For nearly two decades, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley jr – the young men convicted of the murders – have maintained their innocence. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills III: Purgatory, HBO 2011
In 2007 defense attorneys for Damien Echols held a press conference to review new evidence recently filed in court. ibid.
The defense maintains that the jury foreman, Kent Arnold, illegally discussed Jessie Misskelley jr’s confession during the jury deliberations at the Echols/Baldwin trial. ibid.
‘Terry Hobbs could be the source of that hair on the ligature. Approximately 1.5% of the population at large could be the source of that hair. None of the defendants could be the source of that hair, I believe.’ ibid. Thomas Fedor, forensic evidence
On May 5th 1993 three 8-year-old boys – Stevie Branch, Michael Moore and Christopher Byers – were all brutally murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas. The boys’ bodies were discovered in a shallow muddy creek. All three boys were nude with their ankles bound to their wrists … The mutilation led the original investigators to believe this was a Satanic ritual. The Forgotten West Memphis 3: The Victims, Sky Crime 2020
They wanted to believe the killers had been caught despite any physical evidence linking them to the murders … A proper investigation in this case was never done. ibid.
West Memphis 3 Freed From Prison After Nearly 20 Years. ibid. Fox News headline
On May 5th 1993 three 8-year-old boys – Stevie Branch, Michael Moore and Christopher Byers – were all brutally murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas. The boys’ bodies were discovered in a shallow muddy creek. All three boys were nude with their ankles bound to their wrists … The mutilation led the original investigators to believe this was a Satanic ritual. The Forgotten West Memphis 3: The Victims, Sky Crime 2020
They wanted to believe the killers had been caught despite any physical evidence linking them to the murders … A proper investigation in this case was never done. ibid.
West Memphis 3 Freed From Prison After Nearly 20 Years. ibid. Fox News headline
WEST, RONALD: Crime Stories TV -
May 19th 1970: Ontario police attend a crime scene in a quiet rural setting. They’re discovering the victim of a home invasion and a cold-blooded attack. Detectives soon realise they are tracking a serial killer. Crime Stories s1e4: The .22 Caliber Killer, TruTV 2006
The killer strikes again … Although police know the blood-type of the killer as well as the type of weapon used they have few concrete leads. ibid.
Now dubbed the .22 Caliber Killer. ibid.
1996: Cold case … The advent of DNA profiling … The odds of the .22 Caliber Killer being anyone but Ron West are staggering … 1999: Ronald West is formally charged … He finally decides to plead guilty. ibid.
WETTLAUFER, ELIZABETH: Signs of a Psychopath TV -
8 people aged 65 to 96 had been murdered at area nursing homes over a 7-year span. They’re dealing with a serial killer. Signs of a Psychopath s4e3: God Was Going to Use Me
[Elizabeth] Wettlaufer confessed to her doctor and wrote a letter about killing her patients. ibid.
From 2011 to 2013 Wettlaufer stops killing by abusing hydromorphine again. But her urge to kill returns with a vengeance. ibid.