Author Speaks Out on New DNA in West Memphis Three Case

Author Speaks Out on New DNA in West Memphis Three Case Reported by: Sydney Hart, KARK 4 News 02/05/2007 03:53pm It's still too early to speculate, but last week the attorney for Damien Echols told KARK 4 new ...

[BEN SMITH]

YEP THESE ATTORNEYS WILL TAKE ANY CASE AS LONG AS THEY CAN MAKE A BUCK.

THOSE LITTLE BOYS WERE KILLED AND THOSE THUGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT LIKE A MAD DOG..

LET THEM ROT IN JAIL ECHOLS SHOULD BE PUT TO DEATH THAT IS WHAT THE JUDGE SAID . BUT NO AS LONG AS YOU CAN GET THE TAX PAYERS TO PAY YOUR FEE YOU WILL KEEP THIS IN COURT FROM NOW ON.

MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WILL HAPPEN TO ONE OF YOUR FAMILY THEN I WONDER HOW YOU WILL FEEL.

[Karyn Boothe]

Or, maybe something like what happened to the three teenagers will happen to someone in your family and you will want someone to take up his/her cause. All anyone with half a brain has to do is read ALL of the court transcripts and look at the physical evidence, oops, I mean lack of, to realize that the incompetant "police" and mildly retarded judge blew this case royally. I guess when all else fails, blame the kid that looks most different...

[KMA367]

And it appears, Karyn, that when you don't have a reasoned, logical argument to support your position, you resort to making derogatory comments about the opposition, i.e. the police and judge.

When you were reading that testimony, did you happen to read the testimony about the fiber evidence, which corroborated Miskelley's confession and placed Echols and Baldwin at the crime scene? Did you happen to read the eyewitness statements that placed Echols near the crime scene on the night of May 5, 1993? Did you read the testimony of the witnesses who heard Echols and Baldwin (at different times) admit their guilt?

Obviously not.

kma367

[Special Ed]

I think it was a UFO that came down and
killed those boys. That should have been
the defense theory anyway. If the confession was cohersed which knowing
this departement it may have been,
the suspects knew way too much specific
Info about the boys murder. They did
get the times mixed up but since they
were all probably stoned anyway I don't
find that surprising. The boy did
look different but he also lived
all the way across town and two
interstates. If he wasn't such a
burnt out looser to begin with
maybe he should have gone to class
that day and got an alibi to help
out his timeline.

[Karyn]

Dear KMA367, how sad that you make your argument off of someone's small post and not the facts. I have read and seen every piece of evidence in this case. There were NO fiber evidence that matched anything. In fact, DNA evidence was never done until 3 months ago. No one confessed to anything, other than Jesse Misskelley, who's IQ is 72... Can't really take him as a competent witness/confessor. And wow, you're from AR, and know less of what happened in your own state than people from all over the country. Read up on facts before you post a bunch of fiction!

[Joe]

Not to mention the fact that Jesse Misskelley was interrogated for over 12 hours. He was threatened by detectives and scared into a confession, which he repeated three times in the interrogation. On all three confessions, major details were changed, and not just the time of day, but how the boys were tied, materials that were used, and how they killed the boys. All of these changed every time he repeated his so called confession. Misskelley couldn’t even repeat the same story twice.

Oh, and KMA, second hand witness testimony shouldn’t even be allowed in court, other wise I could say that I heard you say that you killed those boys, and by the rules of this trial you would have to be in prison serving a life sentence.

[Joe Fish]

Hey Joe,
You don't seem terribly bright. 12 hours you say? That is laughable. Maybe read the case documents before making such outlandish claims?
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8:00am: Squad meeting/discussed attempting to pick up Jessie Misskelley Jr in reference to his being a member of cult that Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin are said to be members of. Check possibility of his being a witness to homicide or any statements he may have overheard from Damien or anyone concerning the homicide.
9:13am: Detective Sgt. Mike Allen checked into service.
Detective Allen went to the residence of Jessie Misskelley Jr. to attempt to make contact. Contacted the female who was at the residence who informed that Jessie Jr was not at the residence. She informed Allen that he could go to Jim’s Diesel Repair and meet with Jessie Misskelley Sr.
9:45am: Allen went to Jim’s repair and met with Jessie Sr who went and picked up Jessie Misskelley Jr. Jessie Misskelley Jr then went with Detective Sgt Allen to the West Memphis Police Department.
10:00am: Detective Sgt Allen filled out the subject description form and the interview began with the questions or any knowledge he had of the homicide and his whereabouts on the day of the homicide.
11:00am: Detective Sgt Allen read Jessie Misskelley Jr his rights according to the Miranda Rule with Detective Ridge being a witness to the procedure. It was determined that it would be necessary for Misskelley Sr to sign a consent to allow Jessie Jr. to submit to a polygraph examination.
11:15am: Detective Sgt Allen went with Jessie Misskelley Jr to find his father to obtain consent to take a polygraph examination. Sgt. Allen had Jessie riding as a unsecured passenger in the front seat at which time he met Jessie at or near Missouri Street and Shopping Way. Sgt. Allen met with Jessie Misskelley Sr at Chief's Auto Parts where he explained the upcoming procedure and obtained a written consent for Jessie Misskelley Jr to take a polygraph examination.
11:30am: Jessie Misskelley Jr was read his rights according to the Miranda Rule by Bill Durham prior to his administering a polygraph examination.
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11:55am: First chart was completed during polygraph examination.
12:03pm: Second chart completed during polygraph examination
12:11pm: Third chart completed during polygraph examination. After the test about 15 minutes were spent in the post test interview.
12:30pm: Bill Durham advised detective ridge, Inspector Gitchell, and Sgt Mike Allen that Jessie Misskelley Jr was being deceptive in his responses to the relevant questions asked during the polygraph examination.
12:40pm: It was decided that detective ridge and Inspector Gitchell would continue the interview.
2:20pm: Jessie states to Inspector Gitchell that he was present when the three boys were killed. Preparations were begun to tape the rest of the interrogation when it was determined that Jessie was a direct witness or a participant of the homicide.

[Joe Fish]

...continued...

2:44pm: The taped confession began with Jessie Misskelley Jr being questioned by Detective Ridge and Inspector Gitchell.
3:18pm: The taped confession was completed. Work was started in reference to obtaining search warrants and arrest warrants for the persons named as participants in the homicide.
3:22pm: Jessie Jr offered food which he declined and was given two cigarettes.
[the word "incorrect" is written in margin] 3:45pm Inspector Gitchell conducted a second interview with Jessie Misskelley Jr to clear up some discrepancies concerning time and events in the first interview.
5:05pm: Jessie Jr asked if he wanted any food to eat.
6:15pm: Jessie Jr was fed.
6:30pm: Jessie Jr was asked if he want to relieve himself.
9:06pm: Ridge, Gitchell, Fogelman present for a probable cause hearing with Judge P Rainey presiding.
9:14pm: Testimony was given concerning the probable cause for the search warrants and arrest warrants for those involved in the homicide.
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Threatened and scared of the police? You are kidding?
You could try reading the confession sometime.

[Intheknow]

Karyn wrote:

Dear KMA367, how sad that you make your argument off of someone's small post and not the facts. I have read and seen every piece of evidence in this case. There were NO fiber evidence that matched anything. In fact, DNA evidence was never done until 3 months ago. No one confessed to anything, other than Jesse Misskelley, who's IQ is 72... Can't really take him as a competent witness/confessor. And wow, you're from AR, and know less of what happened in your own state than people from all over the country. Read up on facts before you post a bunch of fiction!

I happended to have worked case, and I do know all the facts, and I these kids did do this and I don't care who comes up with what king of DNA or whatever after the fact. I was there, I saw collected, investigated, and interviewed these boys. I'm from Arkansas too, and you can spread your "West Memphis 3" hollywood BS elsewhere Smyrna.

[asj]

give up karyn you cant win
you are trying to convince people that are happy to put other people away on fibre evidence when it was proved that those fibres are common, eye witnessses that could name echols but not who was standing next to him.
another one doesant even care about DNA,and to joe fish, misskelley was in custody for 12 hours until they got the confession they wanted,only the last 45 mins recorded

[Crittenden Resident]

asj wrote:

give up karyn you cant win
you are trying to convince people that are happy to put other people away on fibre evidence when it was proved that those fibres are common, eye witnessses that could name echols but not who was standing next to him.
another one doesant even care about DNA,and to joe fish, misskelley was in custody for 12 hours until they got the confession they wanted,only the last 45 mins recorded

We're not "happy to put people away", unless they are FOUND GUILTY, after an investigation, then A JURY OF TWELVE made that decision after a change of venue was done to ensure the trial was fair. The evidence was presented to a REAL prosecutor, a trial was held - there is an appeal process, but all you "vigilantes" from all over the world, know better than anyone, just because you've read the manuscripts and notes from years ago? You know not what you do...

[Karyn]

Just wanted to drop by and give a big "haha!" DNA is back, none matches ANY of the WM3. Funny. But all of you are right. They must just be magical and smarter than any other criminal in the world to get rid of every piece of all three of their dna. And next time, if you want to comment back to me, please at least do spell check. It's hard to take someone seriously if they can't even spell better than a 3rd grader!

[Crittenden Resident]

Karyn wrote:

Just wanted to drop by and give a big "haha!" DNA is back, none matches ANY of the WM3. Funny. But all of you are right. They must just be magical and smarter than any other criminal in the world to get rid of every piece of all three of their dna. And next time, if you want to comment back to me, please at least do spell check. It's hard to take someone seriously if they can't even spell better than a 3rd grader!

Your big "haha!" is fitting behavior for a 3rd grader, but we'll see what happens next, yes, we'll see...

[Crittenden Resident]

Karyn Boothe wrote:

Or, maybe something like what happened to the three teenagers will happen to someone in your family and you will want someone to take up his/her cause. All anyone with half a brain has to do is read ALL of the court transcripts and look at the physical evidence, oops, I mean lack of, to realize that the incompetant "police" and mildly retarded judge blew this case royally. I guess when all else fails, blame the kid that looks most different...

You must be one of them!!!, better stay in GA, or our incompetent "police" and retarded judge will arrest you too!

[Karyn]

Oh Crittenden Resident, I couldn't have said it better myself. At least you are aware of your incompetence... And you're right, we will see. I do want to make one thing clear. I by NO MEANS am one of those people who are against police and law enforcement. I actually work in corrections and have a deep respect for police and our legal system. This is why I am so passionate about this case. I truly feel that an injustice was done. I'm not asking they be released and set free; just that they are given a fair and unbiased trial with actual fair and unbiased people running in. That's all.

[Crittenden Resident]

Karyn wrote:

Oh Crittenden Resident, I couldn't have said it better myself. At least you are aware of your incompetence... And you're right, we will see. I do want to make one thing clear. I by NO MEANS am one of those people who are against police and law enforcement. I actually work in corrections and have a deep respect for police and our legal system. This is why I am so passionate about this case. I truly feel that an injustice was done. I'm not asking they be released and set free; just that they are given a fair and unbiased trial with actual fair and unbiased people running in. That's all.

MY incompetence? I did not run the investigation, and you find someone (you've not even met) who graduated law school and was elected by the people "mildly retarded", as well as our police department,(whom I have deep respect for), incompetent, and oh there's that word again, is it just people from Arkansas you disrepect? But anyway, I'm not against a new trial, but I do find it hard to believe that after all involved, they just plucked three kids from the community to pin this horrific crime on - "that's all"...

[Angela Lansbury]

It appears that's what happened, CR.

[Karyn]

Angela Lansbury wrote:

It appears that's what happened, CR.

Yes, Angela, you are right. That is exactly what happened and I can't wait for those three boys, oh I mean men, now, to be exonerated and vindicated.

[OLD BEN]

KAYRN....YOU SPEAK ON THE D N A. DID YOU STOP TO THINK ALL THREE OF THOSE LITTLE BOYS THAT WERE MURDERED WAS IN AND OUT OF EACH OTHERS HOUSE ALL THE TIME DID YOU STOP TO THINK IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO TRY TO PIN THE HAIR OF THE STEP FATHER TO A CRIME THAT IS A REAL JOKE BUT SOME OF YOU OUT THERE JUST WANT TO KEEP DIGGING UP OLD BONES WELL IT WON;T FLY AND ALL THEY ARE DOING IS COSTING THE TAX PAYERS MONEY. IF THERE WAS EVEN A SMALL CHANCE THAT THE THREE WERE NOT QUILTY I WOULD EVEN HELP PAY THE COST. BUT THIS SHOULD BE PUT TO BED ONCE AND FOR ALL. THEY ARE RIGHT WHERE THEY BELONG. I WOULD NEVER WANT THE FAMILYS OF THOSE LITTLE BOYS TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN.

[JFK]

Intheknow wrote:

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I happended to have worked case, and I do know all the facts, and I these kids did do this and I don't care who comes up with what king of DNA or whatever after the fact. I was there, I saw collected, investigated, and interviewed these boys. I'm from Arkansas too, and you can spread your "West Memphis 3" hollywood BS elsewhere Smyrna.

Well said, IntheKnow!! Well Said. I just watched the tapes that I purchased of the HBO doc that came out a few years ago. As happened the first time I watched them, I wondered what the defense was doing! I actually came away thinking they were even MORE guilty than I did when I first heard about the murders and the infamous three were apprehended, arrested, and tried.
If you watch them, the first time around they were dead set for implying that Byers stepdad did it, because he was "odd," which is something that the defense and the supporters claim is the reason that the boys were arrested! The defense essentially attempted the very same thing, based on someone's religious beliefs, appearance, and oddities---the very thing they vehemently claim is the reason for the WM3 arrests and convictions!
Another thing---Misskelley may have a low IQ but he is not stupid, and he is probably more prone to tell the truth due to it, as he may not have the mental capacity to manipulate and connive. And his FIRST actions are more believeable than his latter ones, when the lawyers got to him.
As for the DNA---it is possible that it was present due to the stepfather's presence around his stepson! What a novel thought! The only way that DNA could be condemning is if it was in some way found inside a body orifice in the presence of a body fluid, and even that in itself would not prove 100 percent that the person who left it committed the murders. This is exactly what a defense attorney would say if that situation was present in this case.
Having said all of this, I am still going to see what comes about and listen without going on a tangent screaming that the WM3 are innocent. I just have a gut feeling that they are the ones who did it. It will take more than a clever defense attorney to convince me otherwise.