Blood and urine samples from both men were collected and sent to the West Memphis Police Department. Christophers cause of death was from "multiple injuries, and both Michael and Stevie died from "multiple injuries with drowning, according to local newspaper the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The debate rages to this day, and no one has a definitive answer. In the minds of many, the bizarre nature of the Robin Hood Hills murders could only have been committed by one of Satan's minions. Inconsistencies in Terry Hobbs' alibi, as well as revelations about subsequent violent acts, have also led many to believe that he may be the actual killer. Sgt. In 2007, DNA found at the crime scene was tested. "People probably think I'm in Satanism because what they don't understand they try to destroy or ridicule. John Mark Byers, stepfather of Chris Byers and initially the subject of considerable suspicion himself, is shown calling Terry Hobbs a "baby killer" outside an Arkansas courtroom. The DNA used for comparison purposes was taken from cigarette butts obtained from an ashtray. Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of West Memphis Three murder victim Stevie Branch, has denied any involvement in slayings of Branch and his two friends. 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. DNA testing in 2007 has identified a hair fragment found on Michael Moore's bindings to be consistent with Hobbs. Terry Hobbs is the one suspected of murder and the wounds that were inflicted on my nephew were where turtles bit his face. The second postulated that they had been slain by one or more strangers. This is the true story of the West Memphis Three murders. "They said close to the crime scene because at one time I did walk near where they had found the kids with Terry Hobbs But I didn't wear hats back then, my hair could have blown around anywhere, Jacoby told Memphis NBC affiliate WMC-TV in 2013. the Black male appeared to be mental / + disorientated (Not intoxicated or under influence of drugs) Police were called Subject left out on foot + Walked East toward the back dumpster then [inserted here: Black males clothing was denim sleeveless shirt, Black shoes, look like tennis shoes. Hobbs was calling loudly at the children and ordering them to return to his house. That makes sense to me. Echols is an author and mystic living New York with his wife, architect Lorri Davis. " Every crime, no matter what it is, gets blamed on Satanism.". The type of DNA testing utilized pertains to mtDNA. Now, I see they can. Terry Hobbs, 42, is not employed by the city, but by a company health centers have contracted with. For information on submitting an obituary, please contact The Los Angeles Times by phone at 800-234-4444; e-mail laobituaries@latimes.com. The Messed Up Truth About The West Memphis Three Murders, citing the discovery of her son's favorite pocket knife, One of the prosecution's key pieces of evidence linking Jason Baldwin, With their 2007 request for a new trial rejected, Baldwin is the co-founder of the legal advocacy organization Proclaim Justice. The nudity and tying is what makes it even more sick than just bashing their heads in. Also, law enforcement chose not to focus on the victims' families as the starting point of the investigation as is the norm. Get all your true crime news from Oxygen. He was one of four children and came from a strict and religious family. Terry's father became a skilled butcher while in the military and used this knowledge to open about thirty restaurants. Griffis also found the devil in nearly every number associated with the crime. Terry had returned home from his job and accompanied his wife to work. Echols lived in a trailer park and stood out in the conservative small town. Currently, Hobbs has not been charged with anything related to the murders. Sometimes justice is neither pretty, nor is it perfect, but it was important to take this opportunity to be free.. An aunt of Stevie Branch, Judy Sadler, accuses Hobbs in the film of forcing his young son to watch him masturbate and of sexually molesting Stevie's sister, Amanda. A second hair found on a tree stump near where the bodies were found matched that of David Jacoby, a friend of Terry Hobbs, whom Hobbs visited roughly an hour before the boys disappeared. Misskelley also implicated Echols and Baldwin as his co-conspirators, resulting in their arrests. Hobbs was the stepfather of Steve Branch. That 1 cop will have bumped into everyone in that southern, 90s, dick-liking community. Whats known is that three young boys were murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas, in 1993. A couple of months later, French contacted the police and her landlord after Hobbs reportedly came into her home and grabbed her breast. https://www.crimeonline.com/2022/05/02/west-memphis-three-crimecon-experts-analyze-never-before-seen-terry-hobbs-interview/?fbclid=IwAR3nmGjcM2ZpxlU6cETB0vrn. Stewart says Lucas told him that Terry Hobbs screamed, "Get them little fuckers!" They were naked and hog-tied with their own shoelaces, and showed signs of blunt force trauma and mutilation, the latter of which may have been the work of wild animals, reported the, Three teenage boys were arrested for the crimes , Baldwin and Misskelley were sentenced to life without parole while Echols received the death penalty. Pam Hobbs divorced Terry Hobbs in 2004 and has reversed her position on the West Memphis Three's guilt. Polygraph tests revealed deception in the answers of both men in regard to the crimes. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. I'm sure he got it the worst from Terry, too. 100 meter utendrs p 11,75 i 2011 og 60 meter innendrs p 6,96 i 2012. On May 5, 1993, according to both Stewart and Guy, Terry Hobbs, David Jacoby, and two teenagers from a local trailer park, L. G. Hollingsworth and Buddy Lucas, showed up at his West Memphis home looking to buy some pot, which Stewart provided. Located across from Memphis, on the west bank of the Mississippi River, West Memphis shares many problems with its more famous neighbor. Although Griffis' testimony was dramatic, it showed only a tenuous grasp of occult knowledge much of it, including a reference to a cult called "Crytos," was simply made up. Michele Hobbs Construction has a $12,500 bond with American Contractors Indemnity Company. Terry Hobbs in Kentucky. Sandra K. Bean: Hon. Classmates at Weaver Elementary School, the three were active in their Cub Scout troop and responsible enough to be trusted to roam their neighborhood without supervision. To learn more, watch The Forgotten West Memphis Three on Saturday, March 28 and Sunday, March 29at 8/7c on Oxygen. Michael Bishay: Hon. The only conclusion I could see from everything is that Hobbs is clearly a narcissistic pedophile. Spotting a small, black tennis shoe in the water, Jones radioed for help. At 8:40 P.M. on May 5, 1993 the West Memphis Police Department received a call that a bleeding black man had entered the Bojangles restaurant (located near where the three bodies were eventually discovered) about thirty minutes earlier and gone into the women's rest room. Doubts about their guilt mounted in a trilogy of sympathetic documentaries called "Paradise Lost." Supporters contended that the confession of Misskelley was coerced and that the young men were unfairly targeted because they stood out as misfits, who wore black and listened to heavy metal. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. Christopher had a fractured skull, and his genitals had been mutilated, which authorities believed was done by his killer. Produced and directed by filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, the film and its two sequels, Paradise Lost 2: Revelations and Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, gave audiences a unique and detailed look into the case, the accused, and the families of victims. Jamie Clark Ballard, who lived only three doors down from Terry and Pam Hobbs, has supplied a sworn affidavit, as have both her . After all, it's the south. Hobbs has never wavered in his conviction that justice was served the first time around. He had a penchant for wearing all black, and he liked heavy metal music, horror and science fiction. A hair found on one of the ligatures to bind the boys, however, was found to be consistent with the DNA of Hobbs, according to court documents obtained by Oxygen.com. Investigators soon zeroed in on 18-year-old high school dropout Damien W. Echols. In 2013, Jackson and Damien Echols produced a fourth documentary about the case. To bolster their assertions that the killings were related to occult activity despite virtually no evidence prosecutors brought in their own so-called expert on cult murders. Advertisement Byers gained notoriety for his candid remarks and brazen actions in the HBO trilogy documentaries about the case. In part 3, when suing Natalie Maines, he said he wanted The Dixie Chicks to be "humiliated" as punishment when asked what he really wanted out of the lawsuit. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! If you're into dick as an adult, you're gonna find your community. In a later appeal, Misskelley argued he had an I.Q. : West Memphis Three Released, The West Memphis Three Trials: Links and Bibliography (2013). 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. Terry Hobbs was born in 1958 and grew up in Northern Arkansas. Hobbs hit the boy in the head and shouted, "I am going to teach your fucking ass." Terry Hobbs says he is a church member, a father, and working man and in no way a killer. Press J to jump to the feed. However, under pressure, leading questions, and scare tactics, Misskelley wove a contradictory story that first placed him at the crime scene as an eyewitness to the murders and then as an active participant. The affidavit and other records came out Wednesday during a hearing in Arkansas about whether Hicks could see evidence from the investigation of the 1993 killings of her son Stevie Branch, Michael Moore and Christopher Byers, the Associated Press reported. The Hobbses are the mother and stepfather of Steve Branch, who. The first being that boys were killed by someone they knew. It was also revealed in 2012 that Hobbs nephew allegedly told his friends, My Uncle Terry murdered those three little boys," and that the killings were a Hobbs family secret, according to WMC-TV. The boys' clothes and bodies were gathered and dragged to the water, and their bikes thrown into the bayou. Over the course of the initial investigation, a number of alternate suspects and scenarios came to light that were largely ignored or otherwise dismissed by authorities. Two of the West Memphis Three's most ardent supporters were director Peter Jackson, best known for The Lord of the Rings films, and his partner Fran Walsh. Christophers cause of death was from "multiple injuries, and both Michael and Stevie died from "multiple injuries with drowning, according to local newspaper the, Christopher had a fractured skull, and his genitals had been mutilated, which authorities believed was done by his killer. In 2010 the state Supreme Court ordered a state trial judge to determine whether the DNA evidence invalidated their . Hobbs was sentenced to six months in prison for aggravated assault. After hours of questioning, a frustrated Morgan blurted out that he had been hospitalized for drug and alcohol abuse and might have committed the murders. And that 1 cop will know that a member of that community being subjected to questioning for a crime of this nature could lead down all sorts of paths: one of those paths being that Terry likes dick and is part of a small community that likes dick and that that 1 cop likes dick. Terry Hobbs, one of the men named in the documents. Terry Hobbs, Todd Moore, and Dana Moore still maintain that Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley murdered their sons. You really would need magic to pull it off. They were stripped naked and hogtied with their own shoelaces. And keeping the knife as a trophy? The pair abruptly fled to Oceanside, Calif., four days after the murders. But what absolutely cannot happen is that 1 cop having his reputation, career, family, and future be staked on the guilt/innocence/fortitude/silence of that dick-lover Terry. French reported that prior to the incident she had gone to the Hobbs' home after hearing what she believed to be a domestic dispute. "Boxful of Nightmares" is the personal memoirs of Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of one of the children murdered. Like Echols, Misskelley was a high school dropout and was known for getting into fistfights and trouble around town, according to The New York Times. Mike Allen arrived on the scene. [1]. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! She has since expressed her belief that her ex-husband was involved in the murders, citing the discovery of her son's favorite pocket knife in Terry Hobbs' belongings. He walked into the restaurant and went directly to the payphone. In late 2008, Hobbs entered into litigation with Natalie Maines Pasdar over alleged libelous comments. Misskelley was brought in for questioning on June 3, 1993. I think you're on to something here. In the beginning I thought it was TH. LINK TO SITE OUTLINING ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE OF HOBBS'S GUILT, Todd Moore, father of victim Michael Moore, prosecutor John Fogleman, most detectives involved in the case, and many others continue to contend that the murders were committed by Jesse Misskelley, Jason Baldwin, and Damien Echols. I recall a man was outside across the street working in his yard. In 1994, Dr. Dale W. Griffis was a retired police officer who had embarked on a second career as a self-styled consultant on occult and cult-related crime. I'm a parent now and that's why this case has been glued in my mind. Misskelly, who has a low IQ, reportedly gave detectives a false confession which helped a jury convict the three of murder. This case has just been trapped in my mind since I heard about it and it breaks my heart every single day. Terry Hobbs would later state that he shot Jackie Jr. in self-defense. www .hobbsnm .org. came back out to Missouri + walked toward Delta Service Station. 2410771 [1] Website. The first film gave rise to a movement devoted to reopening the investigation in hopes of exonerating, and ultimately freeing, Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols, and Jessie Misskelley. Despite an offer of a reduced sentence, Misskelley ultimately recanted his statements and refused to testify against Echols and Baldwin. Best selling books such as Lawrence Pazder's Michelle Remembers and disgraced evangelical comedian Mike Warnke's The Satan Seller fueled the madness with tales of ritual abuse and human sacrifice. [Feature Photo: Murder victims Chris Byers, Michael Moore and Stevie Branch/UMKC School of Law], DEVELOPING: Homeowner Charged With Shooting Black Teen Who Went to Wrong House to Pick up Siblings, She would backhand me, to my face: Daughter Didnt Confront Accused Killer About Gannon Stauch, Afraid of Punishment for Talking Back, Body Found in Quarry Amid Search for 10-Year-Old Autistic Girl. Hollingsworth's confession adds a few new details to that of Buddy's. 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