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Jessie Misskelley Jr. (born July 10, 1975) was arrested in connection to the murders of May 5, 1993. After a reported 12 hours of interrogation by police, Misskelley, who has an IQ of 72, confessed to the murders, and implicated Baldwin and Echols. However, the confession was at odds with facts known by police, such as the time of the murders.
Jessie Misskelley – Friend of both Damien and Jason's; considered mildly mentally disabled, and at the time of his arrest, he had the education level of a fourth grader despite being 17 years old. His confession was the basis for the arrests and convictions of Echols and Baldwin, despite its many critical inconsistencies.
A month later, three teenagers – Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr. – are arrested after Misskelley confesses to the murders following 12 hours of interrogation. They are taken to trial, where Baldwin and Misskelley are sentenced to life in prison, and Echols to death, all the while proclaiming their innocence.
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills is a 1996 American documentary film directed, produced and edited by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky about the trials of the West Memphis Three, three teenage youths accused of the May 1993 murders and sexual mutilation of three prepubescent boys as a part of an alleged satanic ritual in West Memphis, Arkansas.
The 2018 death of the Murdaughs' longtime housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, and the dubious life insurance scam around her demise. ... as local teens Jessie Misskelley, Jason Baldwin and Damien ...
The defense teams and supporters of Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley have uncovered new details that occurred during the trial that led to guilty verdicts against them. Central are the allegations of jury misconduct with the jury foreman discussing the case with an attorney during the Echols-Baldwin trial and bringing Misskelley's ...
GALVESTON, Texas -- WTVR - Jesse Matthew Jr. may never have gone before a judge had it not been for the actions of one quick-thinking Texan. Texas' Bolivar Peninsula is known as the "Breadbasket ...
Two of the deceased are believed to be missing teens Ivy Webster, 14, and Brittany Brewer, 15