The Devil's Knot and the West Memphis Three

noticed the difference between the two accounts but they
             seemed to ignored it. Also he told the police that he went to search the
             woods without a flash light. The question is why would someone go search
             without a flash light knowing that is really dark outside, however this is
             not as important as noting the difference between the two testimonies.
             Despite of Byers' past violent records, the police and investigators still
             decided to ignore Byers' discrepancy in his testimony. By setting aside
             this important discrepancy, the police discards someone that might actually
             played a role in the crime as later leads prove so. Another discrepancy
             that the police was contemplating was the idea that Michael Moore had been
             kidnapped by a black man as Aaron Hutcheson said, but the idea was later
             discarded since Moore lived next to the school. However on the day of the
             crime, a manager from a restaurant reported a black men that had his hands
             covered in blood, and maybe this suspect was the same guy that Aaron
             reported seeing at school, but the police ignored it.
             Since the investigation was leading no where, Gitchell started to
             base his case on the assumption that a satanic cult might have been
             involved. Assumptions that heightened when Jerry Driver make him aware of
             the suspicions he had on a teenager named Damien Echols. Damien was a teen
             that indeed had psychological problems and was diagnosed with major
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