VICKIE: HE STAYED. Additionally, there is an ample amount of evidence, in my opinion, that Terry might have sexually abused all of his children. Terry's guilt or innocence doesn't even cross that 1 cop's mindthe only thing that matters is NOT being discovered for liking dick. Why would she get in trouble for that? According to statements, and as noted earlier, after Terry hit the first boy a few times, he stopped long enough to yell at him. The West Memphis Three case has been an unfinished puzzle for over twenty years, but if you go back through the years and find all the little pieces and begin to put them together, I believe that you will have your answers about what happened that night; the puzzle is complete and it is undeniable. One of the 8-year-olds is Hobbs' stepson, Stevie Branch. While searching through the evidence, their lawyer and private investigator found a letter written to prosecutor, Scott Ellington in February 2012. Mark Byers stated that Terry arrived at his home sometime after Meeks left. RIDGE ALRIGHT, DID SHE KNOW WHERE HE HAD BEEN? Local author writes book on cousin's ordeal after West Memphis murders When he found out his friends were missing, he immediately told his mom that they had to go the clubhouse in the woods. (source). Peretti believed that and the Echols defense team, although claiming that Chris must have drowned, all admitted that Chris died while he was being tied up. RIDGE: ABOUT TIME WAS IT YOU WENT TO TRY AND GO TO THE CLUB HOUSE? Furthermore, the time the boys were seen doing this is also around the time that Aaron Hutchinson claimed they had first seen the men in the woods. Stevies bite mark on the left and known bite marks on the right. 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. But what we found over the years of investigating and in the process of creating the series people, their memories fade. I think he knew it because he knew that Damien didnt really commit this murder and thats why he basically tells his aunt not to tell this lie. After Terrys attack on Michael, I believe Terry left him on the ground unconscious. It puts all questions to rest. The nude, bound and mutilated bodies of three eight-year-old Cub Scouts were found in a water-filled ditch in a forest near their West Memphis, Ark., homes, one day after they disappeared in May, 1993. As Michael was carried back to Terry, he allegedly kicked him. He actually worked in a slaughterhouse. Then, I believe that Terry began to attack Stevies face by biting him and even possibly striking his face with the corner of the board. Anyway, some things the autopsy reports show us.. ~Chris was alive when he was being tied up. This is actually supported by various testimony, which I will bring up later. In both Billy and Bennies statements, i.e. VICKIE: HE STAYED. Why in the world were the two men (or Terry alone) searching for the boys when it was light out if Terry had already said that Stevie could stay out till 8:00 pm? If it wasnt for your choices, this never would have happened!And, the act of tying up the boys, especially the manner in which they were tied up, looked somewhat sexual in nature. Hobbs may be awful, but nothing accounts for the beating and drowning that took place. As Brent Turvey wrote in his profile of the criminal, the man who perpetrated this act against Christopher is a closet homosexual who carries shame about his homosexual tendencies. At 8:42, officer Meeks was dispatched to another call and left. There is an easy explanation for that, though, if its true. If Michael had kicked Terry that could have been the impetus that pushed Terry to hit him back. You will see that this theory is supported by many statements, interviews, affidavits and even includes the alleged confessions of Buddy Lucas and LG Hollingsworth. (1) Strangely, Buddy first says that he has a man who will testify that he worked with Buddy all that day and then later on in the conversation, Buddy claims that his boss will testify that he was at work on the 5th. In addition to that, when the boys autopsies were performed, animal hair was discovered on them. VICKIE: ANY TIME MY CHILD DIDNT COME HOME ON TIME THATS WHERE I WOULD LOOK FOR HIMRIDGE: OKAY, YOU HAD BEEN THERE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS? In my opinion, this was smart of Terry. At the time of the murders, LG was only 19 and spent most of his time with an unmarried man who was in his 50s. They were so sure that the murders were part of a satanic ritual done by teenagers, and were so desperate to make sure that Aarons answers revealed that, that eventually Aarons statements began to get more and more fantastical and implausible. Cookie Notice Due to the possibility that they wiped these items on their skin, I believe Terry would have taken those items with them when they left. Her relay of the conversation seems to reveal that Narlene is talking to LG as if they both know that Damien is guilty. Two private investigators looking into the case on their behalf eventually turned their sights on Terry Hobbs, Steve's stepfather, because his story did not add up -- he had claimed that he had begun searching for the boys at 6 pm on the day they had disappeared when in reality, they had only been reported missing at 9 pm. That he was still wearing the same clothes is very telling. So that would prove that there are only two reason why Jacoby would lie to protect Hobbs: its either because he participated in the murders himself or he knows Hobbs did it and he has known it for many years. Right as this happened, Terry, who was their neighbor, called to Stevie to come home. That makes sense to me. Additionally, there is an ample amount of evidence, in my opinion, that Terry might have sexually abused all of his children. HES NEVER SEEN THEMRIDGE: OH, OKAYAARON: CAUSE IT WAS ON A FRIDAY WHENEVER HE WENT DOWN THERE WITH USRIDGE: DID YOU EVER TELL ANYDODY ABOUT IT?AARON: HU-UH (NO)RIDGE: WHY? (Dixies statement) When Narlenes husband was interviewed he said he saw two people walking on the service road, but was not sure who they were. He did not say anything to me. Its when you combine all the known evidence, much of the debate and the different positions, it all leads here, to this. He said, well dont you put yourself in that kind of trouble. And uh Steve was suppose to come by (not audible) before dark I thank it was bout yeah it was bout this time a year it git dark around 8 oclock or so, and he said he told em to be back before dark. Experts for the defense have claimed it is a bite mark and experts for the prosecution have claimed it isnt. Mark on Stevies leg, possibly made by edge of the board found at crime scene. He dropped by the other parents home at the first chance he got, made an appearance and a statement that implied hed been out looking for the kids. Whats peculiar is that Michael Moore was somewhat further away from Stevie and Chris, and that the location of the bodies was actually around 20 feet south of the suspected murder location. VICKIE: UM, WEST MEMPHIS POLICE HAD ALL OF THE AREA ROPED OFF, VICKIE: I WENT TO THE DEAD END IT WAS YOU KNOW. RIDGE: OKAY, DID YOU SEE THEM THE DAY BEFORE THEY GOT KILLED ? He was only 19 years old and this was a hot day in May. It's pure evil and hate. Billy was merely contacted to corroborate the letter, which he did. 7 Driver? The day after the boys went missing before they were even found, Michael Moore's parents asked Aaron's mother, Vickie Hutchinson, if Aaron could be removed from school to help find the boys. Again, If we believe Billy Stewarts statement, the murders were predicated by a sexual act which could further explain why so many seemingly unnecessary acts occurred. Not only was he punishing and dominating him, but he was expressing his repressed anger and shame associated with being bisexual or homosexual. Terry Hobbs was born in 1958 in Northern Arkansas, one of four children, son of Edith Raylean McLeod Hobbs and Joe Dean Hobbs, Sr. Hobbs, Sr. learned his trade as a butcher while in the military and went on to open thirty restaurants. Terry Hobbs was working for the Memphis Ice Cream Company. For one, Michael was tied up with a shoelace that had been cut. He was also a minister in the Apostolic Pentecost Church, a fundamentalist group. CHRISTY, I WAS TALKING TO A GIRL NAMED CHRISTY AND SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE THOUGHT THEY HAD FOUND ONE OF THE BODIES. VICKIE: I REALLY COULDNT TELL THAT. In truth, this theory would finally explain and clarify, really,why the boys had animal hair on them if they were pulled from the water. Despite this evidence, no charges have ever been brought against Hobbs, who still firmly believes that Echols, Baldwin, and Misskelley are guilty of the . This is when Jamie would have remembered seeing Terry out on the sidewalk calling the boys home just as they would have shot out onto the street from her house. The three little boys referenced in the declarations were found brutally murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. (Mountain Home, Arkansas - January 20, 2012) Terry Hobbs' nephew, Michael Hobbs Jr., allegedly told his friends "my uncle Terry murdered those three little boys," according to declarations under penalty of perjury recently given to Damien Echols' defense team. I dont believe when Terry first saw them that he intended to kill them. I cant be sure, but its possible that the interviewer in this deposition meant Roy not Ray. What was he doing for so many hours in that small patch of woods? RIDGE: DOING NASTY STUFF, WHERE DID YOU SEE THEM DOING THIS STUFF? Shortly after arriving home, Terry was out in his driveway with Amanda, saw the boys outside Jamie Ballards home and called them to come to the house. A bitemark on Stevies face would lend credibility to the statement that another bite occurred on Chris genital area. I rewatched the paradise lost docs and in the last one, just before the murders, Pam had "kissed a Mexican" and Terry said that years later when he brought on the lawsuit with Natalie Maines. NARLENE: She meant the mommy, the daddy and the son,(LG) she said I dont know whats going on over there and she said, they are making me nervous, shes a christian girl, she said and I got out of there, I said yeah, I get bad feelings around them too. Here are two statements made by Narlene to police about LG. Otherwise, there would be no reason to hide these items. The question whether the mark on Stevies left eyebrow is a bite mark or not has been the subject of great debate by experts and followers of the case for years. The crime scene, as well as the clubhouse were both located somewhat close to each other on the east side of the drainage ditch. 3:00/4:00pm. In March 2022,Damien Echols said in a tweet that hell be back in court on June 23 with his law team as they try to get access to DNA, found in the case evidence, to a lab for testing. And for two, David claims to have seen the three boys in front of his house at 5:30 when he opened the door to let Terry and Amanda inside. I believe he intended to terrify and threaten them so they would never, ever speak of what they had seen. This means that by the time the four men would have attacked, stripped and tied up the boys, it would have only been somewhere around 7:30 at night. There are so many rumors, lies and blatant ignorance surrounding this case. I believe that when LG asked to be dropped off at home Terry refused. Especially considering how extremely rare it is for a victim to be tied in this manner. They were convicted of the murders of three 8 year old boys and the public took an interest in them, with documentaries being made proclaiming their innocence. The third boy was found in the water at approx. Timeline: 2;30 Pam Hicks, Stevie and Amanda walk home from school. Even Peretti agrees that there was injury to the groin area AFTER death. transfer betterment to vanguard. I allege that Terry came home right after 5pm and Stevie was headed to the house at this time. That could be why Stevie had wounds to the face, while the other boys had wounds to their head. I will not claim that everything I write is certified fact, but I do believe that all the known evidence supports this theory as the truth of what happened in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. There is both an interview and an affidavit signed by Jacoby and neither of those mention anything about Terry propositioning him. That leaves one very glaring, unexplainable question. I also believe this is why the boys got separated. Sometime right after 5:30, according to the Byers, Chris took off again from his house. West Memphis 3 murders Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. At the end of the conversation LG apparently told Narlene, Dont put yourself in that kind of trouble and Narlene says, Well, Im going to take care of LG. To me, that means that she is willing to lie to help protect LG. AARON: IT WAS, WHEN EVER WE GOT OUT OF SCHOOL WE WENT THERE ABOUT FOUR, AARON: AND THEY NEVER GOT THERE BEFORE WE DID. Terry claims that he dropped Amanda off with Bobby, Davids wife and that he and David then scoured the neighborhood looking for Stevie, which makes no sense.