennie of his involvement, he also allegedly confessed to Billy Stewart and described to him what happened. What really stands out to me is that the guilt or innocence of the men known as the West Memphis Three has been wildly debated through the years. The new documents. My theory is that Chris had tried to get into his home and failed and was heading back to Stevies house when he was picked up by his dad instead. According to Buddys confession, the men then drove him back to Lakeshore and dropped him off. Each boy had indications of being punched because the contusions did not have deep lacerations with them. The second that Terry would have hit Michael in the face or head, would also be the split second he knew all three had to die. THAT HAD ON THE WHITE TANK TOP. 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. She claimed to have seen the three eight year old boys when she dropped LG off, but it was a very shaky sighting. Then, in 2013, Jacoby was summoned to court over the alleged confessions of Buddy Lucas and LG Hollingsworth. I rewatched the paradise lost docs and in the last one, just before the murders, Pam had "kissed a Mexican" and Terry said that years later when he brought on the lawsuit with Natalie Maines. The children never returned home. Jared: When they [the police] met you at the restaurant, was it just closer to meet you there as opposed to going to the neighborhood?, Hobbs: Thats where we called them from, so we knew they would be coming up somewhere near there.. As Bennies statements suggest, as well the MEs position on Michaels injuries, there is good evidence to suggest that Michael was violently attacked first and then lay unconscious for the rest of the crime. RIDGE WHO WERE WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION WORK? CHRISTY, I WAS TALKING TO A GIRL NAMED CHRISTY AND SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE THOUGHT THEY HAD FOUND ONE OF THE BODIES. Pinterest. Michael was almost immediately rendered unconscious ( I believe because he was attacked first). In addition to that, when the boys autopsies were performed, animal hair was discovered on them. "He would have been a heart breaker if. (1, 2) According to Jamie and her family, the three boys were playing in her backyard and then flew out onto the sidewalk and headed towards the Hobbs home. Rather than rush inside and tell Pam that Stevie was missing along with two of his friends, he walked right past Pam to the phone, called police and filed a missing person report. And since she couldnt have known this from a sighting, because the sighting never happened, then it must be from some other source. Therefore, it was likely that the person who either killed or tied Michael up, was carrying a knife. Ifvery conservativelyone in every 10-20 people is gay or bi, and the police force is made up of 20 people (just a fun number) one of those cops is gonna like dick. In fact, Richard and his roommate both admitted that they didnt even see LG that night. Billy was merely contacted to corroborate the letter, which he did. How could she be so off in her description of what they wore and what they looked like, if she truly did see them? He believed that one of the men told the others what to do, because they always did what he said. In the south in the 90s, the community of dick-havers who are into dick will come from all walks of life and have all sorts of jobs. YEA IT WAS BUT, I WOULD THINK SO, IN ORDER TO HOLD ALL 3 LITTLE 8 YEAR OLDS THAT IT WAS PRETTY STURDY. What people forget is that we dont knowwhosaid that Terry propositioned Jacoby. (Mountain Home, Arkansas - January 20, 2012) Terry Hobbs' nephew, Michael Hobbs Jr., allegedly told his friends "my uncle Terry murdered those three little boys," according to declarations under penalty of perjury recently given to Damien Echols' defense team. He was still wearing the same shirt and tie when he was spotted at approx. I also believe the mutilations to Chris Byres was pure turtle predation, as well as Stevie's facial injuries. What they discovered was a very organized, catalogued and intact body of evidence, a group working on the case previously wrote. For some reason, unknown to the public at least, Terry Hobbs was never questioned. This is corroborated by various accounts and also by the fact that Stevie was not a child who disobeyed his parents. I know that all the experts agree that Michael was unconscious while he was tied up but I dont know about Stevie.. He was also a minister in the Apostolic Pentecost Church, a fundamentalist group. Press J to jump to the feed. I would say its quite coincidental that when Aaron was told his friends were missing, he immediately asked his mom to go to the boys clubhouse in the Blue Beacon Woods and this also happened to be the place where the boys were later found murdered. 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? Remember that LGs own mother was looking for him that night, despite the claim that he was allegedly dropped off at her home. Based on the reports made available to the public pertaining to Damien's mental health issues, this is a flat out lie. As they were riding around the street, Terry and David drove by on Barton (Barton would have lead them directly out of the neighborhood, taking them to 7th street which leads up to Lakeshore) and David saw them in the street. And for two, David claims to have seen the three boys in front of his house at 5:30 when he opened the door to let Terry and Amanda inside. Tragically, for all involved, no one seemed interested or would return their calls. Furthermore, Terry himself claimed to be in those woods all night, up until the early morning. The three little boys referenced in the declarations were found brutally murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. The attack on his genitals suggests an offender who is ashamed of his own sexuality, possibly confused and angered by his own sexual impulses towards males. In fact, the very first place that he and Pam looked before Pam went to work was Michaels house. RIDGE IRENE SHE TOLD YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE DAY THE KIDS WERE MURDERED? I personally believe that this boy was Michael Moore. I dont believe when Terry first saw them that he intended to kill them. There is more evidence, also, that LG never went home that afternoon. In this letter, a man named Bennie Guy revealed that in 1994, two teens, Buddy Lucas and LG Hollingsworth had confessed to him that they had been involved in the murders with two other men, Terry Hobbs, stepfather to one of the murdered boys and David Jacoby, friend of Terry Hobbs. This would mean that the attack and torture was focused on the two conscious boys; Chris and Stevie, whichiswhat appeared to have happen. Its possible. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE CLUB HOUSE WAS? Mark on Stevies leg, possibly made by edge of the board found at crime scene. In 2007 it was discovered that a hair that had been found underneath a ligature on Michael Moores nude body, belonged to Terry Hobbs. As he jumped up from the fall, he grabbed Chris and apparently hit him with force as well. In 07 or 09 when he was being questioned about the murders, just prior, he'd found Pam "kissing that Mexican". She said some very odd things about TH: "he gets a look that's plum(sp?) Then, I believe the men left around 5:45 and headed out of West Memphis towards Lakeshore trailerpark where Terrys alleged drug dealer lived. I believe at this time, Terry directed his attention to Stevie and bit him repeatedly on this face. Its likely that Terry was already heading to Billy Stewarts home since, according to Billy, he was Terrys drug dealer at this time. Terrys own daughter allegedly told family members, including her mother, grandmother, cousin and aunt that she had been abused by her dad and two family members even claimed to have walked in on Terry abusing his daughter. A bitemark on Stevies face would lend credibility to the statement that another bite occurred on Chris genital area. When the boys were found, along with their clothes the following day, there were two pairs of underwear and 5 socks missing from the crime scene. 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. AARON: THEY WOULD UM, THEY WOULD WIPE EACH OTHER LIKE UM, LIKE UM, LIKE THEY DID UM TO MICHAEL, CHRIS AND STEVE THEY SAID. Unfortunately, the police had such tunnel vision about the reason why they believe the murders had occurred and who they believed the perpetrators were, that they basically ignored what Aarons statements really revealed; they unwittingly lead Aaron away from helping them find the true killers. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHERE THE CLUB IS? Stevie would have then gone home, eaten some dinner and asked if he could continue playing with Chris and Michael. According to Bennies statement, Terry stopped for a moment to yell, Im going to teach your fucking ass! 9pm by his aunt, and lastly, remember the very obvious lie Narlene made, and even convinced her two children to make,on the standabout seeing Damien and Domini on the service road.. What that may mean is that the last known place that LG was seen was Lakeshore Trailerpark. When the police asked Aaron why he thought his friends were murdered, he told them that he believed his friends got caught spying on the men and that the man with the white tank top told the others to hold them while he killed them. In order to have a deeper understanding of what happened, we must start at the beginning. Before I further explain and explore all the evidence that points to Terry Hobbs, David Jacoby, LG Hollingsworth, and Buddy Lucas being the perpetrators of this murder, I would like to reiterate something: there is almost no possibility that one person could have committed this murder alone in the timeframe it occurred. Published: May. According to Terrys ex wife, Terry Hobbs first wife had claimed in their divorce papers that he molested their son. fatal accident crown point. VICKIE: ARRON TOLD ME THAT UM HE AND MICHAEL AND CHRIS VISITED THEIR CLUB HOUSE EVERYDAY AND THEY ROAD THEIR BIKES AND THEY WERE SPYING ON 5 MEN AND AH I ASKED HIM WHO THEY WERE AND HE SAID I DONT KNOW MOM WHO THEY WERE I JUST YOU KNOW WE JUST SPYING ON EM I SAID WHY WOULD YOU BE SPYING ON 5 MEN YOU KNOW AND HE SAID WELL THEY WERE THERE EVERYDAY SO WE WOULD WATCH THEM. Terry admitted himself that he whipped Stevie and by Amandas own account, Terry was a violent man who left welts and bruises on her when he hit her. I hear you. hilton garden inn oshkosh; was terry hobbs ever found. Here are two statements made by Narlene to police about LG. Misskelly, who has a low IQ, reportedly gave detectives a false confession which helped a jury convict the three of murder. 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. 3:00/4:00pm. And uh Steve was suppose to come by (not audible) before dark I thank it was bout yeah it was bout this time a year it git dark around 8 oclock or so, and he said he told em to be back before dark. 9pm at night, and according to her, he was wearing a white shirt and tie. RIDGE: ALRIGHT, YOUVE BEEN TO YOUR CLUB BEFORE WITH THEM? The manner in which they were tied also tells us about the crime and the perpetrator(s). Hobbs, with the help of an author, put all that journaling into a book about the 1993 murders of his stepson Stevie Branch, and Branch's friends Michael Moore and Chris Byers. He was called a 'baby killer.' Apparently, LG walked in and asked for his cousin Dominis telephone number. golden age crime fiction conventions . Expelled From Law School, Dad Convicted of Mom & Brothers Murder. The photo on the left is Stevies bitemark and the photos on the right are other known bitemarks. At 8:42, officer Meeks was dispatched to another call and left. For whatever reason, if this all is the truth, something went wrong, and that was the day that the boys tragically got caught spying. I just can't get it out of my head. I think Michelle died of a broken heart, possibly organ failure due to drug abuse. Terry Hobbs was working for the Memphis Ice Cream Company. 9 Q. Several years back there was a rumor that one of TH nephews said he was in a room with TH, DJ and some others as they smoked weed and did some things to each other sexually. And in keep in mind that Terry grew up working as a butcher. 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. I also believe this is why the boys got separated. The men most likely entered the Blue Beacon Woods from the field that was located to the east of the woods. My theory is that when Stevie saw Terry there, he was scared, very scared. By the time the crime scene was cleaned up, it would have likely been around 8pm; dark, which I believe helped the four escape undetected. Ill let you be the judge. : the alleged confessions of both Buddy and LG, Terry saw the boys spying and ordered the other three men to catch them. LG never mentioned whether he was dropped off at home or not, but I have a theory about what happened next, which I will now describe. 4 Q. Aaron adds a few more details to what the boys had seen down in those woods: RIDGE: UM, DO YOU THINK THOSE MEN WERE CRAZY? This is the time when, according to Billy Stewart, he believes something sexual might have taken place between all or some of the four men. What are the chances that boys would act out the way homosexual men have sex, in addition to one of them saying they watched homosexual men have sex, and it not be true? If we believe these statements by Aaron, which I think are very plausible, we have not only a motive for murder but the very basis for what might have occurred in those woods on May 5th, 1993. He noted that his son spent a lot of time in the home of Terry Hobbs and could easily have picked up the hair (with DNA matching that of Terry Hobbs) found in his shoelaces on one of those occasions. DO YOU THINK THEY WERE CRAZY, AARON: THEY WERE ROLLED UP UM, CIGARETTES THERE WAS ALL KIND OF WHITE. If Stevie had disobeyed and never returned home or even waited a full two hours before doing so, he would have lost his bicycle privleges for two weeks, and probably would have gotten a pretty severe whipping from Terry. 92.According to L.G., Mr. Hobbs snapped and hit the boy with severe force in the head two or three times. CHRISTY, I WAS TALKING TO A GIRL NAMED CHRISTY AND SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE THOUGHT THEY HAD FOUND ONE OF THE BODIES. I dont know. We do not know whose pants were the ones inside out for sure and whose pair of pants was not, but we do know that Michaels shirt was the only one not inside out and none of the buttons on his shirt were ripped off. Would project a macho, heterosexual, in-control image. When Narlene was interviewed she claimed to have dropped LG off at his home. The act of tying up three unconscious boys who were near death at this point, was clearly an unnecessary act. Wouldn't a normal person say "embarrassed", maybe? Also, Chris and Michael told Aaron never to tell Stevie. For years, the stepfather of one of the three children killed in West Memphis, Arkansas, has maintained his innocence, despite public outcry to investigate him. I have recently taken a huge interest in this case, and found that there is misinformation literally everywhere. According to Billy Stewarts statement, he believes that at this time some sexual activity occurred between the men and two teens. They happen to not agree with all of his interpretations. Terry had returned home from his job and accompanied his wife to work. RIDGE: ONE TIME, WERE THEY, WERE YOU ALL WATCHING THE FIVE MEN DOWN THERE THAT TIME WHEN HE WENT WITH YOU?