Tthe Devil’s Knot Fourth Summary

Tthe Devil’s Knot Fourth Summary

The Devil’s Knot Fourth Summary
Despite Fogleman’s assurance to the judge that the defense would have in their possession all of the files pertaining the case by the end of August, he released more material at the end of November. One important item released at that time was a transcript of an interview with Mark Byers that for a mysterious reason had been withheld for more than three months, and it was the only information the defendants had about Byers. This transcript caught Lax’s attention for many reasons. One of them being Fogleman’s promise to the parents that the responsible people were going to receive the death penalty regardless of their age. The transcript seemed to have some discrepancies and also differed from the statements made by Ryan and Melissa Byers, but neither Lax nor the defense lawyers caught it because the other reports had been released earlier. Regardless of the transcript‘s importance, it did not received the examination required. As the trial dates approached, Lax decided to investigate further . Even though Damien seemed to be in a unstable mental state, Lax felt the need to confront him and warned him about two girls that reported having heard him admitting having kill the kids. When Lax asked him about this he stood quietly without a response. In his 19th Birthday, Damien received a visit from Shettles, in her visit Shettles recalled Damien stating that if he was found innocent he was going to move out of the state but if found guilty he preferred to kill himself.
As the case proceeded, another transcript was released by Fongleman. Driver‘s interview reported that he had been watching 7 kids before the murders, and that they appeared to be part of a cult. Lax continued his investigation and tracked down Marty King, the manager of a restaurant that reported seeing a black bloody man coming in his restaurant the day of the murders. He told Lax that the only day the police appeared on the scene to make the inspections was...

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