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And then he asked me for a picture of Stevie.

And I gave him one.

Okay. Okay.

Well, we're gonna need

to get some pictures of Stevie

to show to people we interview, and, um...

Also, we're, uh,

gonna need to go ahead and get

blood and hair samples from the two of you.

Just, you know, part of our investigation.

Take it. Just take it.

Just take all of it.

- I don't want it.

- That's okay.

I don't want it.

I don't want it. Is that gonna help?

It's okay.

It's okay.

(PHONE RINGING)

Oceanside PD.

How may I direct your call? Uh-huh. Right.

Hey. I'm Chris Morgan.

You wanted to talk to me?

Last time I seen Stevie was

about a year and a half ago.

When I sold him some ice cream.

I'm sure I sold ice cream

to all three of those boys.

Bobby and me went over to Stevie's house

'cause Bobby was close with them.

We wanted to show, um, remorse.

It felt good. They accepted me.

Uh, what was your overall impression

of Chris Morgan?

MCDONOUGH:
Well, look,

there's something going on here,

and it makes me a little suspicious

that he left for California in such a hurry.

- Okay, uh, you do me a favor?

- Sure.

- Could you re-interview him, please?

- Uh-huh.

- We're under a lot of pressure down here.

-Yeah, I bet.

You got your work cut out for you.

- Yeah.

- Let me go at him again.

All right. Thank you, Detective.

You should, like... You gotta do like album

covers and sh*t, Jason.

Yeah, maybe. Maybe someday.

(HEAVY METAL MUSIC PLAYING)

Heavy metal music. Ouija boards.

All these are gateways

to a dark world of violence and destruction.

Everything from vandalism, animal mutilation,

to the ritual sacrifice of children.

Thousands of them every year.

My boy, Aaron...

He's a close friend of them boys.

I mean, Michael Moore

and Chris Byers is his two best friends.

Did you ride your bike to Robin Hood Woods?

- Yes.

- Excuse me, Aaron.

When we ask you a question,

we want you to look in

the camera, if you don't mind.

- Okay?

- Okay.

Just look right in the lens. Okay.

Were you present

-when those boys were killed?

- Yes.

What did the hospital tell you, Damien?

At Charter Hospital,

I was diagnosed as manic depressive.

I'm in therapy now

and on imipramine for depression.

I'm just curious.

How do you think the killer felt?

They liked it. Happy.

It was a thrill kill.

How about you, Jason?

Did you know the three boys?

No, sir.

- Do you believe in God?

- Yes, I do.

How about you, Damien? You believe in God?

Or the devil?

I believe in a god. A female god.

And an evil force. Not a devil.

I used to be involved in the Wiccan religion.

White witchcraft.

When you would go out

to Robin Hood Woods,

-who would you go with?

- With Chris and Michael.

Did you ever see anything out there?

We saw, uh, men.

(HEAVY METAL MUSIC PLAYING)

I ran and Jessie caught me.

Um, he tied me up.

He tried to cut me on my side.

I kicked him.

Then he grabbed my hands

and made me cut Chris.

This is Detective Bryn Ridge

of the West Memphis Police Department,

currently in the office

with Jessie Lloyd Misskelley Junior.

Jessie, on Wednesday,

May 5, 1993, early in the morning,

you received a phone call. Is that correct?

Yeah, I did. Jason Baldwin called me

and he asked if I could go

to West Memphis with him,

and I told him no. I had to work and stuff.

And then he told me that he had to go.

So him and Damien, they went.

Then I went with them up to the...

Up to the Robin Hood.

Jessie and Damien

picked him up and put a bucket

where he was bleeding.

So you saw Damien strike

Chris Byers in the head?

- Right.

- What did he hit him With?

Well, he hit him with his fist

and bruised him all up real bad.

And then Jason, he turned,

and he hit Stevie Branch,

and that's when Michael Moore, he took off.

So I chased him, grabbed him

and held him until they got there.

And then, and that's when I left.

Who had a knife?

Jason. I saw him cut one of those little boys.

(WOMAN SCREAMING ON TV)

(WOMAN SCREAMING ON TV)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

MAN ON TV:
There's someone

inside your house.

He's gonna kill you. You have to run for it.

It's the police.

Michelle, get the door.

We're looking for Damien Echols. Come on.

All right, go check the back.

You his sister? Folks not home?

- What are you doing?

- We were just watching a movie.

Come on, stop.

Jason Baldwin, you're under arrest, too.

- What for?

- Capital...

Shut up!

- Capital murder.

- He didn't do anything!

You got the wrong people.

Hey, boss. West Memphis PD

is holding a press conference.

GITCHELL:
...police force

and families of the victims.

Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin,

Jessie Misskelley

were arrested last night,

will be charged in the murders

of the three boys we found last month

in the Robin Hood Woods.

FEMALE REPORTER:
Inspector Gitchell,

do you know the motive for the killings?

I do, but I can't comment on that at this time.

MALE REPORTER #1". Can we interview them?

MALE REPORTER #2: Were the three

defendants a member of a cult?

I can't comment on that either.

FEMALE REPORTER:

Well, on a scale of one to 10,

how solid do you feel your case is?

Eleven.

(APPLAUSE)

Apparently, the break in the case was the

confession of Jessie Misskelley,

one of the accused in this horrific crime

that has shocked this entire community.

Satanism is out there.

And you must be watchful

for the six indicators of Satanic involvement.

Obsession with death. Satanic paraphernalia.

Kidnapping. Sexual abuse.

Cannibalism. And cremation.

And I believe that there may

be others who knew that,

that these three babies were going to be

sacrificed. My wife and I are scared.

Satan and his demons have

already been at work here in West Memphis.

Worship of evil debated as motive in killings.

This article in the

West Memphis Evening Times

claims that people who knew Damien said

he dressed in black and carried a cat skull.

It also claims he wears the

number 666 inside his boots.

And then it goes on to quote

two unnamed girls,

one who said she's seen Damien drink blood.

And another who said Damien threatened

to cut off a boy's head off

and put it on a doorstep.

Sounds like an energetic young man.

There is definitely a connection

between hard metal music and Satanism.

Apparently, some residents

suspect a Satanic cult is responsible.

One local minister said Damien Echols,

the alleged ringleader,

had made, quote,

a pact with the devil and will be going to hell.

Another called the murders an incarnation,

a manifestation of evil.

WOMAN NEWSCASTER ON RADIO:

...and the upcoming

nuclear disarmament talks in Ukraine.

In West Memphis,

prosecutors have confirmed that the State

will seek the death penalty

for all three teenage defendants.

Arkansas has executed four individuals

since the Supreme Court ruling

allowed the State

to reinstate capital punishment.

Two in 1990 and two more...

LAX". Can you believe this, Glori?

The death penalty.

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