JESSIE: Uh, I dont know what he done with it, cause after I left then they, I dont know what they done with, after I left I dont know what they done with it. "[59] Since his release, Baldwin has moved to Seattle to live with friends. JESSIE: Um-mm, they were going to catch, they were going somewhere and like I said, Damien and nem left before I did, I told them that I would meet them there and stuff, and I had to get ready it was early in the morning and so, they went ahead and met me, they went on up there and then I come up later on behind them. The audio file ishere(right click and Save As or Right click and Open in New Tab to play). Jessie Misskelley Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Jessie Misskelley was born on July 10, 1975 as Jessie Loyd Misskelly Jr. The prosecution accused the three young men of committing a Satanic murder. [31] Police had initially suspected that the victims had been raped because their anuses were dilated. Searchers canvassed all of West Memphis but focused primarily on Robin Hood Hills, where the boys were reported last seen. Then I came down here when he got out," she said. RIDGE:An hour after you got home? Byers initially claimed the knife had never been used. Upon further examination, it was concluded that if these marks were bite marks, they did not match the teeth of any of the three convicted. Dont like the answer? The counsel representing the men said they would continue to pursue full exoneration. Anal dialation CAN happen after sodomoy; however, it is unlikely that two boys were raped and BOTH of them only showed dialation and NO tearing, especially in light of the violent rape with fighting and struggling that Jessie alleges. RIDGE:Alright, youre describing a knife that would be about 6 inches long, is that right? RIDGE: Alright, where did he cut him at? So, how much is Jessie Misskelley worth at the age of 47 years old? JESSIE: Yeah, they seen them boys and then they hollered, Damien hollered said, hey, the little boys come up there. There was a small amount of blood found at the scene that was never tested. JESSIE: I was there until they tied them up and then thats when I left, after they tied them up, I left. Baldwin and Echols were acquainted with Misskelley from school, but were not close friends with him. This documentary was co-produced by Lord of the Rings maestro Peter Jackson and his wife and collaborator, Fran Walsh. RIDGE:Scared of Damien? Jessie's first taped confession to West Memphis Police in June, 1993. RIDGE: Okay, so he kills an animal, you mentioned earlier that he may have to eat part of that animal, what part of the animal would he eat? JESSIE: They could run, they just had them tied, when they knocked them down and stuff, they could move (hold?) You dont need a PhD to figure this out a stick across a neck would cause very obvious linear damage. All money raised from sales of the album are donated to the legal funds of the West Memphis Three. 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Times article on Damien Echols art exhibit at Copro Gallery", "SALEM Exhibit of Echols' Artwork at the Copro Gallery", "DAMIEN ECHOLS ARTISTS ON ART MARCH 25 6:15 7:00 PM", "The Midnight Gospel: Damien Echols' appearance explained how the Netlfix voice actor escaped death row", The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry (The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies), Echols of West Memphis 3 talks about appeal, death row, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Memphis_Three&oldid=1134318011, Echols co-wrote the lyrics to the song "Army Reserve", on, Echols and Michale Graves released an album titled, Echols began creating art while on death row as a "side effect of my spiritual, magical practice. [33] His conviction was appealed, but the Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed the conviction. (Again ignores Jessies statement that he left and guides him into saying more happened). Okay, youve been down there in those woods before. To assist in the appeals process, Echols' appellate legal team retained a Berkeley, California-based forensic psychiatrist, Dr. George Woods, to make their case. [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. 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]]. "WM3" redirects here. He lived with his parents and his nine-year-old sister, Dawn. He has claimed both that the seizure medication he was taking caused periodontal disease, and that he planned the removal because of other kinds of dental problems which had troubled him for years. [9][28], On May 6, 1993 (before the victims were found later the same day), Hutcheson took a polygraph exam by Detective Don Bray at the Marion Police Department, to determine whether or not she had stolen money from her West Memphis employer. (Hello? GITCHELL: So, what else left is there, after that? (You dont have to be a doctor to know that when someone is hit child or adult it doesnt bruise them up until much later. 30 minutes or an hour? Ridges leads him into when you came back, signaling Jessie that theres more for him to say. [73], There have been a number of books about the case, also arguing that the suspects were wrongly convicted: Devil's Knot by Mara Leveritt; Blood of Innocents by Guy Reel; and The Last Pentacle of the Sun: Writings in Support of the West Memphis Three, edited by Brett Alexander Savory & M. W. Anderson, and featuring dark fiction and non-fiction by well-known writers of speculative fiction. RIDGE:You said that they had their hands tied up, tied down, were they hands tied in a fashion that they couldnt have run, you tell me. RIDGE: Okay, they killed the boys, you decided to go, you went home, how long after you got home before you received the phone call? (Yet,again, Ridge get him to keep telling his story). Each man then entered an Alford plea to lesser charges of first- and second-degree murder while verbally stating their innocence. 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? He lived with his mother, Sharon Melissa Byers, his adoptive father, John Mark Byers, and his stepbrother, Shawn Ryan Clark, aged 13. JESSIE: They had holes in them and the knees were cut. [10] The police interviewed Echols on May 7, two days after the bodies were discovered. 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. RIDGE:Youve been back to this place since that murder. The film followed the true story of three young men, Damien Echols, then 18, Jessie Misskelley Jr, 17, and Jason Baldwin, 16. Producer: Devil's Knot. RIDGE: Which way does he go, I mean, does he go back towards where the houses are. RIDGE: This is Det. JESSIE: I was up there standing up there on the top. 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? April 11, 1977, West Memphis, Arkansas, U.S.), and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. (b. July 10, 1975). [72], Three films, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Paradise Lost 2: Revelations, and Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, have documented this case and are strongly critical of the verdict. Misskelley was first questioned on June 3, 1993, a day after Hutcheson's purported confession. they they skipped school, (The children did not skip school; they were all accounted for that day in class). He was last seen wearing blue jeans, dark shoes, and a white long-sleeved shirt. JESSIE: I went down there and sit there, and after what they did to the boys, I just sit there. 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:Besides just playing, the little boys, had they been in the water? JESSIE: I was just wearing regular blue jeans, my shoes. RIDGE:And, what kind of blade did it have on it? [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. 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