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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