Terry Hobbs stated both family and co-workers believed he was guilty from day one and continued to believe him guilty after the trial and convictions of the West Memphis Three. Earlier this year, he told Action News 5 he welcomes new DNA testing. People have come out of the woodwork and said this and this and people have done things and a lot of them are wrong, said Hobbs. With the area secured, Detective Bryn Ridge volunteered to search the ditch. Replacing Burnett was Circuit Court Judge David Laser. The Paradise Lost cameras captured not only the defenses discussions, but the full testimony, in Misskelleys trial, of an expert on coerced confessions. By the end of Paradise Lost, you cant believe they were found guilty, Bakken says. The idea of the average citizen becoming embroiled in a criminal investigation isnt far-fetched in 2021, decades removed from the launch of WM3.org. Although Damein Echols had a teenager's typical disdain for authority, he nevertheless trusted that the system would work in his favor. "Everyone has a story and this just happens to be mine," said Hobbs. One of Kathy Bakkens earliest jobs in Los Angeles allowed her a certain kind of cultural currency: She designed movie posters for an entertainment-advertising company, which meant she got to see films months before they were released. He says his students seem to have a better grasp on the idea of coerced confessions than any of his peers in 1994. Although Griffis' testimony was dramatic, it showed only a tenuous grasp of occult knowledge much of it, including a reference to a cult called "Crytos," was simply made up. Beyond the black-and-white print of the newspaper, there was a movement brewing. In 2009, three witnesses filed affidavits claiming they saw Hobbs with the murdered boys the night they disappeared, contradicting Hobbs previous statements to police, according to CNN. Misskelley initially told police that the killings happened during the day; knowing that they actually occurred some time after dusk, the officers corrected him, helping him retrofit his story to the cases few known facts. He knew that if he ever got out, hed want to do that in a more organized way. Last year, I noticed that Terry went missing. But on the subject of Paradise Lost, he speaks emphatically: He understands how important the movies were in helping him, Echols, and Misskelley walk free 10 years ago this August. Sheriff's deputies in Calhoun County say Terry Hobbs was reported missing on Saturday, April 20, 2019. Two questions plagued the conservative, middle-class community: Why would anyone commit such a heinous act, and, more importantly, who? . Terry Hobbs at Metropolitan Community College: Maple Woods The three teens were arrested after Misskelley said they committed the crime after 12 hours of interrogation. A later confession during the trial phase would prove equally problematic. No knives and not weapons were used," says Jo Lynn McCaughey. Auburndale, FL - TSGT Terry Lee Hobbs, USAF, ret. Its first season ostensibly focused on the disappearance of a Georgia beauty queen, but it spent nearly as much time digging through the salacious details of the victims love life and dipping into amateur psychology as it did looking at evidence.
