Further testing of the knife produced inconclusive results about the source of the blood. [24] Misskelley quickly recanted his confession, citing intimidation, coercion, fatigue, and veiled threats from police. Jessie Misskelley Jr., released from prison in 2011 in the infamous West Memphis Three case was jailed Saturday night after he was arrested on a slew of traffic citations. GITCHELL: What time did you get there? Jessie Misskelley was born on July 10, 1975 as Jessie Loyd Misskelly Jr. I had been shocked that the police did not find it with Stevie when they found his body. Misskelley was arrested in connection to the murders on June 3, 1993. [30] Critics have also stated that Misskelley's various "confessions" were in many respects inconsistent with each other, as well as with the particulars of the crime scene and murder victims, including (for example) an "admission" that Misskelley watched Damien rape one of the boys. murder inquiry", "Help sought for memorial to victims in West Memphis 3 case", "3 Teen-Agers Accused in the Killings of 3 Boys", "collective paradise lost, revelations dvd", "WM3 Interview With Dan Stidham, Part 1 of 11", "Miscellaneous Essays and Interviews David Jauss", "Witnesses call boys deaths work of group with trappings of the occult", "West Memphis 3: Echols, Baldwin, Misskelley Speak", Lawyers file DNA motion in Cub Scout murder case, "KAIT: Mother of West Memphis 3 Victim Speaks About New DNA Evidence", Jury foreman in West Memphis Three trial of Damien Echols accused of misconduct, "Former lawyer supports effort for a new trial", Arkansas Blog: West Memphis 3 Press Conference, "Judge rejects request for new trial for 3 men convicted of 1993 slayings of 3 Arkansas boys", "New hearing ordered for 3 in Ark. After the initial investigation, the police failed to control disclosure of information and speculation about the crime scene.[38]. Beebe said he would deny the request unless there was evidence showing someone else committed the murders. RIDGE: So, what do you think ought to be done to them for killing these boys? Jessie's first taped confession to West Memphis Police in June, 1993. In 2005, Damien Echols completed his memoir, Almost Home, Vol 1, offering his perspective of the case. RIDGE:What kind of shoes were you wearing? Jessie, in front of me I have a rights form, and it has your signature at the bottom of it, is that your signature? They wouldn't be able to pull the same tricks. [14], Steve Edward Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore were all second graders at Weaver Elementary School. 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. JESSIE: I saw him cut one of the little boys. 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. "This was not justice," he said of the deal. [71] Douglas believed that the perpetrator had a violent history and was familiar with the victims and with local geography. [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. [19], Baldwin and Echols had been previously arrested for vandalism and shoplifting respectively, and Misskelley had a reputation for his temper and for engaging in fistfights with other teenagers at school. [29], During Misskelley's trial, Richard Ofshe, an expert on false confessions and police coercion, and Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley, testified that the brief recording of Misskelley's interrogation was a "classic example" of police coercion. Wouldnt any reasonable questioner ask about the contradiction? This part of this statement is also pertinent to the second statement (*)). Hutcheson claimed that, at the Wiccan meeting, a drunken Echols openly bragged about killing the three boys. RIDGE: So, there is like a tall bank, were you where were you at on that bank? JESSIE: Yes, he run out there and I caught him and brought him back, and then I took off, (This is the first of seven times that Jessie says he left and hes told and you came back.You dont need a PhD to see that this confession is utter crap. (I didnt see a briefcase), then ask the question again Jessie will come through for you . RIDGE:They had already gotten them off. A news story about Jessie Misskelley's curious behavior following his release from prison; avoiding media interviews and going into hiding. JESSIE: Damien had some black pants on, some boots and a black t-shirt. He was considered the leader of the three. "You shouldn't be mad about it, you could do it too," said Boggan. Good! Jessie Misskelley Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Jessie Misskelley was born on July 10, 1975 as Jessie Loyd Misskelly Jr. Okay, so you saw Damien strike Chris Byers in the head. RIDGE:Okay, what were you doing in the water? RIDGE:Okay, how long was the knife that Jason was using? . JESSIE: Close like army type, not quite, RIDGE:Okay, they are black, is that right, they lace up? You tell me. After the West Memphis 3 were convicted, Susie Brewer Boggan went on with her life. [36] The court sentenced Echols to death and Baldwin to life in prison.[3]. their arms and stuff, and hold them down like, where they couldnt raise up and the other one stick his legs up. 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]]. Officials failed to drain the creek in a timely manner and secure possible evidence in the water (the creek was sandbagged after the bodies were pulled from the water). 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 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. RIDGE:Besides just playing, the little boys, had they been in the water? They called for these boys to come over there? Describe those pictures for me. Although Jason Baldwin has been out of the spotlight for the past . There has been widespread criticism of the handling of the crime scene by the police. [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. JESSIE: It leads out there close to the uhh field, close to the interstate. 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 . Dr. Peretti, the Medical Examiner, described half-lunar wounds that were caused by a blunt object which could have been the result of kicks or blows with something such as a flashlight, not fists. The first report to the police was made by Byers' adoptive father, John Mark Byers, around 7:00pm. RIDGE: Okay, was it after school had let out? 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. [22], The day after the victims' bodies were found, Bojangles' manager Marty King, thinking there was a possible connection to the bleeding man found in the bathroom, reported the incident to police officers who then inspected the ladies' room. [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. After the documentary crew returned to New York, Berlinger and Sinofsky were reported to have discovered what appeared to be blood on the knife. All rights reserved. GITCHELL: Did they have a briefcase with them? 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. RIDGES:Cutting him in the face. RIDGE:When he called you on the phone, did he say that he had just got in? Best Documentaries of All Time Jason reportedly onlyleft the house very briefly to return a videotape, but was home the rest of the night.). JESSIE: I was just wearing regular blue jeans, my shoes. What color is Jasons hair? All money raised from sales of the album are donated to the legal funds of the West Memphis Three. [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. On September 17, 2011, 48 Hours re-aired the episode with the update of their release and interviews from Echols and his wife, and Baldwin. Misskelley agreed to introduce Hutcheson to Echols. GITCHELL:Did you have some blood on your clothes? RIDGE: Alright, Insp. JESSIE: They need to be put away for awhile. 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. RIDGE: Had Damien seen these boys before? The counsel representing the men said they would continue to pursue full exoneration. Currently in the office with Jessie Lloyd Misskelly, Jr., DOB:7/10/75, education: 9th grade, the place: Detective Division, todays date is 06/03/93, the time is 2:44Pm. April 11, 1977, West Memphis, Arkansas, U.S.), and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. (b. July 10, 1975). The relevance of Morgan's recanted statement would later be debated in trial, but it was eventually barred from admission as evidence. Byers was eight years old, 4ft. tall, weighed 52lbs, and had light brown hair. (Gitchell plainly sounds like he knows hes talking to someone with a childs mind). [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. [9] Friends and neighbors also conducted a search that night, which included a cursory visit to the location where the bodies were later found. Even if they were notinthe park at 9 a.m. it would not take three hours to walk from their homesorLakeshore, which is where he will claim they met in alaterstatement.). RIDGE:What kind of shirt were you wearing? JESSIE: They laid their bikes down when they come out to the, when they hollered for them to come out there, (When they hollered for them to come out there conflicts with claim that Jessie and Jason were hiding and Damien [singular] called the boys over). (They have to make sure again that Jessie knows what a penis is? [94], On August 19, 2011, Echols, along with Baldwin and Misskelley, entered an Alford plea, while asserting their innocence. [[[The following portion was cut out Watergate Style from the statement played for the jury. In 2000, The album Free the West Memphis 3 was released by KOCH Records. He lived with his parents and his nine-year-old sister, Dawn. In May 2013, for the 20th anniversary of the slayings, Weaver Elementary School principal Sheila Grissom raised funds to refurbish the memorial. JESSIE: No, he wasnt wearing anything like that. The song is about the West Memphis Three, with 100% of the proceeds going to their benefit foundation for their release. More, the children were hog tied, wrist to ankle, an improbable [at best] position to sodomize someone). Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. RIDGE: Alright, when did they take their clothes off? JESSIE: They took turns going up under the water. Baldwin, who is also involved with movies about the life of the West Memphis 3, plans to attend law school. RIDGE:Okay, the night you were in these woods, uh had you all been in the water? Christopher Byers was born to Melissa DeFir and Ricky Murray. This makes no sense.). 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. RIDGE:Did you see any of the boys actually killed? His father said Byers may not have taken his prescription on May 5, 1993. Bryn Ridge of the West Memphis Police Department, currently in the detective division of the West Memphis Police Department conducting an investigation of the Triple Homicide, Case File # 93-05-0666. [66] In 2007, Pamela Hobbs, the mother of victim Stevie Branch, joined those who have publicly questioned the verdicts, calling for a reopening of the verdicts and further investigation of the evidence. [96] After his release, he has worked on a number of additional media projects. He was predeceased by : his wife Kathy . GITCHELL: Okay, what is, tell me some of the things that you all do typically in the woods, in being in this cult. However, there was no forensic evidence indicating that the murdered boys had been raped. The film stars Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth. RIDGE:Why did you not come forward with this information? (Again ignores Jessies statement that he left and guides him into saying more happened). Okay, what was he choking him with? [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. Damien first came into my life in 1996, when my friend and I watched a documentary called Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills. RIDGE:can you describe to me what in those woods, whats the location where you were? 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. JESSIE: He had been watching them. [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. [9][30] The defense team objected when the prosecution attempted to question Echols about his past violent behaviors, but the defense objections were overruled.[37]. Arent we getting a little Aaron Hutchinson here? [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. His lawyer, Dan Stidham, remained in the room and continually advised Misskelley not to say anything. See full bio Born: July 10, 1975 More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Biography Awards Photo Gallery Filmography (by Job) Arrested in Oceanside on May 17, 1993, Morgan and Holland both took polygraph exams administered by California police. [49] She said that when she visited the police station, employees had photographs of Echols, Baldwin, and Misskelley on the wall and were using them as dart targets. However, the confession was at odds with facts known by police, such as the time of the murders. 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. GITCHELL: So, what else left is there, after that? None was found to match DNA from Echols, Baldwin, or Misskelley. JESSIE:And I left and stuff, and walked home. Charles Jason Baldwin was born April 11, 1977. RIDGE:okay, when you initiating somebody new come into a cult what actually is done to initiate that person into a cult? RIDGE:Since this crime took place. RIDGE: When youve been by yourself, and Im sure in the last three weeks youve been by yourself with them sometime. RIDGE: You were playing around in the water, alright, wha what were you doing in the water? RIDGE:Scared of Damien? RIDGE:Now these meetings, have they ever been violent, anybody gotten mad and got into a fight? DNA evidence at the scene was not found to include any from Echols or his co-defendants. GITCHELL: Okay, and it has these same three boys in it? (You need to hear Jessies voice on his bottom Is a question, not a statement), RIDGE: On his bottom? [53], In September 2008, attorney (now judge) Daniel Stidham, who represented Misskelley in 1994, testified at a postconviction relief hearing. 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. JESSIE: Uh, like a regular knife blade. [16] Christopher Mark Byers is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery East in Memphis, Tennessee.[17]. RIDGE:Are you willing to go down there with us and us having a camcorder and show us where these things took place? (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). JESSIE: They had had some houses, trees and stuff, (Trees, houses, and stuff?? Jessie Misskelley, Sr. of Marion, AR September 5, 1938 - February 21, 2021 Jessie Loyd Misskelley,Sr. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. JESSIE: I went down there and sit there, and after what they did to the boys, I just sit there. JESSIE: Damien had kinda of a big old stick when he hit that first one, after he hit him with his fist and knocked him down and got him a big old stick and hit him. He also told mental health workers that he was "going to influence the world. On May 15, 1993, Jessie Misskelley, and his older friend David Sims, who was 22-years-old at the time, and his younger friend, Dennis Carter, who was 15, had called the police from a bowling Alley stating they had seen three little boys, who were around 8 or 9 years old fleeing from a man near some train tracks. 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. Misskelley ignored this advice and went on to detail how the boys were abused and murdered. Dilation of the anus is a normal post-mortem condition. The police did not telephone the coroner until almost two hours after the discovery of the floating shoe, resulting in a late appearance by the coroner. RIDGE: They were on theMemphisside. The court sentenced him to life plus 40 years in prison. [6], Factors cited by prosecutor Scott Ellington for agreeing to the plea deal included that two of the victims' families had joined the cause of the defense, that the mother of a witness who testified about Echols's confession had questioned her daughter's truthfulness, and that the State Crime Lab employee who collected fiber evidence at the Echols and Baldwin homes after their arrests had died. [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. A hearing on Echols' petition for a writ of habeas corpus was held in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. JESSIE: Thats the one that I seen them cutting on. In August 2011, White Light Productions announced that the West Memphis Three would be featured on their new program Wrongfully Convicted. 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. On September 10, 2008, Circuit Court Judge David Burnett denied the request for a retrial, citing the DNA tests as inconclusive. They were convicted under what can best be described as questionable . Regardless of your opinion on his behavior, it is safe to say that Jason Baldwin is one of the richest film producers in the world. And be truthful. Listen to the inflection in Ridges voice it is a clearinstruction, not a question and Jessie is plainly trying to give the correct answer, following it with right there behind it. RIDGE:But you would be able to point out where these things took place? Circuit Court Judge David Laser was selected to replace David Burnett and preside in the evidentiary hearings mandated by the successful appeal. (Hello? GITCHELL: Does just everybody takes a turn. Examiners reported that both men's charts indicated deception when they denied involvement in the murders. [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. [16] Steve Edward Branch is buried in Mount Zion Cemetery in Steele, Missouri. JESSIE: He made the call from his house and Damien was hollering in the background saying, we done it, we done it, what are going to do if somebody saw us, what are we going to do? RIDGE: so, your time period may not be exactly right in what youre saying? RIDGE:Holes in the knees. RIDGE:He doesnt have one, he didnt have one that night? RIDGE:Okay, Damians didnt come up that far? Alright, another boy was cut I understand, where was he cut at? The plea deal did not technically result in a full exoneration; some of the convictions would stand, but the men would not admit guilt. Briefcase? RIDGE:Thats what youre describing with your hands, right? 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. [32] The court sentenced him to life plus 40 years in prison. He is from 1975. [31] Police had initially suspected that the victims had been raped because their anuses were dilated. On August 19, 2011, three men, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, who were convicted as teenagers in 1994 of the murders of three boys in Arkansas, are released from prison in. "However, they're trying to kill Damien. RIDGE: In the woods. Nonetheless, they claimed he was not regarded as a direct suspect but a source of information. JESSIE:I was close by the interstate. [88] He moved to New York City after his release. JESSIE: He choked him real bad and all. 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 It was a pocket knife that my father had given to Stevie, and Stevie loved that knife. (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). 2:00 PM - Ricky Deese's wife sees Jessie in Highland Trailer park. (Detective Ridge testified that he was unaware on this date that Jessie had a mental handicap. RIDGE:To that particular place? JESSIE: Thats where I seen them going down at, and he was on his back. RIDGE: Alright, where does that path go too? Jessie Misskelleys income source is mostly from being a successful Producer. Many people, including some famous celebrities and musicians, believe that the West Memphis . JESSIE: We were just sitting there, throwing stuff at each other. JESSIE: He hit him with his fist and bruised him all up real bad, and then ull (phonetic) Jason turned around and hit Steve Branch. RIDGE: And you mentioned that you heard some voice in the background? Then I came down here when he got out," she said. Misskelley and Echols had dropped out of high school; however, Baldwin earned high grades and demonstrated a talent for drawing and sketching, and was encouraged by one of his teachers to study graphic design in college. RIDGE:You were there by yourself? 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. 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