Just finished the trilogy and West of Memphis and I noticed something that made THE lightbulb off about him. He was one of four children and came from a strict and religious family. One of the prosecution's key pieces of evidence linking Jason Baldwin to the crime a survival knife with a serrated edge recovered from a lake behind his home has also come under scrutiny. In statements under oath, the three witnesses say that Michael Hobbs told them, "My uncle killed three boys in West Memphis." That 1 cop will have bumped into everyone in that southern, 90s, dick-liking community. If the cop is a nobody, it's marginally tougher, but still doable. Two were sentenced to life in prison, and the third received the death penalty. After new DNA evidence was discovered, the West Memphis Three were released from prison in August 2011 by agreeing to an Alford plea, which allowed him to proclaim their innocence while admitting the prosecution had enough evidence to convict him. I still believe in my heart that Jessie, Jason, and Damion Echols [sic] are responsible for what happened to our children, Hobbs told Memphis ABC affiliate WATN in June 2019. As recounted in Mara Leveritt's book, Devil's Knot, a thorough search of Robin Hood Hills directed by Chief Inspector Gary W. Gitchell of the West Memphis Police Department commenced early on the morning of May 6, 1993. Although she was unable to recall the exact location or anyone who attended the alleged meeting, she claimed a drunken Echols confessed to the murders. Echols is an author and mystic living New York with his wife, architect Lorri Davis. Det. Despite an offer of a reduced sentence, Misskelley ultimately recanted his statements and refused to testify against Echols and Baldwin. Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelly and Jason Baldwin were originally convicted of the killings and released from prison in 2011 after making a deal with prosecutors. In part, I blame paradise lost for the graphic images. However, in 2010, a series of rapidly unfolding developments turned the tide for Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley. As mentioned earlier, Terry Hobbs, like John Mark Byers before him, was fingered as a suspect in 2012's West of Memphis after a hair found at the crime scene was genetically matched to him. Advertisement Byers gained notoriety for his candid remarks and brazen actions in the HBO trilogy documentaries about the case. They had a daughter together, Amanda Hobbs, who was 4 years old at the time of her brothers death. According to Guy's account of Hollingsworth's confession, Terry Hobbs became enraged after one of the boys began kicking him. . The dynamic between them must have been s fucked up and dark and tense. She said some very odd things about TH: "he gets a look that's plum(sp?) "The reason I made the West Memphis boogeyman comment during the first film was because I was making light of the situation," Echols says in Paradise Lost 2: Revelations. Hobbs was the stepfather of Steve Branch. After the filing of the Stewart affidavit in 2013, it remains to be seen whether those who have long maintained that the West Memphis Three were guilty as charged will continue to do so. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Ridge went to Bo-Jangles + talked with the manager, a Marty King [address and phone redacted]. Misskelley's coerced confession, as contradictory as it seemed to the evidence, was consistent in implicating Echols and Jason Baldwin. Hobbs, who dropped Pamela off at work at around 4:30 p.m., picked her up at approximately 9 p.m. and walked straight to a payphone to report the boy missing. The Arkansas Supreme Court ordered a new evidentiary hearing for Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley in the fall of 2010. Hobbs hit the boy in the head and shouted, "I am going to teach your fucking ass." At that point, according to Lucas's account, Terry Hobbs asked the two teenagers to get out and "wrestle" while he and Jacoby watched. Minutes later, Sgt. He also studied Wicca, which incorporates elements of paganism and witchcraft. Yet, Judge David Burnett accepted Griffis as an expert. Making his way through the muck on his hands and knees, Ridge soon discovered clothing twisted around sticks and thrust into the ditch's bottom. Getting back in the pick-up, Hobbs, Jacoby, and the two boys drove around town, smoking pot and drinking whiskey, before heading down a dirt road by the Blue Beacon Wood. DNA testing in 2007 has identified a hair fragment found on Michael Moore's bindings to be consistent with Hobbs. He walked into the restaurant and went directly to the payphone. And keeping the knife as a trophy? Hamish McKenzie, writing in The Atlantic, was critical of the decision of filmmakers in West of Memphis to place the blame for the murders on Terry Hobbs, calling Jackson a"self-appointed producer-prosecutor" and the charges made in the movie "reckless." After Stevie was gone, he expected her to get over it right away and said she was neglecting her wifely duties. Occult shit is my best guess at this point. Baldwin is the co-founder of the legal advocacy organization Proclaim Justice. Although Damein Echols had a teenager's typical disdain for authority, he nevertheless trusted that the system would work in his favor. Press J to jump to the feed. "Everyone has a story and this just happens to be mine," said Hobbs. To bolster their assertions that the killings were related to occult activity despite virtually no evidence prosecutors brought in their own so-called expert on cult murders. (Amanda, incidentally, says she cannot recall any sexual abuse by her stepfather.) Terry graduated from Sweetwate 2410771 [1] Website. Previous suspects Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. -- dubbed the "West Memphis Three" -- were convicted of the murders of the 8-year-old boys, who were found naked and hogtied with shoelaces in a West Memphis ditch. Hobbs was sentenced to six months in prison for aggravated assault. Sgt. On Aug. 11, 2011, the West Memphis Three entered the courtroom for the final time. I still believe in my heart that Jessie, Jason, and Damion Echols [sic] are responsible for what happened to our children, Hobbs told Memphis ABC affiliate WATN in June 2019. Terry Hobbs was born in 1958 and grew up in Northern Arkansas. Feigning a romantic interest in Echols, she asked Misskelley to arrange a meeting. At the time of the murders, Terry and Pam had a 4-year-old daughter. In 2013, what seems likely to be close to the true story of the West Memphis murders finally emerged in separate affidavits signed by Billy Wayne Stewart and Bennie Guy. On the evening of May 5, 1993, three 8-year-old boys disappeared from the streets of West Memphis, Ark. John Mark Byers, stepfather of Chris Byers and initially the subject of considerable suspicion himself, is shown calling Terry Hobbs a "baby killer" outside an Arkansas courtroom. Baldwin, 34, Echols and Misskelley, both 36, pleaded guilty to first- and second-degree murder charges while proclaiming their innocence, according to The New York Times. They also question the alibi given by Hobbs, that he spent the evening of the murders with his friend, David Jacoby. The murders still haunt me and I will ALWAYS want justice for Stevie, Michael & Christopher. King reported that the man (with muddy feet, wearing a white cap, black pants, and a blue shirt) had blood on his face and arm and appeared "mentally disoriented," but had left the restaurant a few minutes before the officer arrived. Crime and poverty rates are significantly higher than the national average and the Bible Belt city ranked as the most the most dangerous in the state in 2018, reported, On the afternoon of May 5, 1993, the three friends were enjoying a warm spring afternoon outdoors. Luminol tests, which reveal the hidden presence of blood, were not performed at the scene until six days later. Sometimes justice is neither pretty, nor is it perfect, but it was important to take this opportunity to be free.. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! In her recantation, Hutcheson stated that when she asked Echols directly if he had killed "those three kids," he replied, "No. Hollingsworth said that he, Buddy, and the two older men all participated in beating the three eight-year-old boys, and confirmed Buddy's account that Hobbs ordered the two teens to take off the pants of the boys, before cutting the genitals of one of them with his knife. What happened after Stewart sold the pot on May 5 was told to Stewart by Buddy Lucas in April 1995. Testimony of Marty King, restaurant manager, in the Echols/Baldwin Trial, West Memphis Police Department Station Log for the evening of May 5, 1993. Also, the sister who caught Hobbs washing laundry in the middle of the fucking night! Terry Hobbs would later state that he shot Jackie Jr. in self-defense. He had a penchant for wearing all black, and he liked heavy metal music, horror and science fiction. What a story it is. Misskelley, who had entered the West Memphis police station that morning with hopes of reward money he might use to purchase a new truck for his father found himself instead charged with murder and facing life plus 40 years in prison. In the years since the trial, John Mark Byers, adoptive father of Christopher Byers, and Pamela Hobbs, mother of Stevie Branch, became vocal supporters of the West Memphis Three. "I was yelling for Terry to get out, and ultimately Terry ran out of my home and ran downstairs into his unit. While Jacoby beat one of the kids, Hobbs ordered Buddy and L. G. to pull off his pants. Clifford T. Blakely: Hon. As detailed by The Hollywood Reporter in 2011, Jackson and Walsh helped fund key investigations for the West Memphis Three's defense during the last seven years of their incarceration. On top of Terry possibly molesting Stevie and being very jealous of him, I've no doubt Pam kissing another man and then the subsequent murders is just glaring motive. and apparently to Pam too, iirc discovering this is what lead to her statement that she believes he was involved in the murder of her son. An aunt of Stevie Branch, Judy Sadler, accuses Hobbs in the film of forcing his young son to watch him masturbate and of sexually molesting Stevie's sister, Amanda. Terry Hobbs then announced the other two boys had to be killed because of what they had seen, and Hobbs and Jacoby proceeded to do just that. I recall a man was outside across the street working in his yard. McCaughey says her sister is very upset. I also went back and caught Pam in 93 saying that TH didn't get mad, he got even. As rumors of a Satanic sacrifice swept the community, the minds of many in West Memphis were already made up. Echols' disdain for authority, penchant for black clothes, and propensity to make shocking statements didn't help his plight. : West Memphis Three Released, The West Memphis Three Trials: Links and Bibliography (2013). Since his release, Echols has released three books most recently High Magick: A Guide to the Spiritual Practices That Saved My Life on Death Row. He lives in New York City with his wife, Lorri Davis. Hobbs is a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. No knives and not weapons were used," says Jo Lynn McCaughey. It was also revealed in 2012 that Hobbs nephew allegedly told his friends, My Uncle Terry murdered those three little boys," and that the killings were a Hobbs family secret, according to, I still believe in my heart that Jessie, Jason, and Damion Echols [sic] are responsible for what happened to our children, Hobbs told Memphis ABC affiliate. The judge ruled that Hobbs could not establish actual malice, and ordered Hobbs to pay Maines legal fees amounting to more than $17,000, according to the Associated Press. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. Guy stated in his affidavit that L. G. Hollingsworth also confessed to participating in the murders while both were incarcerated in the Crittenden County Jail in 1995. "People probably think I'm in Satanism because what they don't understand they try to destroy or ridicule. On the morning of June 2, 1993, Jessie Misskelley Jr., a 17-year-old high school drop out with a reported IQ of 73, was taken into custody by Detective Mike Allen. He systematically destroyed every member of his family, traumatizing them with years of extreme sexual abuse/grooming and beatings. [signed] Mike Allen, The West Memphis Three Trials: An Account, The West Memphis Three Trial: Selected Images, The Accusations of Aaron Hutcheson, Age 8. Ridge took blood scrapings from North Wall inside women's bathroom above toilet, took blood scrapings from inside of door to women's bathroom + Entrance hall to bathroom From Sitting Area at Bojangles. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, defense attorneys working for the West Memphis Three filed multiple appeals on their behalf scrutinizing the lack of physical evidence against them. Allen + Det. Hobbs was the stepfather of Steven Branch, one of the boys found murdered in 1993, in West Memphis, Arkansas. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. Stevie Branch, Michael Moore and Christopher Byers. In 1993, he was married to Pamela Hobbs and was the step father of Stevie Branch. Furthermore, a hair found in one of the ligaturesused to bind the boys was found to be consistent with the DNA of Terry Hobbs, Stevies stepfather, according to court documents obtained by Oxygen.com. Three teenagers were arrested and convicted for the crimes. Hobbs has never wavered in his conviction that justice was served the first time around. I learned about this case 3 years ago. A heartfelt and honest account of the life of murder victim Stevie Branch's stepfather, Terry Hobbs, taken from his journals, personal interviews, excerpts of statememts made in the movies; gives insight into Mr. Hobbs' life, struggles before and after WM3, and yet another timeline that coincides with all the others proving his innocence. evil" when he loses his temper and "he doesn't get mad, he gets 'even'". And that 1 cop will know that a member of that community being subjected to questioning for a crime of this nature could lead down all sorts of paths: one of those paths being that Terry likes dick and is part of a small community that likes dick and that that 1 cop likes dick. Echols friend, Jason Baldwin, 16, was subsequently wrapped up in the investigation, and a third teenager, Jessie Misskelley Jr., 17, also came under scrutiny. Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers were best friends. It would explain SO MUCH about how Hobbs flew under the radar. They also managed to find a neighbor who claimed to have seen Hobbs with the three boys on the night of the murder, something Hobbs strongly denied. A ruling on whether to grant Hicks access to the evidence is expected on April 1, media outlets reported. After 18 months Echols was informed that the evidence was likely not available, but after a state court order, Echols team was invited to the West Memphis Police Department to review what evidence remained. Its population was 40,508 at the 2020 census, [4] increasing from 34,122 in 2010. came back out to Missouri + walked toward Delta Service Station. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Terry Hobbs to show support. Jared: When they [the police] met you at the restaurant, was it just closer to meet you there as opposed to going to the neighborhood?, Hobbs: Thats where we called them from, so we knew they would be coming up somewhere near there.. Notes regarding May 6 visit to Bojangles by West Memphis Police: AFFIDAVITS OF BILLY WAYNE STEWART AND BENNIE GUY (2/15/2013)(AND RELATED COURT FILINGS), LINK TO JUNE 21, 2007 WEST MEMPHIS POLICE INTERVIEW OF TERRY W. HOBBS. In West Memphis, Hobbs worked as an ice cream delivery man and Hicks worked at a restaurant. " (Detective Allen) told me if I knew anything, that there was a $35,000 reward, and if I could help them out, we'd get the money," said Misskelley, as quoted by Mara Leveritt in Devil's Knot. Stevens mother, Pamela Hobbs, worked a shift at the Catfish Island restaurant the day her son vanished. It's pure evil and hate. I understood that Terry had not previously called the police to report that Stevie was missing.. Terry had returned home from his job and accompanied his wife to work. The type of DNA testing utilized pertains to mtDNA. The filmmakers also stress that Terry Hobbs had a long history of abuse, including an admitted assault on his wife and accusations of child beating and assaults on neighbors. Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of West Memphis Three murder victim Stevie Branch, has denied any involvement in slayings of Branch and his two friends. Join Facebook to connect with Amy Hobbs and others you may know. At 8:40 P.M. on May 5, 1993 the West Memphis Police Department received a call that a bleeding black man had entered the Bojangles restaurant (located near where the three bodies were eventually discovered) about thirty minutes earlier and gone into the women's rest room. Pam Hobbs divorced Terry Hobbs in 2004 and has reversed her position on the West Memphis Three's guilt. Ifvery conservativelyone in every 10-20 people is gay or bi, and the police force is made up of 20 people (just a fun number) one of those cops is gonna like dick. He has dead eyes. Wouldn't a normal person say "embarrassed", maybe? 100 meter utendrs p 11,75 i 2011 og 60 meter innendrs p 6,96 i 2012. Covered in wounds, all three showed signs of having been beaten. Terry was born in Northern Arkansas and grew up in the Ozark Mountain region of the state. And if Aaron's story is true, Terry Hobbs may have been involved in homosexual activities and smoking something in the woods with other men and the boys were possibly caught watching them as they'd done multiple times. On May 5, 1993, according to both Stewart and Guy, Terry Hobbs, David Jacoby, and two teenagers from a local trailer park, L. G. Hollingsworth and Buddy Lucas, showed up at his West Memphis home looking to buy some pot, which Stewart provided. Crime and poverty rates are significantly higher than the national average and the Bible Belt city ranked as the most the most dangerous in the state in 2018, reported USA Today. Michele Hobbs Construction has a $12,500 bond with American Contractors Indemnity Company. Terry Hobbs is the one suspected of murder and the wounds that were inflicted on my nephew were where turtles bit his face. 5/6/93 Received call to go to Bo-Jangles + talk to the Manager. 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