EXHIBIT A-IOI - West Memphis Three Case - Document Archive
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<strong>Case</strong> 4:09-cv-00008-BSM <strong>Document</strong> 30-5 Filed 07/17/2009 Page 250 of 297<br />
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SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 3A<br />
LENGTH: 268 words<br />
Copyright 1993 Gannett Company, Inc.<br />
USA TODAY<br />
June 8,1993, Tuesday, FINAL EDITION<br />
HEADLINE: Report: Rituals ofrape, death in mutilation case<br />
BYLINE: Carol J. Castaneda<br />
BODY:<br />
A statement to police by a suspect in the slaying ofthree <strong>West</strong> <strong>Memphis</strong>, Ark., boys, provides macabre details to<br />
the mutilation case.<br />
Jessie Misskelley Jr., 17, gave a 27-page statement to police, the <strong>Memphis</strong> Commercial Appeal reports. But family<br />
members and his lawyer insist the statement is false or was coerced. Police won't comment.<br />
According to the Appeal, Misskelley said he threw up and ran into the woods after watching Charles Baldwin, 16,<br />
sexually mutilate one unconscious boy.<br />
The Appeal said Misskelley told police he watched Baldwin and Michael Echols, 18, brutalize the boys with a club<br />
and a 6-inch knife after luring them into woods.<br />
Baldwin, Misskelley and Echols entered no pleas Monday to charges ofcapital murder in the slayings of8-yearolds<br />
Steve Branch, Chris Byers and Michael Moore.<br />
Misskelley told police he saw one killing but only helped subdue one ofthe boys.<br />
The Appeal said Misskelley said another boy was raped as part of a cult ritual. At other times, he said, the rituals<br />
included killing, skinning and cooking a dog and eating the back leg.<br />
The Appeal got the statement despite a judge's order barring disclosure ofpolice files. Baldwin's attorney, Paul<br />
Ford, said, "I don't know ifthere is any truth to" the statement.<br />
Baldwin's mother, Gail Baldwin Grinnell, said she talked to her son briefly after his arrest. "He told me he didn't do<br />
it," she said.<br />
Charles Ewing, author ofKids Who Kill, said whoever killed the boys most likely has no respect for their own<br />
lives: "They don't think about the consequences because they ... don't care."<br />
GRAPHIC: PHOTO, b/w, AP
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