Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three (54 page)
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Authors: Mara Leveritt
and satanism
sentenced to death by lethal injection
Social Security designation of disability
suspect
vampire look
withdrawal from medication
writings
Echols, Damien, and Jason Baldwin trial
J. M. Byers’s testimony
change of procedures
closing arguments
credibility of witnesses
cult activity in
cult expert
Damien’s defense
Damien’s testimony
defense witnesses
gag order
location
motion for mistrial
motive in
negative evidence
oddities in
quality of police investigation issue in
secret voir dire
sentences
sentencing phase
state’s final evidence
testimony regarding castration
time of death in verdicts
witness list
Echols, Michelle
Echols, Pam
questioned
Echols family
Emerson, Scott
Esbat
Evidence
circumstantial
of cult involvement
against Damien
disputed weapons as
effect of water on
final: Damien and Jason’s trial
finding new
items introduced into
against Jason
in Jessie’s trial
knife
lack of
late-coming
negative
new
retesting
sticks as
Evidence analyst(s)
Evil
Ex parte communications
Expert witness
funds for
Jessie’s trial
payment to
FBI
Fibers
microscopically similar
Fifth Amendment privilege
Filmmakers
see also
Documentary
Fingerprints
First Amendment
Fogleman, John
circuit judge
circumstantial evidence
Damien and Jason’s trial
Damien and Jason’s trial: closing argument
Damien and Jason’s trial: knives
Damien and Jason’s trial: meeting with judge
Damien and Jason’s trial: new evidence
Damien and Jason’s trial: sentencing phase
and Damien’s writings
evidence
filed charges against Damien finding knife
finding whiskey bottle
and Jessie’s confession
and Jessie’s statement
Jessie’s trial
Jessie’s trial: closing argument
possibility of Jessie testifying against
Damien and Jason
prosecutor’s subpoenas
pretrial motions
releasing files
on the trial
witnesses
Ford, Paul
Damien and Jason’s trial: closing argument
motion for new trial
on payment
Forensic analyst
Forensic dentists
“Free the West Memphis Three,”
Free the West Memphis Three
(CD)
Full moon
Gang or cult suggestion
Gitchell, Gary W.
and accuracy of Jessie’s statements
attempt to depose
and blood-stained knife
control of information
focus on cult activity
Ford’s letter to
interviewing J. M. Byers
and Jessie’s confession
and Jessie’s trial
Lax met with
murder investigation
murder investigation: floundering
press conference on arrests
questioned about J. M. Byers’s suspect status
questioning J. M. Byers about knife
questioning Jessie
refused to comment
secrecy
and state police
techniques used by
testimony
on the case
vindication
Griffin, Shane
Griffis, D. W.
Grinnell, Gail
Hair samples
HBO
Heavy metal music
Hicks, Robert
Hobbs, Pamela
on Jessie’s trial verdict
lawsuit
reaction to verdict
reported son missing
testimony
Hobbs, Terry
Holcomb, Deanna Jane
Holland, Brian
Hollingsworth, L. G., Jr.
Hollingsworth, Narlene Virginia
Hollingsworths (the)
Holmes, Warren
Huckabee, Mike
Hutcheson, Aaron
not called to testify
records of interviews with
statements by
tape recording of voice of
as victim
witness
Hutcheson, Victoria Malodean (Vicki)
esbat
and Jessie
Lax interviewed
playing detective
questioned
recording device
records of interviews with
statements
testimony
witness
Hutchison, Joe
In camera
hearings
Information
control of
court order prohibiting release of
families source of
ignored
leaked
police needed
Innocence, presumption of
Inquisitor, Inc.
Insanity defense
Jesson, Bradley D.
Jones, Steve
suspect
Jones, William
Jonesboro
Jonesboro Sun
Jury(ies)
Damien and Jason’s trial: deliberations
Damien and Jason’s trial: sentences
Damien and Jason’s trial: sentencing phase
Jessie’s trial
Juveniles
waiver of rights
King, Marty
King, Stephen
Knife, blood-stained
request for DNA testing
as murder weapon
Knife from lake
as murder weapon
not Damien’s
Knives
Lakeshore Estates
Law enforcement
Lax, Ron
and Damien and Jason’s trial
and V. Hutcheson’s concerns
and knife discovery
investigative work
and Jones interview
and Murray story
organizing police files
payment to
piecing together police investigation
review of police files
Legal experts, help from
Lesser charges
Littrell, Christopher
Lucas, Buddy Sidney
Magic
(Bouisson)
Mallett, Edward
Martin, Philip
Mather, Cotton
Maury Povich Show, The
Media
Medical examiner
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Metallica
Ministers
Miranda rights
Missing boys
Misskelley, Jessie, Jr.
accused by A. Hutcheson
age and mental capacity pleas
alibi
appeals
bite mark impressions
J. M. Byers blamed
conviction
conviction: request to overturn
decision not to testify against Damien and Jason
as defendant
in documentary
V. Hutcheson and
juvenile treated as adult
mentally retarded
news reports on
possibility of testifying against
Damien and Jason
presumption of guilt
pretrial motions
in prison
probable cause to arrest
psychological problem
questioned
reading
retrial denied
Rule 37 petition
and satanism
self-incrimination
sentence
statements
statements: coerced
statements: discrepancies
statements: new
statements: next
statements: on rape
status as minor
telling them what they wanted
theft of flags
tried separately
see also
Confession ( Jessie)
Misskelley, Jessie, Jr., trial
fairness of
in camera
hearings
location
opening arguments
verdict
Misskelley, Jessie, Sr.,
Jessie’s alibi
permissions
on verdict
Misskelley family
Mistrial, motions for
Moneypenny, James
Moore, Dana
release forms for search
testimony
Moore, Michael
cause of death
evidence analysis from photos of
Jessie found guilty of murder of
mistake regarding castration
murder
reported missing
reports of sightings
signs of sexual assault
testimony regarding injuries
tied
Moore, Todd
and documentaries
reaction to verdict
Morgan, Christopher
testimony
unwillingness to testify
Motive
occult theory of
proving
satanism
state’s theory of
Murder investigation
directed toward Damien
V. Hutcheson’s concerns about
police conduct in
private
see also
Police investigation
Murder weapon
Murders (the)
Damien questioned about
Jessie’s role in
Jessie’s statement regarding
witness to
Murray, Ricky Lee
Musicians
Negroid hair
Number 666
Occult (the)
and crime
and cult
Damien’s interest in
evidence regarding
experts in
focus on
Jason and
Jessie’s ties to
as motive
Occult crime, law enforcement involvement with
Official misconduct, allegations of
Ofshe, Richard
Old Robin Hood
Paradise Lost
(documentary)
Paradise Lost 2
Parker, Trey
Pashley, Grove
Peak attention test
Pearl Jam
Peretti, Dr. Frank
jury assessment of
testimony
witness
Physical evidence
review of
Plea bargain
Poe, Edgar Allan
Police
charges of ineptitude
corruption
interest in cult activity
tensions between state and local
see also
West Memphis police
Police files
release of
Police investigation
handling of
part 1
part 2
piecing together
quality of, as issue in second trial
tips and leads
Police tactics
Polygraphs
expert witness
V. Hutcheson
Jessie
juvenile witness
Morgan
Postconviction petitions
Presley, Elvis
Pretrial motions
Price, Val
