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

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Case 4:09-cv-00008-BSM Document 30-5 Filed 07/17/2009 Page 258 of 297 111 LexisNexis" SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 3A LENGTH: 505 words Copyright 1993 Gannett Company, Inc. USA TODAY May 10,1993, Monday, FINAL EDITION HEADLINE: 'Monstrous evil' haunts town II Brutal deaths puzzle police, terrify parents BYLINE: Carol 1. Castaneda BODY: They were three 8-year-old boys, pals living in West Memphis, Ark. One was niclrnamed "Worm." One was a Cub Scout. They were last seen riding their bikes. Last week, police found their bodies submerged in shallow waterjust blocks from their homes in Robin Hood Park. Their hands and feet were tied. An autopsy found they died from blows to their heads. On Sunday, four days after the boys disappeared, no one could say why. Police are searching for clues that might lead them to the killer. And parents in West Memphis, a close-knit farming community of 30,000, were fearfully keeping their children close by their sides. "My heart is very troubled," the Rev. Fred Tinsley told members ofthe Holy Cross Episcopal Church Sunday. "I hope yours is too. We've been subjected to a monstrous evi1." The boys - Michael Moore, Steve Branch, and the "Worm," Christopher Byers - disappeared Wednesday afternoon. The next day, a police investigator spotted a tennis shoe floating in a ditch. "He just jumped in the water and found them," said Police inspector Gary Gitchell. Police are chasing hundreds ofleads and going door-to-door to interview residents in the middle-class neighborhood where the boys disappeared. They've also turned to' the FBI's national crime database to look for similarities to other crimes and have talked with FBI experts about the psychological profile of the killer. The wooded area near the ditch where the boys were found has bicycle paths and a rope swing. "Most all ofthe kids have used the area as a playground for years," said Andy Taylor, a close family friend ofthe Byers and a spokesman for the family. "It's very tragic something like this would happen in an innocent place like this." Police have been criticized for not responding quickly enough when the boys were reported missing. The area is near a truck stop, just offa busy interstate highwayi' Gitchell would not comment on a rumor that the boys were sexually mutilated. And he would not talk about what the motive for the killings might have been. On Sunday, the forested area where the boys' bodies were found remained cordoned offwith yellow tape.
Case 4:09-cv-00008-BSM Document 30-5 Filed 07/17/2009 Page 259 of 297 'Monstrous evil' haunts town II Brutal deaths puzzle police, terrify parents USA TODAY May 10, 1993, Monday, FINAL EDITION For its part, the community is banding together to help the families with burial costs. Police have collected at least $ 6,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrest ofthe killer or killers. A day after the boys were found, school officials sent extra counselors to Weaver Elementary School, where the boys were second-graders. Residents in this suburb of Memphis, Tenn., across the Mississippi River, aren't taking any chances until the killer is caught. Fathers accompany their children delivering newspapers. Children are being required to stay in their yards, an adult visibly present. And, "everyone is trying to cope," says PatVan Gundy, who has two boys and two girls. "But it's on their mind. Everybody is hanging on to their children a little tighter." GRAPHIC: PHOTOS, blw, The Memphis Commercial Appeal via AP (3); PHOTO, blw, The Memphis Commercial AppeaVSteve Jones, via AP; PHOTO, blw, The Memphis Commercial AppeaVTroy Glasgow, via AP
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