Statement of Karen McAteer
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Case doc#003267
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION
SUBJECT DESCRIPTION
NAME:Karen B. McAteer SOCIAL SECURITY NO. ***-**-****
DOB 02-12-58 SEX Female RACE White AGE 35
RESIDENCE 515 Belevedere, West Memphis, ArK
PHONE NUMBER ***-****
OCCUPATION Attorneys Office- ***-****
EMPLOYER Randy Brooks Attorney
DRIVERS LICENSE NO. *********Arkansas
HGT 5.4 WEIGHT 110 EYES Blue HAIR brown
MARITAL STATUS Married
RELATIVES Daughter- Jessica Bryant Age 11
DATE AND TIME THIS FORM FILLED OUT 06/11/93 10:10 A.M.
CHARGE Witness
CASE FILE# 93-05-0666
DETECTIVE ASSIGNED CASE Interviewing Officer:
Sgt. Mike Allen
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Case Doc#003269
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
OFFENCE: TRIPLE HOMICIDE
VICTIM(S): BYERS, BRANCH & MOORE
CASE NUMBER #93-05-0666 DATE: 6-10-93
Karen McAteer called and stated approximately two months
ago at her home, 515 Belvedere St, her daughter Jessica Bryant and a friend Heather Smith were waiting to go to Church about 10:00 A.M. on Sunday. The two girls were outside and ran in the house and told Mrs. McAteer that a guy
was taking their picture.
Mrs. McAteer went to the door and saw Damien Echols run from her property-he was dressed in black. Mrs. McAteer and her husband drove around trying to find him but could not. One of the neighbors told McAteer that Damien was living on Balfour with a family.(name unknown)
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Case Doc#003268
On a Sunday morning approximately 2 to 3 weeks before the triple murder occured my daughter & a friend were outside playing in my front yard at 515 Belvedere. They came into the house & said there was a man watching them from a bush one house away. I immediately went to the door & when I opened it he got up from a squatting position & started to run toward Balfour Rd. I called my husband & he & I immediately started looking for the man. We looked all over the neighborhood & the Bayou behind Balfour. He just disappeared & we could not see him. The guy behind the bush was Damion Echols. I saw him clearly & there is no doubt. I was told later that at that time he was staying with a family on Balfour. My daughter said the guy had something in his hand. My daughter believed that he was taking pictures of her & her friend at that time.
This statement was completed at 10:25 A.M. on the 11th day of June 1993.
Karen McAteer
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Case doc#003267
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION
SUBJECT DESCRIPTION
NAME:Karen B. McAteer SOCIAL SECURITY NO. ***-**-****
DOB 02-12-58 SEX Female RACE White AGE 35
RESIDENCE 515 Belevedere, West Memphis, ArK
PHONE NUMBER ***-****
OCCUPATION Attorneys Office- ***-****
EMPLOYER Randy Brooks Attorney
DRIVERS LICENSE NO. *********Arkansas
HGT 5.4 WEIGHT 110 EYES Blue HAIR brown
MARITAL STATUS Married
RELATIVES Daughter- Jessica Bryant Age 11
DATE AND TIME THIS FORM FILLED OUT 06/11/93 10:10 A.M.
CHARGE Witness
CASE FILE# 93-05-0666
DETECTIVE ASSIGNED CASE Interviewing Officer:
Sgt. Mike Allen
________________
Case Doc#003269
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
OFFENCE: TRIPLE HOMICIDE
VICTIM(S): BYERS, BRANCH & MOORE
CASE NUMBER #93-05-0666 DATE: 6-10-93
Karen McAteer called and stated approximately two months
ago at her home, 515 Belvedere St, her daughter Jessica Bryant and a friend Heather Smith were waiting to go to Church about 10:00 A.M. on Sunday. The two girls were outside and ran in the house and told Mrs. McAteer that a guy
was taking their picture.
Mrs. McAteer went to the door and saw Damien Echols run from her property-he was dressed in black. Mrs. McAteer and her husband drove around trying to find him but could not. One of the neighbors told McAteer that Damien was living on Balfour with a family.(name unknown)
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Case Doc#003268
On a Sunday morning approximately 2 to 3 weeks before the triple murder occured my daughter & a friend were outside playing in my front yard at 515 Belvedere. They came into the house & said there was a man watching them from a bush one house away. I immediately went to the door & when I opened it he got up from a squatting position & started to run toward Balfour Rd. I called my husband & he & I immediately started looking for the man. We looked all over the neighborhood & the Bayou behind Balfour. He just disappeared & we could not see him. The guy behind the bush was Damion Echols. I saw him clearly & there is no doubt. I was told later that at that time he was staying with a family on Balfour. My daughter said the guy had something in his hand. My daughter believed that he was taking pictures of her & her friend at that time.
This statement was completed at 10:25 A.M. on the 11th day of June 1993.
Karen McAteer
