Those who believe they are innocent claim it was a witch hunt due to Satanic Panic. After yelling and threatening Michael, I believe he took the board from David and violently hit Michael on the top of the head 2 or 3 times. RIDGE: FIVE TIMES YOU SAW IT HAPPEN FIVE TIMES? RIDGE WHO WERE WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION WORK? For me Hobbs did it. My only guess is that they already had their sights set on Damien at that time. The problem with this statement is this: for one, Jacoby claims he asked Terry where Stevie was. Which is right in line with why this attack would have occurred. Otherwise, there would be no reason to hide these items. That makes sense to me. When police were searching for the boys on the fifth, they were not inspecting a crime scene, they were simply trying to find three boys. Its intriguing, however, that Buddys statements were, He just held them while the others killed them, And, He hit a couple in the back of the head. Was Buddy really speaking of his own participation in the murders? That means that Chris would have not fought back much because after being stabbed, he probably would have been very weak. Timeline: 2;30 Pam Hicks, Stevie and Amanda walk home from school. I allege that the two perpetrators, Jacoby and Hobbs, entered the water and began to submerge the boys deep in the mud in order to keep them from floating. Its been so long ago you know it may not be in the right order but I know he did come over around 5:30/6 oclock and we played the guitar for a while and then he said he had to go. YOUVE SEEN THE CLUB HOUSEVICKIE: UH-HUH (YES) I HAVE SEEN IT SEVERAL TIMESRIDGE: ALRIGHT, AND HES BEEN FOUND THERE BY YOU SEVERAL TIMES? The first most essential piece of evidence came from Stevie, Michael and Chris other best friend, Aaron Hutchinson. 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. 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. Pam Hobbs divorced Terry Hobbs in 2004 and has reversed her position on the West Memphis Three's guilt. Apparently, he had told family members that his mother found a pair of his bloody shoes and when he talked about the murders at work, he lead people to believe he somehow knew something or was in someway involved. I've no doubt he killed Stevie to "get even" with Pam. When police told him they were going to polygraph him about Jessies alleged confession, Buddy immediately admitted that he had lied; Jessie never said anything to him about the murders. That is your motive right there. No doubt. 7 Driver? He was called a 'baby killer.' In 07 or 09 when he was being questioned about the murders, just prior, he'd found Pam "kissing that Mexican". We know from multiple sightings, including Michaels mother, that the three boys were on two bikes riding on 14th, headed to Goodwin St. at 6pm. The evidence that supports this theory is in the injury to Steve Branchs face and back of the head. 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. On the night of the 5th LGs aunt Dixie told police and her sister, Narlene, that LG was dropped off at the Laundromat where she worked in a small, light colored car. For the latest true crime and justice news,subscribe to the Crime Stories with Nancy Grace podcast. According to Pam Hicks, Terry was wearing shorts that afternoon. Terry Hobbs absolutely killed the boys and the neighbor girl said he had seen them right before the boys died. For more information, please see our 8 A. If the men left the woods by 8pm and searchers did not arrive till around 10, that would give stray dogs approx. And in keep in mind that Terry grew up working as a butcher. The reason for the prosecutions stance, I believe, is because the bitemark never matched Echols, Baldwin or Misskelley. They had been stripped naked, hogtied and beaten. 5:30pm According to both Terry Hobbs and David Jacoby, Terry and Amanda show up at the Jacobys at approx. Allegedly, the four men made it to a spot in the Blue Beacon Woods and Terry Hobbs asked the teens to wrestle each other. RIDGE OKAY, THEN HE WAS AT LAKESHORE AND LEAVING TO GO SOME WHERE? Additionally, in both alleged confessions, David Jacoby was also wearing shorts. West Memphis Three: New possible suspects named in the brutal 1993 West He was one of four children and came from a strict and religious family. The boys probably promised to meet up in a bit and Chris headed home. Listening now! With all that in mind, I allege that Terry and Amanda returned home a little after 5pm. Basically, anything that both sides agree with I consider to be a fact because its gone undisputed. If Terry was already trained in this technique, it is a powerful piece of evidence against him, in my opinion. Whats more suspicious, is that Buddy originally told police that he was with his family barbecuing on the 5th but when his mother spoke to Fogelman, she never mentions anything about Buddy being home with her that night. A certain kind of way. He writes that there is sign of hemorrhage. thirty minutes to clean up the crime scene before it got dark. Its extremely rare that a murder would take place directly after sexual activity that was unrelated to the victim, but if it did happen, it wouldnt be a stretch to assume that it couldcontribute to a perpetrators desire to strip the victim naked, tie them them up in a sexual and demeaning manor and then attack their genitals. I also believe this is why the boys got separated. 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. You should see the other documentary WEST OF MEMPHIS There youll be more secure. If you're into dick as an adult, you're gonna find your community. Even Terry said they usually ate dinner before Pam left for work (2). Then, I believe the men left around 5:45 and headed out of West Memphis towards Lakeshore trailerpark where Terrys alleged drug dealer lived. The ME noted the extremely pale look of Chris skin as well as the lack of water in the lungs, and it was clear to him that he had bled to death. Terry and Pam see Dawn Moore and tell her they are looking for Stevie. Even Aarons mother, Vicki, supported these statements in her first interview with police. 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. Back to the timeline. The West Memphis Three Trial: Who was the real killer or killers? A rather uncommon knot for a regular person but a very common knot for a former butcher or farmer. 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. I believe its likely that LG and Buddy most likely used only their fists to hit the boys. And keeping the knife as a trophy? http://callahan.8k.com/pdf/de_dnamotion3_30_11.pdf. (3) She claimed to have seen them near the spot they were murdered somewhere between 6:00 and 6:30. It also would make sense that Terry would carry shame, deep shame, if he were secretly homosexual. Richard took another polygraph saying that LG was not with him the night of the 5th and he passed. 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. 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. Another indicator that points to Terrys guilt and the truth in the alleged Buddy/LG statements, lies with what was discovered on Michael Moores body. It means its likely that he never went home. AND THAT WHITE TANK TOP MAN. When you realize that Michaels body was found by the tree and not by where he was placed on the bank, you conclude two things. Which means hecouldhave been walking with Buddy right at the time Terry and David would have shown up. Thats four hours. I allege that Terry dropped LG off at 8:45 at the Laundromat/Flash Market on Ingram and proceeded to create an alibi for himself. I think its highly probable that Terry repeatedly bit Stevie on his face, mostly on his left side. "Yes I do have doubts. Published: May. It was only then that Jacoby publicly admitted that Hobbs had left for two hours that night. Why was Terry 18 minutes late picking Pam up? AARON: IT WAS, WHEN EVER WE GOT OUT OF SCHOOL WE WENT THERE ABOUT FOUR, AARON: AND THEY NEVER GOT THERE BEFORE WE DID. What this shows us is that Jacoby knows the truth. Whats peculiar is that Michael Moore was somewhat further away from Stevie and Chris, and that the location of the bodies was actually around 20 feet south of the suspected murder location. Terry showed up at his good friend Davids house to drop off Amanda so he and David could go buy marijuana. RIDGE YOU DIDNT GO OVER THERE THAT DAY? RIDGE: OKAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED TO THEM? Only two people's DNA was ever found at the scene. This theory supportsbothsides of the debate. 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. This testing, though not as conclusive as traditional DNA testing, can help to exclude suspects as potential donors of physical evidence. David Jacoby also claimed to have seen the three boys in the street at this time; one on a skateboard and the others on bikes. Apparently, David initially hit Chris in the face and head with his fists until Terry came over and ordered the boys to be stripped. Two of the childrens clothes were found inside out, implying that they were very quickly ripped off, and most likely ripped off of boys who were still moving. He told police that Jessie had confessed to him and that he said that he had just held the boys while the others killed them. The darkest shit about all of this, is that they sensationalized this case as some bullshit Satanic fantasy. and all of it just covers up the sobering truth: this kind of child murder happens every day. I theorize they then cleaned up the blood from Chris injuries by scraping up the mud, grass, leaves and blood and throwing it into the drainage ditch. I still think about it regularly. The reason for this is that is that there is an abundance of evidence that shows the three are innocent and at the same time, there is some circumstantial evidence that shows they may be guilty. 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. (, In both Billy and Bennies statements, i.e. THE MEN SEEN THEM. The boards were a combination of boards that had been nailed together as well as a pile of loose boards on the ground. Was there anyone else who knew how to clean up blood better than Terry did? AARON: MICHAEL AND CHRIS SAID NOT TO TELL NOBODY. 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? Is it merely a coincidence that Terry Hobbs was a former butcher and that he grew up working on his familys pig farm? 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. As he leaned over Michael and removed his clothes, a hair from Terrys head or mustache fell onto Michaels body. [3], Terry Hobbs was 24 years old when he broke into the home of a neighbor, Mildred French. The kind of man who abuses his children for sexual gratification sees them as an extension of himself, so it's essentially masturbatory for the narcissistic pedophile. Pam Hobbs, with husband, Terry, hopes people will remember the life . Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of another one of the murdered boys. evil" when he loses his temper and "he doesn't get mad, he gets 'even'". AND I TOLD AARON, ARRON DOESNT KNOW ABOUT SEX AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND ALL THE BOOKS THAT YOUVE SEEN UM HE SAID THAT THEY HAD THEIR PETERS IN EACH OTHERS BUTTS AND SAID THEY WATCHED. Michael was almost immediately rendered unconscious ( I believe because he was attacked first). Although LG lived in West Memphis, just a few blocks from Terry Hobbs and David Jacoby, he spent a great deal of time at Lakeshore because various family members of his, including Narlene, lived there. I admit that when I first read the alleged Buddy/LG confessions I was skeptical. Mark Byers stated that Terry arrived at his home sometime after Meeks left. LITTLE ROCK The defense team for the West Memphis Three says it's has new evidence against the step father for one of the three victims, Terry Hobbs. Terry Hobbs Breaks His Silence | WREG.com It is my belief that only Stevie and Chris were stripped at this time because Michael was most likely already unconscious. 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. Read on and perhaps you will agree. (source) All of these interviews and statements show that not only did LG not have an alibi, but he lied about his alibi and asked other people to lie about being with him, too. The final sightings of the boys had them heading into Robin Hood Hills at 6:30.(source). Have you had a drug dealer named Ray? The only conclusion I could see from everything is that Hobbs is clearly a narcissistic pedophile. He told the exact same story even though the two men were not in prison together. HES NEVER SEEN THEMRIDGE: OH, OKAYAARON: CAUSE IT WAS ON A FRIDAY WHENEVER HE WENT DOWN THERE WITH USRIDGE: DID YOU EVER TELL ANYDODY ABOUT IT?AARON: HU-UH (NO)RIDGE: WHY? HE SAID WE WENT THERE EVERYDAY BUT WOULDNT GO ON FRIDAY AND I TOLD HIM WHY HOW DO YOU KNOW FRIDAY? He was probably only 5 or 10 feet from the other boys, not 25, as some people believe and 2. RIDGE OKAY, NOW THE CONVERSATION YOU HAD WITH HIS AUNT WHAT IS HER NAME AGAIN? According to Buddys confession, the men then drove him back to Lakeshore and dropped him off. When he found out his friends were missing, he immediately told his mom that they had to go the clubhouse in the woods. When Hobbs finally contacted the police, he did so from a payphone, even though the boy hadnt returned home at 4 p.m. as instructed, and neither had Christopher or Michael. Also, we dont know if the four men were already well acquainted. This is corroborated by various accounts and also by the fact that Stevie was not a child who disobeyed his parents. Hobbs' was. Aaron, Michael and Chris had always gone without Stevie and the one time Stevie did go, the men did not show up. At this time, I was afraid that Terry would rape, harm or even kill me. How is that a way to describe sex? Additionally, they would have focused on someone who lived in West Memphis and knew the Blue Beacon Woods well. 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? RIDGE: ABOUT TIME WAS IT YOU WENT TO TRY AND GO TO THE CLUB HOUSE? At the time of the murders, Terry and Pam had a 4-year-old daughter. What the ME failed to mention, however, is that a one time act of oral sex on a child is not going to cause enough injury to a childs penis to be noticeable. That 1 cop cannot be subjected to the stigma of liking dick. 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. I went back and read all the autopsy reports and attempted to interpret them.