Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Page #2

Chris byers, Stevie branch,

and Michael Moore

Were last seen headed

toward robin hood hills.

Mike Allen:
the pipe

crosses 10-Mile bayou.

This is the trail that

goes across the area

Which is known

as turtle hill.

The trail will either

split and go that way,

Which leads into the area

of the crime scene,

Which lays

right in this area,

Or the trail continues

straight forward

And goes into the back end

of blue beacon.

I was directed by an officer

that they had-

Had found

a tennis shoe

Floating in a ditch.

I had to go down

to cross

To get on the other side

to get closer

And fell into

the water here

And came up the bank

And around,

over to the area

Where the tennis

shoe was.

I walked

around a tree

And stepped off

into the water

And was reaching

for the tennis shoe.

And with my feet

I could feel

An object.

And I raised up

And I discovered

this body.

John Fogelman:
detective ridge, I

believe that you'd indicated earlier

Something about a stick in

the water stuck in the water?

- Yes, sir.

- Tell me about that again.

Ridge:
there was a stick in the water

That had a shirt

around the end of it,

And that shirt was jobbed down

into the mud with the stick.

Exhibit number 22.

You know, the ligature

- The way that Michael Moore was tied

And Stevie branch was

tied with ligatures,

Right hand to right foot,

left hand to left foot.

And Christopher Byerss

penis had been removed.

I found him tied as the

other victims had been tied.

Man:
was there any visible

blood found at the crime scene?

Any visible blood?

Not on the ground.

If you really look

at the crime scene

And the condition of

the bodies and so forth,

It's almost a blank

crime scene.

The bodies are concealed,

and then they're brought up,

And the kids are hogtied

with shoelaces,

And there's not a lot

of blood at the scene.

So it's almost like

a projection screen

On which you can create

any kind of theory

About how and why

the crime was done.

Well, right down here would

be the house, 1400 east Barton.

It makes you kind of think

what life might have been

If this crime

hadn't have happened.

Fears of satanic cults

in Crittenden county

Reached their peak last week

when the teenagers were arrested.

Male reporter:
names of several

suspects appear on railroad trestles

Along with what appear to be

satanic symbols.

People from school

that don't even know him

Said that he was

a devil worshipper.

And he doesn't

worship the devil

And he's not

in any cult.

So many unanswered

questions,

All from

a senseless act.

Jenna newton:
in the

neighborhood, rumors begin.

Well, Ive heard things

before about cults

And I really didn't

believe it,

But some of the kids in the

neighborhood Ive talked to

Say there is

- They had found some animals back there

When they played back there. It

looks like they've been cut up.

Boy, it sure looks rough-

Windows boarded up,

Man, the yard boarded up.

Doesn't look good.

David Steinhart:
at some

time, all three suspects

In the west Memphis

murder case

Have lived in the lakeshore

trailer park.

Residents here

claim to have seen

Strange, ritualistic meetings

at the park prior to the murders.

Jenna newton:
Joni Dwyer lives

next door to Jason Baldwin.

Her three boys

often played with Jason.

But that all changed

after her husband

Found some drawings

Jason had done.

My husband just didn't like

what he saw in them drawings.

He said - You know, he told my son,

"this is devil worshipping,"

That, you know, he had snakes,

and the sayings they had.

Some of them were

in Latin and stuff.

( Door alarm ringing )

A lot of memories.

A lot of memories.

Christopher's room

right there

Where you see the set

of three windows.

This house and the Moores' house

- I would say,

The majority of the past 17 years,

they appear to have been empty.

You could have people - They're gonna go,

"oh, the house is cursed,"

Or "that's where

the little boy lived

That the devil worshippers

killed. "

The people that bought

into the propaganda

That the west Memphis

police department

And the media

put forth-

Devil worshippers-

Because of some

graffiti around.

They got on

that bandwagon

And everybody jumped

onboard. And it was hysteria.

People wouldn't let

their children out.

Joe Berlinger:
you jumped

on that bandwagon, too.

Oh, I led the bandwagon.

"Yea, though I walk

through the valley

Of the shadow of death,

I shall fear no evil. "

And Im not scared

of the devil.

I know

who my comforter is.

These three animals

worshipping the devil

Made a sacrifice

Of three babies

to Satan,

To think that it would

empower them to fly,

Walk through walls.

You know,

what insanity.

We did a little graffiti,

Like spray-Paint

on underpasses,

But there was nothing satanic,

anything like that.

It was just like

our names,

Our favorite bands,

things like that.

And they seem to place

Some big importance on it

or something.

Some experts have said that

the main three driving forces

Of Satan worship

among teenagers

Is sex, drugs,

and rock 'n' roll.

And that's probably true.

When you're talking

about rock 'n' roll,

You're probably talking about

the heavy metal groups.

Most people don't

understand

The situation

as it was then.

The area had had

A rumored history

Of devil worshipping

and that type of thing.

That was something

that people were saying

Around the country

at this time.

In Damiens case,

it was the kids

That came in and said

that they saw him

Eating the hindquarter

of a dog.

But the rumors

were rampant.

The police department

asked me

To come up with

a list of people

That we had had

dealings with

In the juvenile

department

That- That might have had

something to do with this.

Damien's name

was mentioned

Very early on

by a lot of people.

He- He- He does

act strange.

He wears

the black clothing,

Which creates

attention to him.

We were totally

unaware

That there was a satanic

cult in west Memphis,

That there were Satan

worshippers in west Memphis.

I didn't hear

anything about this

Until my child

was sacrificed to Satan.

Then I heard

about it.

Why is it that I didn't

know this before?

I'm all for burning them

at the stake

Just like they did

in Salem.

I don't have

a problem with it.

After what they

have done to us,

That still would not be

good enough.

Good evening.

I'm Diana Davis.

And Im tony brooks. In a

statement given to the police,

17-Year-Old

Jessie Miskelly

Allegedly confesses to

watching two other suspects

Choke, rape,

and sexually mutilate

Three west Memphis

second-Graders.

Jenna newton:
Miskelly

told police he watched

18-Year-Old Damien Echols

and 16-Year-Old Jason Baldwin

Brutalize the children

as part of a cult ritual.

Can you just say again how

strong you feel this case is?

Someone asked me

on a scale from one to 10.

And I told them, "11."

So that's how strong it is.

Jenna newton:
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