Abomination: Devil Worship and Deception in the West Memphis Three Murders (26 page)

Jessie also stated that Jason called him "later" and asked him why he left and he told them he could not watch it any longer. He claims the only other contact with Jason and Damion were a couple of times at the skating rink but they were mad at him.

OTHER INFORMATION

Jessie claims his lawyers asked him if he was innocent and that he had lied to them. Jessie said the boys had a clubhouse and that's why he thinks they were in the area.

When talking about the "meetings" they had, Jessie could remember about nine people showing up and at one particular meeting "Kent" was to bring a dog "as his treat," the dog was taken away in the woods where it was killed and skinned. The dog was brought back and cooked in something that looked like Crisco in a "washing machine type bucket." Jessie said he eat a little one time and got sick. "Kent" was to catch the dog at the trailer park and Jessie believed they had killed about four dogs altogether. Jessie said Jason and Damion would both have sex with Dominique [Domini] at these meetings.

Jessie said he lied about the time and the rope to "trick the police and to see if they were lying."

Jessie says he feels the other boys tricked him into what he did.

Jessie claims he has felt sorry for what has happened and talks as if he wants to testify against the other boys so they will not go free and to help himself.

Jessie did say the photograph showed to him was a group picture of the boys "riding" their bicycles in front of a house.
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February 8th, 1994

Jessie Misskelley

Bible Confession

Any observers of the West Memphis Three case who have doubts about the original confession of Jessie Misskelley on June 3rd, 1993 should consider this confession, commonly referred to as the "Bible Confession." Recorded in Pine Bluff, Arkansas by Detective Stidham, Misskelley put his hand on a Bible and reveals in graphic detail the events of May 5th, 1993, describing the route to the crime scene where he disposed of his Evan Jones whisky bottle (which was later found), and includes details such as Damien masturbating over one of the boys "just to be sick.”
The entirety of the this lengthy confession is located in Appendix B.

February 15th, 1994

Gail Comer

Investigative Report

She knew Jessie Misskelley, Jr., who she reffered to as a "weasel" and stated to police that on one occasion he had forced her son to huff gas. In her opinion, Jessie had no morals and that she has known his father to allow young girls to stay in Jessie Jr.'s room where they had sex. She referred to Jessie, Jr. as very mean and abusive. Comer added that she believed Jessie and Damien could have been responsible for the murders.
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February 17th, 1994

Jessie Misskelley

“Against the Advice of his Attorneys”

Confession

Against the strenuous advice of his attorney’s, Stidham and Crow, Jessie Misskelley made
another
confession, this time to prosecutor Brent Davis. As this record abundantly shows, Misskelley’s attorneys beg and plead for their client not to talk, but he defies their admonishment and provides another description of the murders with additional details. The entirety of this confession is located in Appendix C.

Damien Echols Blowing kisses to crowd

On the way to courtroom

Illuminati Eye of Horus symbology

drawn by

Damien Echols

Echols at sentencing

Damien

Echols leering in court.

March 8th, 1994

LG Hollingsworth

Police Interview

L.G. Hollingsworth was seen washing clothes at the laundromat on the night of May 5th and was brought to the West Memphis Police Station for an interview with Detective Sudbury. He verified the stories of Narlene and Dixie Hollingsworth and provided additional information about Damien Echols and his penchant for ultra-violence:

L. G.: Damien asked me could I kill somebody, and I says, “I don’t think I could kill them unless they did something really bad to me.” I said, “I’d probably hurt them bad first.” And then I says, “Why you ask?” He says, “Cause I’m thinking of killing somebody.” I says, “Why you thinking of killing somebody?” He says, “They’re fucking with me.” That’s what he told me. I says, “If there’s some man, then you just go and you beat his ass or you get your ass whooped. If it’s some little teenager, you tell his parents or you call the police.” I say, “You don’t need to do that, because that’s not cool, you know. You’ll go to jail for that.” And we keep walking and stuff and he says, “Just say that you would kill somebody.” I says, “OK, say I would kill somebody.” He says, “How would you do it?” I says, “Well it depends.” He says, “What do you mean it depends?” I said, “It depends on what they did to me to make me kill them.” I says, “I’d probably put a bullet in their head, and if not I’d probably break both of their arms and make them wish they was dead.” And um I says, “Well, what’s up?” or you know, “Would you kill somebody?” And he says, “Yeah.” He says, “I’m thinking of killing somebody” is what he told me. I said, “OK,” I says, “you don’t need to do that. That’s gonna fuck your life up.” I says, “it will mess you up altogether.” He says, “Well” like that, and we left it at that and we kept walking for a little ways more. And he says, “If I was gonna kill somebody, I would tie ‘em up, beat ‘em and fuck ‘em. That way they would know that I’m not fucking with nobody. You know, I’m a straight up kind of guy.”

Sudbury: Now who made this statement?

L.G.: Damien Echols.

Sudbury: OK, and how do you know Damien Echols?

L.G.: I know him from his girlfriend Domini. That’s kind of my cousin.

Sudbury: [talking over] And what kind of relation? OK. She’s your cousin and --

L.G.: Kinda sorta.

Sudbury: And he, what’s their relationship?

L.G.: They’re boyfriend and girlfriend.

Sudbury: OK. So this is the same Damien Echols that you’re talking about?

L.G.: Yes, sir.

Sudbury. OK, so go ahead.

L.G.: And alright, so I said, “Well look, you don’t need to do that, you know.” Alright. So we walked on. Alright. And then May the 6th, I think it was May the 6th, when I did talk to Damien he was just like kind of sitting there. He was kind of nervous –

Sudbury: Where did you see him on May the 6th?

L.G.: At Domini’s house in Lakeshore.

Sudbury: And I believe you said you knew it to be May the 6th because a family member had a car accident on the 5th?

L.G.: Yes, on the 5th my aunt had a car accident, and I was in the car with her.

Sudbury: OK. So it was the day after that?

L.G.: The day after.

Sudbury: OK, and you saw him where?

L.G.: At Domini’s house.

Sudbury: OK. And what was your conversation with him that day?

L.G.: That day we sat and I talked to him for a minute and then I left. And I came over there like three times and they were still whatever they was doing, you know, sitting and talking. So I didn’t say too much and I left again. Anyway, he was on the corner, sitting on the corner and my cousin had ran away. You know, she ran back in the woods back there. They was mad at each other.

Sudbury: Your cousin Domini had ran away from Damien?

L.G.: Yes.

Sudbury: This is on the 6th?

L.G.: This is on the 6th.

Sudbury: OK.

L.G.: And I asked him, I said “Hey,” I says. I don’t know why but something made me ask him. I asked him, “Hey,” you know we was sitting talking. I asked him what’s going on between him and his girlfriend. And he says, “Nothing, you know, it’s a bunch of bullshit.” And I said, “OK,” and I said, “Are you still thinking of killing somebody?” like that. He says, “No I ain’t. It’s kind of tooken care of. Don’t worry about it, you know it’s OK.” He said you know kind of fast, you know, I didn’t catch it at first. I thought about what he said and then that’s when I realized that’s what he said, you know. He said it’s tooken care of.

Sudbury: Did you know about the death of the three young boys when you asked him this? Or did you know, or were you aware of that yet?

L.G.: I was --

Sudbury: That it happened.

L.G.: On the 6th I think I was, I think that I knew that they was missing, I believe I knew that.

Sudbury: You knew they were missing, but you didn’t know they were dead?

L.G.: No, I don’t know –

Sudbury: You didn’t know they were dead when you asked him this question?

L.G.: No.

Sudbury: OK.

L.G.: I don’t watch a lot of the news. My aunt told me either on the 6th or the 5th there was kids missing. You know I didn’t even know where they was missing from.

Sudbury: Did you ever know what he and Domini were into an argument or confrontation about?