The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills - Have we forgotten?

@Foxxee (3650)
United States
April 11, 2007 4:57pm CST
First let me start out with, if you don't know about this case, then I advise you to watch the two documentaries about the case. First documentary: Paradise Lost - The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) Second documentary: Paradise Lost 2 - Revelations (2001) If you don't know about the case and you can't watch the documentaries for some reason, I will fill you in some below, but you wont fully understand unless you watch BOTH documentaries. In 1993 three 8 year old boys, Christopher Byers, Michael Moore, and Steve Branch were murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas that took place on or about May 5th, 1993. These murders became well known as the Robin Hood Hills Murders. Three teenagers were charged with the crimes. Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, and James Baldwin. Each plead innocent.  After a pair of trials each was convicted.  But the story didn't end there.  Through two books and two documentaries, the convicted have achieved a celebrity status as "The West Memphis Three."   So some of you might have heard about the West Memphis Three aka WM3. So far the WM3 have spent 14 years in prison. I am wanting to see what everyone else thinks about this case and if you believe that the WM3 are innocent and should be set free or stay right where they are. Let's not forget about the three little boys that died a very gruesomeness death. Some seem to have forgotten about them. In my eyes Christopher Byers, Michael Moore, and Steve Branch are the real WM3. When I saw the documentary Paradise Lost - The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, I was angry and just filled with hate for the three teenagers Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, and James Baldwin. I felt they should have been put to death right then and there. But 8 years later, I saw the other documentary Paradise Lost 2 - Revelations and it kind of made me feel that maybe John Mark Byers who is the stepfather of one of the boys that was murdered, Christopher Byers, was the actual person that could of done this crime. Things didn't add up. So a part of me wonders, what if the three teenagers are actually innocent? Anyway, this could honestly go on forever. So if you know the case and have seen both documentaries, please let me know how you feel about the case. And please, this is mainly for people that actually know the case and can share their views with me and others.
2 responses
@ArsonCuff (3114)
• United States
3 Jan 08
A horror film festival is going to have an auction to help the WM3..I just watched an interview about this on Larry king the the day too. Here is the horror festival news: http://www.terrortube.com/html/Fear-Fest-to-Help-West-Memphis-3.html
@slickcut (8140)
• United States
11 Apr 07
Hello foxxee, I am not familiar with these cases.I wanted to watch the documentaries but my computer is only pulling up 26kb, I have dial up and sometimes it gets really slow..If these boys did this it is a horrible crime that they have commited here and should be harshly punished...I wish I did know more but as what you have told us so far,i would also like to know what will happen ..If you can later fill us in...I do wish I could be of more help to you.