Well, in 1993, in Arkansas, 3 second graders were killed and sexually mutilated. The first film: police got a confession out of one teen (he has an IQ of 73, came from a poor family, was interrogated for 12 hours without family or lawyer present yet only the last 45 minutes of the session was recorded and had some facts wrong during the confession- a similar issue about forced confessions came up in the documentary Brother's Keeper) The confession was allowed in court and was the thing that convicted him; It also got 2 other teens convicted; that, and the circumstantial evidence (albeit quite a bit of...) showing that one guy maybe was into devil worship. There was no physical evidence entered in court, AND a man covered with mud and blood seen the night of the murders was never questioned and the blood evidence he left behind was destroyed. The crime itself seemed to be one of a lust or anger killer, rather than one of ritual.....
The second film: 6 years later, a forensic specialist looks at the case and says since there was no footprints, sign of struggle or ANY blood at the crime seen, it was a dumping place and the kids were killed somewhere else, probably by someone they knew since the killer had to know about the obscure dumping place (a drifter wouldn't) plus it had to be someone the kids would go with. All evidence would have to be removed prior to dumping (ie, blood) since none was found at the site and cleaning theblood at the site, in the dark, would have been impossible. The youths maintain their innocence. The father of one of the boys, however, is obsessed with knives,(there is knife evidence on one of the bodies that matches the father's knife, which had blood on it when tested), he has a violent temper, is slowly losing it from a brain tumor and the 5 medicines that he's taking (but he still drinks); his wife has died and the death remains unsolved & he goes into major religuous rants; also, a bit mark was found on one of the bodies and the dad has had his teeth surgicaly removed since the murders. Theres a bunch of other interesting stuff, too. Was just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on the case.
