EXHIBIT A-IOI - West Memphis Three Case - Document Archive

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HEADLINE: Dad: I'll see my boy's killers dead
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Copyright 1993 Nationwide News Pty Limited
Sunday Mail (SA)
June 6, 1993 Sunday
NE;W YORK: A father's griefturned to rage when he rushed at one ofthree teenagers accused ofkilling his boy
and two playmates.
"I'll chase you all the way to hell," he yelled.
Court officers in West Memphis, Arkansas, subdued Steven Branch before he reached the defendant.
The teenagers were arrested yesterday and charged with capital murder, but police wouldn't discuss a motive or reveal
what was found during a search oftheir homes.
Jesse Lloyd Misskelley, 17, Michael Wayne Echols, 18, and Charles Jason Baldwin, 16, were charged in the slayings of
three eight-year-olds who vanished on May 5, while riding bicycles in their neighborhood.
The next day, authorities discovered the boys' bodies in a drainage ditch in nearby woods.
A preliminary autopsy indicated the second-graders Christopher Byers, Michael Moore and Steve Edward Branch died
ofblows to the head.
Municipal Judge Paul Rainey called a recess after Mr Branch's outburst and warned that further disruptions would lead
to contempt-of-court charges.
Mr Branch bolted from his seat and ran for Echols, the first ofthe teenagers brought before the judge.
"I'll chase you all the way to hell," Mr Branch shouted, adding: "I'll see you dead" before he was led out ofthe courtroom.
The teenagers did not enter pleas and were ordered held without bond until the case is transferred to Circuit Court tomorrow.
A crowd ofup to 200 people behind the courthouse shouted "murderer," "freak," "baby killers" and "shoot 'em" at the
teenagers as they were taken away to a secret location.
The judge later granted a prosecution request to seal all police investigative files in the case.
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