Devil's Knot Page #6

You were afraid. Afraid for your life?

Yes, sir.

(CHANTING)

LAX:
I'm sorry but that sounds

like a load of crap.

Damien's got no license.

He doesn't even drive.

None of his friends or family

have a red Ford Escort.

I'm just telling you what she told me.

And the esbat seemed to fit

what Aaron had been telling us.

About people painted black,

chanting, doing what men and women do.

But did you ever

find any evidence to corroborate

these tales Aaron and Vicki told you?

Or anything that would link

these murders to Damien?

No physical evidence.

But we got something else.

We got Jessie's confession.

So Vicki's plan failed, right?

Damien gave her nothing.

He never said anything that implicated them.

Yeah, but Vicki's plan got Jessie involved,

which led him right into the lion's den.

They got their confession from him instead.

And Jason Baldwin gets caught

in the net just by picking the wrong friend.

Ain't that what our mamas

always warned us about?

Are they gonna put Aaron on the stand?

Hell no. Have you seen those interview tapes?

I mean, that kid's talking

about drinking from a bucket of blood.

His story's turned out

to be nothing but pure fantasy.

Ain't nothing but lies.

No way they'll let the jury

see how absurd his confabulations are.

So the jury's never gonna hear

from this kid who's been the catalyst

for the entire case.

Oh, but they did hear from him.

Remember Gitchell's ridiculous

manipulations with the tape recorder?

"Nobody knows what happened but me."

They have to use stunts like that,

what else they got?

The State sent 600 items

to the lab and out of all that they got nothing

that directly links Damien,

Jason and Jessie to that crime scene.

Look at this.

Remember how Gitchell told the press

that the case number

ending in 666 was a coincidence?

This police report was

signed by Detective Ridge

three days after our case was assigned,

and the case number ends in 555.

They actually changed our case number

to the number of the beast?

This is a goddamn witch hunt.

Our boys were never suspects in this case.

They were targets.

And once they set their sights

on Jason and Damien,

they stopped looking for anybody else.

But we don't have to. We can keep looking.

Ron, we tried to go through everything,

but they keep sending us mountains of stuff.

Whatever it takes.

We may not be able

to prove our boys didn't do it.

We might be able to prove the cops never

really tried to find out who did.

AARON'. I was there. Don't you see?

And nobody knows what happened but me.

DRIVER:
About a year ago Damien told me

that the local devil worshippers

had reached the end of their animal sacrifice

stage. So that summer he said

they were gonna take the next logical step.

Sacrifice a human. A human.

POLYGRAPH TECHNICIAN: At any time

Wednesday were you in Robin Hood Woods?

DAMIEN:
No.

Were you present when

those boys were killed?

No.

Do you suspect anyone of

having killed those three boys?

No.

Do you know who killed those three boys?

No.

- Did you kill any of those three boys?

- No.

GLORY. I know, but this crime is unthinkable.

What if they did it? Have you thought of that?

Do you want some dessert?

I have that chocolate pie you like.

No thanks, Annie. I'm fine.

You seemed upset when you

were in here the other day,

having lunch with that lady.

She's really pretty.

- She's my ex-wife.

- Oh.

Not ex for too long, huh?

So you okay lately?

I've been worried about you.

Thanks, Annie, I'm fine.

You know what I'm doing on this case?

Sure, I do.

You understand why I have to help them.

If you don't help those poor boys, who will?

Nobody will. Nobody but you.

Arise and be baptized.

Washing away your sins.

Calling on the name of the Lord.

God will never put more

on you than you can bear.

GRIFFIS:
Occult books talk

about the life force of the blood.

Usually the younger the victim,

the more power or force it has.

And do the type of injuries give an

occult overtone to the murders?

Yes. In some occult rituals,

people are over-killed.

The body is repeatedly killed over and over,

with many cuts and blows.

So would you say that this

crime has the trappings of occultism?

Of Satanic worship, in particular.

Dr. Griffis, to get your PhD,

what classes were you required to take?

Uh,none.

And how were you accepted into enrollment

at Columbia Pacific University?

I had to fill out, uh, several series of papers.

Did you have to fill out a little flyer like this?

"Call toll free

for information on how to become a doctor."

This is a mail order college, isn't it?

- University.

- They run a TV ad. Have you seen it?

Yeah, you can send in a request

for what you want your degree in.

Did you know this was a

correspondence school? I didn't.

Judge, the witness has a mail order PhD

from a non-accredited school

that required no classes.

We object to Dr. Griffis as an expert.

Well, I'm not sure within Arkansas

you need a degree of any kind

to be considered an expert

in a particular field.

And I'm not persuaded at all

by your argument about a mail order PhD.

So I'm ruling him as qualified

as an expert in the area of occult.

I'm looking for the manager, Marty King.

Is he here?

He's in the back. I'll fetch him.

Looks like business is pretty good.

A whole lot better than it was

now that they've caught them Satanists

who murdered them little boys.

I'm the manager. What can I do for you?

My name is Ron Lax. I'm an investigator,

and I was wondering if I could

ask you a few questions

about the night of May the 5th?

Well, certainly,

I'll be glad to help out however I can.

Hey, boss.

Here's one I don't remember seeing before.

Who's Christopher Morgan?

Did you in any way participate in

causing the death of any of those three boys?

No.

Do you know for sure

who caused those boys to die?

No.

Are you holding back any information

about those three boys?

No.

The polygraph showed deception.

He says you went off the chart.

I don't know why I failed it.

Must have been nervous.

This is so f***ing screwed up!

Chris, I have a legal obligation

to get to the truth...

- I'm telling you the truth.

- Or to exonerate you if you weren't involved.

But based on the polygraph results,

I don't feel like you're being

completely honest.

What do you want me to do?

Do you want me to lie to you?

Okay, I'm gonna lie.

I killed them. And all the other bullshit.

- Are you arresting me?

- No, I am not.

MCDONOUGH ON TAPE:

You can't do things like that.

CHRIS ON TAPE:
Well, maybe I freaked out,

and blacked out,

and killed the three little boys

and f***ed 'em up the ass or something.

- Is it possible you could have done it?

-No!

I have never hurt anyone intentionally.

Maybe there's two sides to you.

Maybe I'm Chris and Hyde.

I'm Ron Lax. Come this way.

Chris, what are you doing here?

Chris!

Your Honor, the defense calls

Christopher Morgan.

Your Honor, may we approach?

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