You have to keep in mind that the statements from Bennie Guy and Billy Stewart are considered hearsay and most likely would not stand up in a court of law alone. These men had no reason to lie or even tell their story, if not for justice. To add further suspicion, LGs cousin, Domini lived within a five minute walk from Richards house. So, here is my theory of what happened. Its important to note that the details of Aarons interview were not open to the public until 2006. This is when Terry and David would have allegedly arrived at Lakeshore, seen Buddy and LG walking together and asked them who was holding weed. In recent years its been discovered that someones DNA was on Stevies penis. In this letter, a man named Bennie Guy revealed that in 1994, two teens, Buddy Lucas and LG Hollingsworth had confessed to him that they had been involved in the murders with two other men, Terry Hobbs, stepfather to one of the murdered boys and David Jacoby, friend of Terry Hobbs. AND I TOLD AARON, ARRON DOESNT KNOW ABOUT SEX AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND ALL THE BOOKS THAT YOUVE SEEN UM HE SAID THAT THEY HAD THEIR PETERS IN EACH OTHERS BUTTS AND SAID THEY WATCHED. This theory is corroborated by Bennie Guys statement (here) You can see in this photo where Hobbs and Jacoby could have parked, giving them very easy access to the location that the boys were most likely killed and later found. When the boys bodies were discovered, there were found in the Blue Beacon Woods right next to the alleged clubhouse where the boys played. He continued to say that it was known in the drug world that Terry was gay or bisexual and that he preferred sex with young boys. i.e: wrestle. That leaves many years unaccounted for. AARON: THEY WOULD UM, THEY WOULD WIPE EACH OTHER LIKE UM, LIKE UM, LIKE THEY DID UM TO MICHAEL, CHRIS AND STEVE THEY SAID. RIDGE: HAVE YOU BEEN THERE BEFORE? And that is extremely significant. YOUVE SEEN THE CLUB HOUSE, VICKIE: UH-HUH (YES) I HAVE SEEN IT SEVERAL TIMES. In 2011, the defendants were released from prison by accepting an Alford Plea, which allowed them to maintain their innocence and get out of prison, However, the plea didnt clear their convictions and all three men still have a murder charge on their record, despite their release from prison. That hair was then secured to Michaels body as Terry tied him up. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. RIDGE OKAY, WHEN HE LEFT DID HE TELL SOMEBODY WHERE HE WAS GOING? SO WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? I believe that David did ask Terry where Stevie was when Terry showed up at 5:30 and that Terry told him the truth: Stevie was riding his bike and would be back by dark (8pm). Its possible that Terry realized these knots could come back to him so he finished tying Michael up with a more traditionally used knot. Misskelly later recanted and claimed he was tired, ready to go home, and said what the detectives wanted him to say. RIDGE: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DEAD ON? Terry Hobbs was reported missing from Kinard on April 20, but his family said the last time anyone. Had LG engaged in sexual activity with Hobbs and Jacoby prior to this day? When his friend Richard failed a polygraph, he admitted that LG had asked him to lie. RIDGE: WITH THEIR MOUTH, WHERE THEY HAVING SEX WITH THEIR MOUTH? In fact, she too brings up that Buddy was working that day as if that proved anything. This means that the four could have been driving around the back streets for around 25 minutes and then might have pulled up to the Blue Beacon Woods sometime around 6:40. Which means that when Natalies lawyers dug into Terry Hobbs past, there were obviously some people who made similar allegations to the ones Billy made 4 years later. Sex always wins and a casual look through history will show that people are gonna get off to what they need to get off to. VICKIE: UM, JUST SOME BOARDS, LOOKED LIKE SOME ONE HAD LIKE MADE A DEER STAND, A LONG TIME AGO OR SOMETHING AND JUST SOME BOARDS AND THEY KINDA HAD YOU KNOW LIKE A FORT. WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY WHEN YOU GOT OUT OF SCHOOL WHAT WAS IT THEY WERE GOING TO DO THAT DAY? This lends credibilty to the theory that Stevie did in fact go home, and even ate some dinner. Two of the childrens clothes were found inside out, implying that they were very quickly ripped off, and most likely ripped off of boys who were still moving. AND HE SAID BECAUSE WE WERE SCARED, AND THEY WERE SCARED I GUESS OF GETTING CAUGHT THEN AND AH HE SAID MICHAEL KEPT TELLING ME THAT IT WAS AN INDIAN THING THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO AND CHRIS SAID NO THEIR GETTING READY TO HAVE SEX. It remains unsolved in the minds of those who feel the West Memphis Three defendants are innocent. He was also a minister in the Apostolic Pentecost Church, a fundamentalist group. VICKIE: UM, WEST MEMPHIS POLICE HAD ALL OF THE AREA ROPED OFF, VICKIE: I WENT TO THE DEAD END IT WAS YOU KNOW. This is supported by evidence as well. Left: Buddy Lucas Right: LG Hollingsworth. It was only then that Jacoby publicly admitted that Hobbs had left for two hours that night. I allege that Terry came home right after 5pm and Stevie was headed to the house at this time. The nude, bound and mutilated bodies of three eight-year-old Cub Scouts were found in a water-filled ditch in a forest near their West Memphis, Ark., homes, one day after they disappeared in May, 1993. If Stevie was going to go inside and eat dinner, this might have lead Chris Byers to decide to go home and eat, too, knowing that he would also get in trouble if he didnt show up. As mentioned earlier, Terry Hobbs, like John Mark Byers before him, was fingered as a suspect in 2012's West of Memphis after a hair found at the crime scene was genetically matched to him. Sometime around 2pm the day of the 6th, Stevie, Michael and Chris were found murdered in a drainage ditch filled with water in the Blue Beacon Woods. When LG was later questioned by police about who exactly had dropped him off, he claimed that he had borrowed Richards car that night strictly to go to the Laundromat and get his cousins phone number. Additionally, Stevie, by both Pam and Terrys accounts was a well behaved boy who did not disobey. Additionally, his wounds later attracted turtles to further bite his face, making his injuries more severe. However, this was never corroborated by police. On the right side, it appeared as if he had been hit with something that was flat. When they returned the four men continued to submerge the boys clothes with sticks and, finally, hastily threw the last items of clothing in the water as it grew dark. He is an evil man and true psychopath and the type of man to tie those boys the up the way they were found. For one, Michael was tied up with a shoelace that had been cut. If anyone might know where the boys were going or what their plans had been for that day, it would most likely have been Aaron. More specifically, turtles had bitten and clawed at Chris penis and scrotum as he lay for 18 hours in a muddy, watery ditch. Terry Hobbs was born in 1958 in Northern Arkansas, one of four children, son of Edith Raylean McLeod Hobbs and Joe Dean Hobbs, Sr. Hobbs, Sr. learned his trade as a butcher while in the military and went on to open thirty restaurants. Terry Wayne Hobbs was born on May 21st, 1958. And, is it just a coincidence that LG and Terry were unaccounted for that night and then, strangely, they both made public appearance right at 9:00 pm at night? If you read Jacobys interview and declaration, they both give Hobbs an alibi and they both make it impossible for Hobbs to have committed the crime without Jacoby having noticed something peculiar about Hobbs. Neither Chris nor Michael had any facial injuries even remotely close to what Stevie had on his face. I believe that Terry intended to further molest and/or harm me because his actions and demeanor indicated that was his goal, but I believe my continued yelling and screaming alarmed him and caused him to run off. Echols is one of three men found guilty in the brutal murders of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis in 1993. She claimed to have seen the two walking as she was on her way to pick up her sister from work but there are serious problems with her statement. When police interviewed Buddys cousin, she recalled that her aunt said that Buddy left to go see Jessie sometime before the murders occurred but did not return till the next day. This means that by the time the four men would have attacked, stripped and tied up the boys, it would have only been somewhere around 7:30 at night. I think Michelle died of a broken heart, possibly organ failure due to drug abuse. A and B represent Chris and Michaels home and the C on the map on the right represents Stevies home. : de-gloving, was because of animal predation that occurred after death. Additionally, Stevie had what appeared to be bruises on the back of his head. I dont believe when Terry first saw them that he intended to kill them. Just finished the trilogy and West of Memphis and I noticed something that made THE lightbulb off about him. There is more evidence, also, that LG never went home that afternoon. There is no way that if this really occurred, Terry would have allowed those boys go home to tell their parents that, not only was Terry Hobbs in the woods having sex with men and teenagers, but he punched his stepsons friend in the head for catching him. The manner in which they were tied also tells us about the crime and the perpetrator(s). For instance: Terry says the two ran in to an older whiteman who told them the boys were heading towards the woods. Additionally, a bite on the face during murders/attacks is not only common in homosexual attacks, like a bite to the scrotum is, but it also common in Battered Child Syndrome. WAS IT LIKE EVERY DAY OR ONCE WEEK OR JUST FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES YOU SAW IT HAPPEN? Also, according to LGs aunt, Dixie, LGs mother, Linda, came to her work the next day asking where he had been the night before. That could be why Stevie had wounds to the face, while the other boys had wounds to their head. I believe I ask where Steve was ask. The four men see the young boys spying, one man in particular, the stepfather of one child, orders the others to grab them; he flies into a rage and hits the boys, and the attack leads to murder. Basically, anything that both sides agree with I consider to be a fact because its gone undisputed. And if Aaron's story is true, Terry Hobbs may have been involved in homosexual activities and smoking something in the woods with other men and the boys were possibly caught watching them as they'd done multiple times. RIDGE: SO HOW ABOUT DO YOU KNOW STEVE, DID HE EVER GO DOWN THERE WITH YOU?AARON: UM, ONLY ONE TIMERIDGE: ONE TIME, WERE THEY, WERE YOU ALL WATCHING THE FIVE MEN DOWN THERE THAT TIME WHEN HE WENT WITH YOU?AARON: NO, HES NEVER WE NEVER TOLD HIM ABOUT IT. A boy who is passed out does not need his clothes ripped off as quickly or roughly as one who is awake and struggling. Back to the timeline. -3:30 Christopher shows up looking for the boys. ALRIGHT DID CHRIS AND MICHAEL DID THEY TELL YOU THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD GOT CAUGHT. No. The question about Terry propositioning David Jacoby has lead some people to defend Jacoby, claiming that he would not have told people he was propositioned if he really had a secret gay relationship with Terry Hobbs. I believe he wanted to punish them because he faultedthemfor spying. If we have actualevidencethat the attacker did in fact bite Stevie in the face, then it is not a stretch of the imagination to think that the same attacker would also bite another child during the attack. He was also a minister in the Apostolic Pentecost Church, a fundamentalist group. AH I SAID ARRON YOU KNOW THAT THEY TOOK THEIR CLOTHES OFF WHY DIDNT YOU LEAVE? My theory is this: Stevie had never seen the men in the woods having sex before. Hobbs was the stepfather of Steven Branch, one of the boys found murdered in 1993, in West Memphis, Arkansas. However, there is no mention of animal prints at the scene, as far as I know, nor car tracks found in the field next to those woods. However, since LG was wearing a tie that day and the alleged confessions state the teens wrestled, its my belief that LGs shirt and tie had been removed for the entire murder, which meant that it was clean. They both have bias, so I think its important to keep that in mind. If Terry was truly involved in a homosexual act directly before this attack took place, it makes sense why he would carry out an attack of this nature on Chris genitals. AARON: UH-UH (NO), BECAUSE THEY NEVER SEEN US. This theory is supported by evidence as well. Hobbs' was. WHAT DID YOU ALL HIDE AND WAIT FOR THEM?AARON: YEAH (YES) WILL WE ALWAYS. The day when they finally made a grid to cover the entire woods and nearby field, was on either the 7th or 8th of May, a full two or three days after the murder. Pinterest. The removal of the clothes was a very significant act. The purpose, according to FBI profiler, John Douglas, was to humiliate, demean and control. This case has just been trapped in my mind since I heard about it and it breaks my heart every single day. He told the exact same story even though the two men were not in prison together. Furthermore, in the alleged confessions, Terry states: The bodies cant be found, at least not yet.. http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/story/21810828/new-allegations-surface-in-the-west-memphis-3-murders. Expelled From Law School, Dad Convicted of Mom & Brothers Murder. According to the ME, Chris did not drown like the others, he died before entering the water. 9pm the night of the 5th so we need to theorize what may have happened because he has no alibi. Peretti believed that and the Echols defense team, although claiming that Chris must have drowned, all admitted that Chris died while he was being tied up. Roy Taylor was the marijuana, cocaine, and crystal meth supplier for Mr. Hobbsand me. In his first interview, taken shortly after the murders, he claims he went home in the early afternoon but then changes his story and puts himself in Lakeshore at 4:30. So that would prove that there are only two reason why Jacoby would lie to protect Hobbs: its either because he participated in the murders himself or he knows Hobbs did it and he has known it for many years. Apparently, he had told family members that his mother found a pair of his bloody shoes and when he talked about the murders at work, he lead people to believe he somehow knew something or was in someway involved. RIDGE: OKAY. But what we found over the years of investigating and in the process of creating the series people, their memories fade. With all that in mind, I allege that Terry and Amanda returned home a little after 5pm. And why would Narlene have any need to lie for LG if he was innocent? Pam walked past him to the car and had to find out from her 4 year old daughter, Amanda, that they couldnt find Stevie. According to Michaels autopsy report, the injuries to his head support the belief that he was hit with something that had a relatively sharp edge that caused three lacerations to the left side of his head. Right around 8:40, I believe that David would have walked or driven home, depending on who was driving that night and Terry and LG would have gotten into Pam and Terrys small, white Toyota. However, I dont think it takes an expert to see that the mark above Stevies eye appears to truly be a bite mark. I went back and read all the autopsy reports and attempted to interpret them. Stevies bite mark on the left and known bite marks on the right. When Hobbs finally contacted the police, he did so from a payphone, even though the boy hadnt returned home at 4 p.m. as instructed, and neither had Christopher or Michael. VICKIE: HE STAYED. A rather uncommon knot for a regular person but a very common knot for a former butcher or farmer. I then believe Terry went over to Michaels unconscious body and began to undress him. Pam Hobbs divorced Terry Hobbs in 2004 and has reversed her position on the West Memphis Three's guilt. Again, If we believe Billy Stewarts statement, the murders were predicated by a sexual act which could further explain why so many seemingly unnecessary acts occurred. He believed that one of the men told the others what to do, because they always did what he said. When police finally did ask Buddy where he was the night of the 5th, he claimed that he barbecued with his family and then brought over some barbecue chicken to Jessie who ended up not being there. This would have allowed the four men approx. WHAT I THINK HAPPENED TO THEM. They had contusions, which are bruises, which had to have happened before death, on their ears, under eyes, over eyes, on forehead, etc. This is where you ask yourself why Jacoby would lie to protect Hobbs and also why he would openly admit he lied in 2013. I dont believe when Terry first saw them that he intended to kill them. Ok, pull down his pants, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three. These alleged confessions did not, and could not, comefrom intense online investigation. As he tied up Michael, he further demonstrated to them how to tie up the others in the same consistent manner. 4:00 Chris leaves leaves Pams house to meet up with Stevie and Michael who are out riding their bikes in the neighborhood. Because she was lying and both she and LG knew it. Back to the timeline. Even Aarons mother, Vicki, supported these statements in her first interview with police. The new evidence establishes that the last person who had custody of the three boys before they vanished and died was Terry Hobbs. Basically, he believes that Stevie was a sexualized child. Due to this error in the judgement by police, the information revealed by Aaron has been largely ignored through the years. That is your motive right there. Statement made by Anthony Hollingsowrth, cousin to LG, to police. On Nov. 6 police in Memphis responded to a call that someone had been shot at 4460 Kerwin St., the home of Pamela and Terry Hobbs. Furthermore, it is highly unlikely that anyone other than Terry Hobbs and David Jacoby committed this crime and Ill briefly explain why. This is the time when, according to Billy Stewart, he believes something sexual might have taken place between all or some of the four men. John Douglas claimed to have searched murders all over the world and could not identityone other timethat this method of tying someone up was used. David Jacoby claims that Terry showed up and the two played guitar for an hour, which also doesnt add up when you know all the details. AARON: MICHAEL AND CHRIS SAID NOT TO TELL NOBODY. The three men ran after the boys, caught them and dragged them back to Terry. You have to remember that during this time these two men were quite young, mid twenties/mid thirties and they had just gotten off of work, they had Davids wife Bobby to watch the kids, Pam was at work and Stevie was playing with his friends and wouldnt be back till 8pm. Those partially digested vegetables not only prove the long held belief that the boys died around 7pm, shortly after being seen, but that Stevie most likely ate those vegetables right near 5:00 pm. 6:00-6:30. The only person whose DNA would be in that ligature isthe person who tied the knots, Echols said. RIDGE: ALRIGHT, WHEN YOU SAW THESE FIVE OUT THERE IN THE WOODS AND THEY WERE DOING THESE THINGS THAT WERE BAD OKAY WAS THIS AT DAYTIME OR WAS IT NIGHTTIME? Richard took another polygraph saying that LG was not with him the night of the 5th and he passed. For the rest of the night the families, neighbors, friends and police search for the boys. and apparently to Pam too, iirc discovering this is what lead to her statement that she believes he was involved in the murder of her son. Not only did they not ever contact the Echols defense team in search of a deal for their help, Buddy Guy didnt send his letter to the prosecutor till the WM3 were out of prison. I learned about this case 3 years ago. As I mentioned previously, this statement is an enormous indicator of truth, in my opinion. And why would Jacoby publicly and openly admit that he lied under penalty of perjury and to police back in 2007? If Michael had kicked Terry that could have been the impetus that pushed Terry to hit him back. "[4], In November of 1994, more than a year after the murders of the three children in West Memphis, Hobbs again experienced trouble with the law. Really?? In 2011, after 18 years in prison, the three innocent men were released on an Alford Plea. He did not tell me who he was calling, and he did not tell me that Stevie was missing, Pamela previously told investigators. Sound like way to describe some ritual, smoke signal, face paint stuff. Either the perps knew the possibility of the bodies floating with time, or, the area where the bodies could be dropped in was not deep enough to completely hide them. And since she couldnt have known this from a sighting, because the sighting never happened, then it must be from some other source. As the men submerged the boys, I believe the two teens took the bicycles to the bayou where they dumped them on the north side of the pipe bridge. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHERE THE CLUB IS? Its difficult to know all of Narlenes reasons but I have a feeling about one of them. SO THIS FRIGHTENED ME, SO I GOT AARON OUT OF THERE AND WE WENT HOME. I dont feel it was an actualclubhouse. We know this because it takes 45 minutes to two hours to digest vegetables and we also know that the experts believe that the boys were murdered sometime around 7:00 pm. Buddy also knew Billy, so he, too would have told Terry to go by Billys. He said they were doing "what Indians do". With what we know about Stevie and how much he feared Terry, it seems impossible that Stevie would have been the child who kicked Terry. If the boys had their bicycles with them, which I believe is very likely, that means Stevie and Michael would have been quickly caught whereas Chris, who had no bicycle to push, would have gotten caught a bit farther away. Once Stevie and Chris were naked, both Bennie and Billy claim that Terry approached the boy David had been hitting, told someone to hold his legs and began to bite his scrotum repeatedly and stab at his groin. NARLENE: He (Lg) said, if you start saying that about Damian, youre going to get in trouble, I said, well, the mommy is up there saying stating that he was, Damian was with her all the time. Perhaps she felt obligated to lie about Damien in order to get him arrested for a murder she believed he committed. RIDGE: OKAY. Jacoby likely felt at that time that the only thing to do to protect himself was to put himself as far away from Hobbs as possible. If he was correct about the drug dealer, he could have correct about the other allegations. Apparently, Terry then viciously attacked Chris genitals. After he allegedly hit back, he thenreally had a motive to kill. The only reason one could think that someone would make the concerted, and possibly dangerous, effort to take the bikes up to the bayou to be submerged, was to give themselves time to create an alibi. Join Nancy Grace for her new online video series designed to help you protect what you love most your children. Her relay of the conversation seems to reveal that Narlene is talking to LG as if they both know that Damien is guilty. THAT THE FIVE MAN MAY HAVE CAUGHT THEM? And in another statement made a week later, Aaron again says he believes his friends got caught spying on the men and one of them ordered the others to hold the boys while he killed them: AARON: NOBODY EVEN KNOWS THAT.. THAT I KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. The two teens apparently complied with Terrys demands and ripped the clothes off of the children. A few pages prior, he writes "Damien and Jason had no indicative violence in their pasts, and while Jessie was known for a hot temper, he channeled his aggression into pursuits such as wrestling." The ME noted the extremely pale look of Chris skin as well as the lack of water in the lungs, and it was clear to him that he had bled to death. At this time, I was afraid that Terry would rape, harm or even kill me. This theory supportsbothsides of the debate.
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