On May fifth, nineteen-ninety-three, in West Memphis Arkansas, three eight year old boys were found murdered in a patch of woods in the back of a truck stop. The boys were missing for one day. The next morning, the Chief inspector and head of the detective division announced a search party for the three missing children. By noon, fifty officers and volunteers combed the area for the missing youths. At about one forty five in the afternoon, a shoe was found in the murky, dark water in a gully in the back of the truck stop. Soon after, the first of the three missing children’s body floated to the surface. Minutes later, the second and third were found. He was missing his scrotal sac and his penis had been “skinned.” West Memphis Police department recovered the boys under water in a patch of woods, known as Robin Hood Hills. When the boys were recovered, they were found naked, beaten and bound with their own shoelaces. Less than an hour later, the yellow, crime scene police tape surrounded the area. At three twenty, two bicycles and underwear were found. Nearly two hours after the first body was found, the Coroner was called. The three boys were pronounced dead at around four o’ clock that afternoon.
Just hours after the gruesome discovery, two women reported sounds of rituals being held in the woods. Rumors started to swarm around the town of Satan worship and the occult. Some believe that the three eight year olds were killed by someone they knew or were close to. Although, prior to this belief, the Chief Inspector had already made his claim of Satanism, the occult, or a gang of some sort.
On the day after the bodies were found, a local kid made a statement to the police that he had seen one of the boys talking to a black man after school. He claims that the boy climbed in the car with him. Although, this man was never identified or found. Twenty days had gone by after the bodies were discovered and there were still no autopsy reports. This made the Chief...