A chronological index of all Commercial Appeal articles found in this section.
This should make it easier for everyone to determine which articles are already posted - and thus avoid duplications. If you have an article from the CA that doesn't appear on this list, please feel free to add it to the archive.
May, 1993
CA05-07-93 MUTILATED BODIES OF 3 BOYS FOUND IN BAYOU...
CA05-07-93 'PLAYGROUND' IRRESISTIBLE TO KIDS NOW HOLDS...
CA05-08-93 AUTOPSIES SHOW 3 BOYS DIED OF MULTIPLE BLOWS...
CA05-08-93 TRAGIC LOSS - WM DEATHS POSE A CHALLENGE
CA05-08-93 COUNSELORS HELP SCHOOL DEAL WITH ITS GRIEF
CA05-08-93 FBI ASKED FOR PROFILE OF SUSPECT
CA05-09-93 POLICE OPTIMISTIC ON SEVERAL LEADS IN BOYS' SLAYINGS
CA05-09-93 PAIN TELLS HOW MUCH LIFE 3 SLAIN BOYS HAD
CA05-10-93 FAITH HELPS SLAIN BOY'S FAMILY FACE ABIDING GRIEF
CA05-10-93 BOOST IN EMPLOYEES, BUDGET HELPS ARK. CRIME LAB CUT BACKLOG
CA05-11-93 INTERVIEWS AID CASE IN ARK. BOYS' DEATHS
CA05-12-93 WEST MEMPHIS MOURNS SLAIN BOYS FUNERAL
CA05-13-93 ARK. POLICE REPORT LITTLE PROGRESS IN SOLVING SLAYINGS...
CA05-14-93 TENT PROTECTS W. MEMPHIS CRIME SCENE IN CLUE HUNT
CA05-15-93 LAWMEN SORT CLUES IN DEATHS OF 3 BOYS
CA05-16-93 SEARCH GOES ON IN SLAYINGS OF 3 BOYS
CA05-20-93 PHONE APPEALS FOR FAMILIES PROBED, REWARD FUND AT $32,000
CA05-26-93 SCOUTS LAUNCH READING GROVE PLAN TO HONOR...
CA05-29-93 LAB OFFERS NOTHING NEW IN SLAYINGS
CA05-29-93 FUND FOR SLAIN BOYS' FAMILIES TOPS $19,000
June, 1993
CA06-03-93 'WATCH OVER YOUR CHILDREN' SLAIN BOY'S MOM ADDRESSES SCHOOL
CA06-03-93 AUTHORITIES WONDER IF 6 KIDS' DEATHS IN EAST ARK...
CA06-05-93 THREE TEENS CHARGED WITH MURDER IN SLAYINGS...
CA06-05-93 OUTBURST IN COURT BY VICTIM'S DAD
CA06-05-93 ONE SUSPECT WAS 'SCARY,' TALKED OF WORSHIPING THE DEVIL
CA06-05-93 POLICE COMMENTS (PRESS CONFERENCE)
CA06-05-93 SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
CA06-05-93 SHY AND ARTISTIC, BUT INTO 'THAT DEVIL STUFF'
CA06-05-93 TOUGH, A BIT TROUBLED, BUT KIND TO KIDS
CA06-06-93 EVIL WORSHIP DEBATED IN SLAYINGS
CA06-07-93 EXCERPTS (FROM JUNE 3 STATEMENT)
CA06-07-93 OFFICIALS FIND SIGNS OF CULT ACTIVITY CRITTENDEN SITES...
CA06-07-93 WHERE'S MY CLIENT, LAWYER ASKS SAYS HE CAN'T CONTACT...
CA06-07-93 TEEN DESCRIBES 'CULT' TORTURE OF BOYS
CA06-08-93 RELATIVES, LAWYERS DISPUTE ACCOUNT BY MISSKELLEY...
CA06-09-93 'DID NOT' KILL 3 BOYS, TEEN WRITES FROM JAIL
CA06-10-93 SLAIN BOY'S DAD FEARS W. MEMPHIS CULTISTS KNEW OF PLAN...
CA06-10-93 DAMIEN'S GIRLFRIEND MAY FACE DHS ACTION
CA06-11-93 SUSPECT 'DAMIEN' SURVIVES OVERDOSE
CA06-13-93 CULT EXPERTS GAVE WARNING IN 1992
CA06-13-93 SATANIC 'DABBLERS' CAN BECOME DEADLY DISCIPLES
CA06-15-93 TEENS' LAWYERS WANT TO SEE EVIDENCE
CA06-16-93 DEFENSE SEES EVIDENCE AGAINST ARK. SUSPECTS
CA06-17-93 BURGLARY REPORTS SEALED IN CASE OF SLAIN BOYS
CA06-23-93 W. MEMPHIS CASES GO TO CIRCUIT COURT
CA06-24-93 SLAYING SUSPECTS ASKED FOR SAMPLES
CA06-26-93 MISSKELLEY'S LAWYERS PLAN TO FIGHT DNA-SAMPLE EFFORTS
CA06-29-93 LAWYERS ALLEGE ILLEGAL SEARCH OF BALDWIN'S HOME
July, 1993
CA07-08-93 JUDGE TO HEAR MOTIONS IN ARK. SLAYING CASE
CA07-14-93 MURDER SUSPECT SEEKS OWN TRIAL
CA07-27-93 VENUE CHANGE SOUGHT
CA07-30-93 SLAIN W. MEMPHIS BOY'S FATHER TO CONFRONT WITCHES
August, 1993
CA08-02-93 PAGANS, FOES AWAKEN STREETS OF JONESBORO
CA08-04-93 HEARING DUE TODAY FOR 3 IN SLAYING OF 3 ARK. BOYS
CA08-05-93 3 PLEAD NOT GUILTY, 1 GETS OWN TRIAL IN BOYS' DEATHS
CA08-05-93 ARRAIGNMENT OF YOUTHS IN MARION QUIET BUT TENSE
CA08-19-93 ARK. OPPOSES TRIAL MOVE
CA08-29-93 LAWYERS LOOK AT COVERAGE OF SLAYINGS IN W. MEMPHIS
September, 1993
CA09-15-93 ARK. PROSECUTORS SUBPOENA FRIENDS, FAMILY OF ECHOLS
CA09-16-93 EXPERTS SPEAK OUT VS. COURT FILE SEALS
CA09-18-93 2 OF 3 DEFENDANTS IN TRIPLE SLAYING ASK VENUE CHANGE
CA09-21-93 TAXPAYERS MAY FOOT LEGAL BILLS...LAWYERS WANT FEES
CA09-24-93 ATTORNEYS POLL RESIDENTS TO HELP GET TRIAL MOVED
CA09-25-93 NEWSPAPER SEEKS OPEN COURT RECORD IN WM TRIPLE SLAYING CASE
CA09-25-93 SLAIN W. MEMPHIS BOYS REMEMBERED
CA09-26-93 GROVE (Weaver Elem. Reading Grove)
CA09-27-93 STACK OF MOTIONS FACES JUDGE IN AR CASE
CA09-28-93 JUDGE DENIES SEPARATE TRIALS FOR 2 TEENS IN BOYS' SLAYING
CA09-28-93 DEFENSE LAYWER BRINGS OUT NEW ALLEGATION (TEER)
CA09-29-93 OCCULT PUBLICATIONS DRAW SCRUTINY IN TRIPLE-SLAYING
October, 1993
CA10-11-93 CAN JONESBORO SEAT AN UNBIASED JURY IN 'SATANIC' SLAYINGS?
CA10-12-93 BLOCK TEEN ACCOUNT OF 3 SLAYINGS, LAWYER SAYS
CA10-16-93 DEFENSE DENIES SODOMY OF 3 BOYS
CA10-20-93 TRY BALDWIN AS ADULT, JUDGE SAYS 'VIOLENCE EXHIBITED'
CA10-27-93 HALLOWEEN NO TREAT FOR MANY AFTER SLAYINGS LINKED TO OCCULT
CA10-28-93 QUESTIONING OF OFFICERS SOUGHT
November, 1993
CA11-16-93 DEFENSE COUNSEL SAYS MISSKELLEY RETARDED
CA11-17-93 MISSKELLEY TO FACE TRIAL AS ADULT; IQ CALLED 'BORDERLINE'
CA11-18-93 DIVERS FIND KNIFE NEAR EX-HOME OF BALDWIN
December, 1993
CA12-22-93 MISSKELLEY JUDGED MENTALLY FIT, FACES DEATH IF CONVICTED
CA12-26-93 BALDWIN INTERVIEW BRINGS SUBPOENA
January, 1994
CA01-05-94 DONATIONS AID PARENTS OF SLAIN BOYS
CA01-08-94 EXPERT SUPPORTS SUSPECT IN WM SLAYINGS
CA01-13-94 MISSKELLEY STATEMENT FACES TEST IN COURT
CA01-14-94 MISSKELLEY'S TAPE REACTION CALLED BREAK IN DEATH CASE
CA01-16-94 1ST TRIAL TUESDAY IN W. MEMPHIS SLAYINGS
CA01-16-94 PROSECUTOR REALIZES HE HAS HIS HANDS FULL
CA01-16-94 YOUNG DEFENDERS RELY ON THEIR ZEAL
CA01-20-94 FOUR JURORS SEATED AS TRIAL OPENS
CA01-21-94 JURY CHOSEN, SECURITY TIGHTENED AMID THREATS
CA01-22-94 MISSKELLEY DEFENSE MAY HAVE SURPRISES FOR TRIAL
CA01-22-94 POTENTIAL WITNESSES (MISSKELLEY TRIAL)
CA01-23-94 EMOTIONS OF MISSKELLEY TRIAL UNFOLD IN LOW-KEY LOCATION
CA01-26-94 MISSKELLEY TRIAL BEGINS...WAS HE AT KILLINGS?
CA01-27-94 2 BOYS DROWNED, THIRD BLED TO DEATH, MISSKELLEY JURY TOLD...
CA01-27-94 MILD CURIOSITY MARKS TOWN'S RESPONSE TO NEWS RUSH
CA01-28-94 DETECTIVE SAYS MISSKELLEY CONFESSED HEARING PALS' PLOT...
CA01-28-94 PARENTS OF SLAIN BOYS FACE OWN TRIAL OF GRIEF
CA01-29-94 MISSKELLEY FRIEND SAYS THEY ATTENDED CULT EVENT...
CA01-31-94 MYSTERY MAN MAY LIFT DEFENSE HOPES IN MISSKELLEY CASE
CA01-31-94 REASSIGNED TV REPORTER QUITS JOB
February, 1994
CA02-01-94 TESTIMONY SUPPORTS MISSKELLEY DEFENSE YELLOW RIBBONS...
CA02-01-94 MISSKELLEY WITNESSES RAISE HOPES, CREATE DOUBT...
CA02-02-94 TESTIMONY CONFLICTS IN MISSKELLEY DEFENSE
CA02-02-94 'ROWDY REBEL' SAYS MISSKELLEY ON MAT, NOT AT...
CA02-03-94 MISSKELLEY MANIPULATED, JURY TOLD...
CA02-04-94 ARK. JURORS WEIGH FATE OF MISSKELLEY
CA02-05-94 MISSKELLEY GUILTY IN BOYS' SLAYINGS GETS LIFE PLUS 40...
CA02-05-94 MISSKELLEY GUILTY, OUTRAGE, RELIEF FLOW AFTER TRIAL...
CA02-05-94 NEXT FOR MISSKELLEY: ONE-MAN CELL, TESTING
CA02-05-94 FRIENDLY ARK. TOWN CALMLY OBSERVES PAINFUL TRIAL
CA02-05-94 AT A GLANCE
CA02-06-94 TAPE OF MISSKELLEY CAN'T BE USED AT TRIAL OF OTHER 2...
CA02-06-94 MISSKELLEY TRIAL TOUGH, TOO, ON WM POLICE OFFICIAL
CA02-07-94 'I'LL NEVER MAKE IT...NEVER...COME HOME'...
CA02-10-94 BALDWIN REQUESTS A SEPARATE TRIAL; RULING DUE FRIDAY
CA02-10-94 INQUIRY, TRIALS HAUNT ARK. TEEN POLICE NOTES LINK...
CA02-12-94 TWO DEFENDANTS IN SLAYINGS..TO BE TRIED TOGETHER
CA02-12-94 EXTRA OFFICERS, BULLET-PROOF VESTS WILL BEEF UP...
CA02-17-94 CLUB-LIKE TREE LIMB DISCOVERED AT TRAILER...
CA02-18-94 FRIEND OF SLAIN BOYS, 8, IMPLICATED VICTIM'S DAD...
CA02-18-94 ECHOLS COUNSEL MAY NOT SEE INTERVIEW WITH FATHER...
CA02-19-94 MISSKELLEY MOVED AS 2ND TRIAL NEARS
CA02-20-94 PROSECUTORS, MISSKELLEY MET WITHOUT LAWYERS' OK
CA02-20-94 SECOND TRIAL MAY EXPLORE MOTIVE IN TRIPLE SLAYING
CA02-22-94 JURY PICKS TO BEGIN FOR PAIR IN SLAYING OF 3 BOYS
CA02-23-94 MISSKELLEY'S TALK WITH PROSECUTORS VALID, JUDGE RULES
CA02-24-94 MISSKELLEY REJECTS OFFER TO TESTIFY
CA02-25-94 JURY HAS 9 FOR TRIAL OF ECHOLS, BALDWIN...
CA02-26-94 JURORS PICKED FOR E/B TRIAL, MISSKELLEY MAY TESTIFY...
CA02-27-94 DAMIEN ECHOLS MAY BE TROUBLED BUT HE'S NOT KILLER, SOME SAY
CA02-27-94 GRISLY ACCUSIONS IGNITE EMOTIONS OF BALDWIN FRIENDS, KIN
CA02-28-94 PROSECUTORS IN ARK TAKE AIM AT 2 MORE
March, 1994
CA03-01-94 MAN SAYS HE SAW 4 BOYS AT SLAYING SITE...
CA03-01-94 SUSPENSE GRIPS JONESBORO COURTHOUSE
CA03-02-94 DEFENSE RAISES ISSUES, EVIDENCE TO DISCREDIT POLICE
CA03-02-94 ECHOLS ATTY. LINKS KNIFE BYERS HAD TO SON'S WOUNDS
CA03-02-94 ARK. SUPREME COURT SAYS JUDGE WAS WRONG TO CLOSE JURY SELECTION
CA03-03-94 WITNESS: BALDWIN SAID HE TASTED BOY'S BLOOD
CA03-04-94 BYERS QUESTIONED AS SUSPECT IN LATE JAN...
CA03-06-94 CAMERAS CAN'T WHIR AT ECHOLS-BALDWIN TRIAL
CA03-07-94 FIBER TESTIMONY MAY SEEK TO LINK ARK DEFENDANTS...
CA03-07-94 MYSTERY, INTRIGUE, BAD-CHECK CHARGES FOLLOW...
CA03-08-94 PROSECUTORS SEEK TO LINK OCCULT IN 3 BOYS' DEATHS
CA03-09-94 WITNESS CALLS BOYS' DEATHS THE WORK OF GROUP WITH...
CA03-09-94 RITUAL CRIME DEBATE GROWING IN FACE OF INCREASED...
CA03-10-94 ECHOLS TAKES STAND, DENIES KILLING BOYS, ANY PART IN SATANISM
CA03-10-94 CALM TESTIMONY DISARMS MANY WHO EXPECTED MONSTER
CA03-11-94 STATE'S GRILLING PROBES ECHOLS'S CALM EXTERIOR
CA03-12-94 EXPERT DISPUTES 'OCCULT' LABEL; BYERS EXPLAINS...
CA03-12-94 BYERS 'FEELS BETTER' AFTER COUNTERING SUSPICION...
CA03-13-94 WITNESS ACCUSER SAYS POLICE IGNORE FRAUD (VICKI H)
CA03-13-94 TEMPERS KEPT IN CHECK AT ARK. SLAYING TRIAL
CA03-15-94 DEFENSE PLANNED TO CHALLENGE BOY ON STAND
CA03-15-94 TRIAL OF TRIPLE-MURDER CASE NEARS END AS DEFENSE RESTS
CA03-16-94 JUDGE PROLONGS SLAYINGS TRIAL ONE DAY TO HEAR...
CA03-17-94 ANALYST TO TESTIFY ON EVIDENCE FROM ECHOLS TRAILER
CA03-17-94 MISSKELLEY JURORS SHARE THOUGHTS ON TRIAL, VERDICT
CA03-18-94 JURY WEIGHS FATE OF PAIR IN DEATHS OF 3 ARK. BOYS...
CA03-18-94 FAMILIES OF VICTIMS, DEFENDANTS JOIN VERDICT WATCH
CA03-19-94 JURY FINDS ECHOLS, BALDWIN GUILTY OF CAPITAL MURDER...
CA03-19-94 EMOTIONS TAKE SIDES AS VERDICTS HIT HOME
CA03-20-94 ECHOLS GETS DEATH, BALDWIN SPARED...
CA03-22-94 TRIAL'S MESSAGE, HEED ANY SIGNS OF VIOLENCE
CA03-25-94 FOGLEMAN, PROS. IN ARK. DEATHS, RUNS FOR JUDGE
CA03-25-94 POLICE GET 45 DAYS TO OPEN FILES IN KILLINGS OF 3 BOYS
CA03-26-94 DEVELOPMENT SOUGHT WHERE 3 BOYS SLAIN
April, 1994
CA04-14-94 EFFORT ON NEW ARK. KILLINGS TRIAL FAULTED
CA04-24-94 THREE TEENAGE KILLERS' LEGAL FEES TOP $140,000
May, 1994
CA05-05-94 DEVELOPER SHELVES PLAN AT SLAYING SITE
CA05-06-94 GRANDFATHER REMEMBERS ANNIVERSARY OF SLAYING
CA05-10-94 W. MEMPHIS FILES SHOW BOY SAID HE SAW PALS DIE
CA05-11-94 ECHOLS FORECAST HUMAN SACRIFICE...
CA05-14-94 NOTES OFFER LOOK AT THOUGHTS OF JURORS...
CA05-20-94 GITCHELL ASSUMES NEW DUTIES JUNE 13
CA05-22-94 3-WAY PRIMARY MAY PICK ARK. JUDGE
June, 1994
CA06-15-94 INCUMBENT MCCUEN LOSES ARK. RUNOFF
July, 1994
CA07-17-94 FILES ON SLAIN BOYS REVEAL GRIM DETAIL, GRITTY POLICE WORK
September, 1994
CA09-14-94 BYERS COUPLE NOT GUILTY OF THEFT, SAYS ATTORNEY
CA09-15-94 BYERSES SEEN BREAKING IN, OFFICER SAYS
1995
CA01-27-95 STEPDAD OF SLAIN W.MEMPHIS BOY APPEALS CONVICTION
CA10-06-95 SLAIN BOY'S MOM PLEADS IN ASSAULT
CA12-15-95 NEAL, BURNETT AMONG TUCKER APPOINTMENTS TO COURT OF APPEALS
1996
CA01-22-96 TWO HBO FILMS EXAMINE DARKER ASPECTS OF MID-SOUTH
CA03-30-96 MOTHER OF SLAIN W. MEMPHIS BOY PRONOUNCED DEAD
CA06-09-96 FILM ON W.MEMPHIS MURDERS IS DEPRESSINGLY VIVID...
CA10-03-96 AUTOPSY DISCOVERS DRUGS IN BYERS
CA10-24-96 POLICE DOUBT STORY MAN SAW W.MEMPHIS KILLERS
CA12-03-96 BALDWIN, ECHOLS ASK OVERTURN OF CONVICTION...
CA12-24-96 APPEALS IN ARK. BOYS' SLAYINGS REJECTED
1997
CA02-11-97 OFFICER SUSPENDED IN CHECKING ACCOUNT PROBE
CA06-05-97 MOM OF SLAIN W.MEMPHIS BOY SUES FILMMAKERS
1998
CA01-14-98 FORMER CRITTENDEN OFFICIAL WROTE UNAUTHORIZED CHECKS
CA03-04-98 JUDGE REJECTS SUIT AGAINST FILMMAKERS
CA06-10-98 ECHOLS EX-LAWYER TESTIFIES HBO FILM DIDN'T...
CA06-11-98 FILMMAKER DENIES HE AFFECTED ECHOLS TRIAL
1999
CA01-15-99 'PAGANS' IN CHILD CASE HELPED ACCUSE ECHOLS
CA06-19-99 NO NEW TRIAL FOR ECHOLS, JUDGE RULES
CA12-08-99 CHILD KILLER WEDS IN DEATH ROW CEREMONY
2000
CA09-27-00 EX-CRITTENDEN OFFICIAL TO PAY UP
2002
CA04-21-02 CASE LIVES ON AS ECHOLS SEEKS NEW TRIAL
CA05-12-02 FBI CHECKS DRUG TASK FORCE...
CA07-26-02 FOUR ACCUSED OF POCKETING DRUG MONEY...
CA07-27-02 STATE WANTS DRUG INQUIRY WRAPPED UP, FUNDS TAKEN FOR YEARS...
2003
CA01-26-03 DEVIL'S KNOT YIELDS INSIGHTS INTO WM CASE
CA02-10-03 CRITTENDEN CORRUPTION CASES ENTER NEW ROUND
CA02-13-03 EX-DEPUTY TOO BUSY TO BE CORRUPT, DEFENSE SAYS
CA10-02-03 HIGH COURT HEARS ANOTHER ARGUMENT IN '93 MURDERS
CA10-03-03 ECHOLS' LAWYER WANTS HEARING ON COMPETENCE
CA10-17-03 CHILD-KILLER WILL NOT GET MENTAL-COMPETENCY HEARING
2007
CA10-29-07 NEW DNA EVIDENCE COULD OVERTURN CONVICTIONS IN WM3 CASE
CA11-26-07 WEST MEMPHIS DAD PUTS ON A NEW FACE
CA11-27-07 FAMILIAR FACE IN MURDER CASE RESURFACES WITH ADJUSTED ATTITUDE
CA11-28-07 STATE COURTS WILL HEAR W. MEMPHIS EVIDENCE
CA12-05-07 COUNTRY SINGER VOICES SUPPORT IN WM3 CASE
This should make it easier for everyone to determine which articles are already posted - and thus avoid duplications. If you have an article from the CA that doesn't appear on this list, please feel free to add it to the archive.
May, 1993
CA05-07-93 MUTILATED BODIES OF 3 BOYS FOUND IN BAYOU...
CA05-07-93 'PLAYGROUND' IRRESISTIBLE TO KIDS NOW HOLDS...
CA05-08-93 AUTOPSIES SHOW 3 BOYS DIED OF MULTIPLE BLOWS...
CA05-08-93 TRAGIC LOSS - WM DEATHS POSE A CHALLENGE
CA05-08-93 COUNSELORS HELP SCHOOL DEAL WITH ITS GRIEF
CA05-08-93 FBI ASKED FOR PROFILE OF SUSPECT
CA05-09-93 POLICE OPTIMISTIC ON SEVERAL LEADS IN BOYS' SLAYINGS
CA05-09-93 PAIN TELLS HOW MUCH LIFE 3 SLAIN BOYS HAD
CA05-10-93 FAITH HELPS SLAIN BOY'S FAMILY FACE ABIDING GRIEF
CA05-10-93 BOOST IN EMPLOYEES, BUDGET HELPS ARK. CRIME LAB CUT BACKLOG
CA05-11-93 INTERVIEWS AID CASE IN ARK. BOYS' DEATHS
CA05-12-93 WEST MEMPHIS MOURNS SLAIN BOYS FUNERAL
CA05-13-93 ARK. POLICE REPORT LITTLE PROGRESS IN SOLVING SLAYINGS...
CA05-14-93 TENT PROTECTS W. MEMPHIS CRIME SCENE IN CLUE HUNT
CA05-15-93 LAWMEN SORT CLUES IN DEATHS OF 3 BOYS
CA05-16-93 SEARCH GOES ON IN SLAYINGS OF 3 BOYS
CA05-20-93 PHONE APPEALS FOR FAMILIES PROBED, REWARD FUND AT $32,000
CA05-26-93 SCOUTS LAUNCH READING GROVE PLAN TO HONOR...
CA05-29-93 LAB OFFERS NOTHING NEW IN SLAYINGS
CA05-29-93 FUND FOR SLAIN BOYS' FAMILIES TOPS $19,000
June, 1993
CA06-03-93 'WATCH OVER YOUR CHILDREN' SLAIN BOY'S MOM ADDRESSES SCHOOL
CA06-03-93 AUTHORITIES WONDER IF 6 KIDS' DEATHS IN EAST ARK...
CA06-05-93 THREE TEENS CHARGED WITH MURDER IN SLAYINGS...
CA06-05-93 OUTBURST IN COURT BY VICTIM'S DAD
CA06-05-93 ONE SUSPECT WAS 'SCARY,' TALKED OF WORSHIPING THE DEVIL
CA06-05-93 POLICE COMMENTS (PRESS CONFERENCE)
CA06-05-93 SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
CA06-05-93 SHY AND ARTISTIC, BUT INTO 'THAT DEVIL STUFF'
CA06-05-93 TOUGH, A BIT TROUBLED, BUT KIND TO KIDS
CA06-06-93 EVIL WORSHIP DEBATED IN SLAYINGS
CA06-07-93 EXCERPTS (FROM JUNE 3 STATEMENT)
CA06-07-93 OFFICIALS FIND SIGNS OF CULT ACTIVITY CRITTENDEN SITES...
CA06-07-93 WHERE'S MY CLIENT, LAWYER ASKS SAYS HE CAN'T CONTACT...
CA06-07-93 TEEN DESCRIBES 'CULT' TORTURE OF BOYS
CA06-08-93 RELATIVES, LAWYERS DISPUTE ACCOUNT BY MISSKELLEY...
CA06-09-93 'DID NOT' KILL 3 BOYS, TEEN WRITES FROM JAIL
CA06-10-93 SLAIN BOY'S DAD FEARS W. MEMPHIS CULTISTS KNEW OF PLAN...
CA06-10-93 DAMIEN'S GIRLFRIEND MAY FACE DHS ACTION
CA06-11-93 SUSPECT 'DAMIEN' SURVIVES OVERDOSE
CA06-13-93 CULT EXPERTS GAVE WARNING IN 1992
CA06-13-93 SATANIC 'DABBLERS' CAN BECOME DEADLY DISCIPLES
CA06-15-93 TEENS' LAWYERS WANT TO SEE EVIDENCE
CA06-16-93 DEFENSE SEES EVIDENCE AGAINST ARK. SUSPECTS
CA06-17-93 BURGLARY REPORTS SEALED IN CASE OF SLAIN BOYS
CA06-23-93 W. MEMPHIS CASES GO TO CIRCUIT COURT
CA06-24-93 SLAYING SUSPECTS ASKED FOR SAMPLES
CA06-26-93 MISSKELLEY'S LAWYERS PLAN TO FIGHT DNA-SAMPLE EFFORTS
CA06-29-93 LAWYERS ALLEGE ILLEGAL SEARCH OF BALDWIN'S HOME
July, 1993
CA07-08-93 JUDGE TO HEAR MOTIONS IN ARK. SLAYING CASE
CA07-14-93 MURDER SUSPECT SEEKS OWN TRIAL
CA07-27-93 VENUE CHANGE SOUGHT
CA07-30-93 SLAIN W. MEMPHIS BOY'S FATHER TO CONFRONT WITCHES
August, 1993
CA08-02-93 PAGANS, FOES AWAKEN STREETS OF JONESBORO
CA08-04-93 HEARING DUE TODAY FOR 3 IN SLAYING OF 3 ARK. BOYS
CA08-05-93 3 PLEAD NOT GUILTY, 1 GETS OWN TRIAL IN BOYS' DEATHS
CA08-05-93 ARRAIGNMENT OF YOUTHS IN MARION QUIET BUT TENSE
CA08-19-93 ARK. OPPOSES TRIAL MOVE
CA08-29-93 LAWYERS LOOK AT COVERAGE OF SLAYINGS IN W. MEMPHIS
September, 1993
CA09-15-93 ARK. PROSECUTORS SUBPOENA FRIENDS, FAMILY OF ECHOLS
CA09-16-93 EXPERTS SPEAK OUT VS. COURT FILE SEALS
CA09-18-93 2 OF 3 DEFENDANTS IN TRIPLE SLAYING ASK VENUE CHANGE
CA09-21-93 TAXPAYERS MAY FOOT LEGAL BILLS...LAWYERS WANT FEES
CA09-24-93 ATTORNEYS POLL RESIDENTS TO HELP GET TRIAL MOVED
CA09-25-93 NEWSPAPER SEEKS OPEN COURT RECORD IN WM TRIPLE SLAYING CASE
CA09-25-93 SLAIN W. MEMPHIS BOYS REMEMBERED
CA09-26-93 GROVE (Weaver Elem. Reading Grove)
CA09-27-93 STACK OF MOTIONS FACES JUDGE IN AR CASE
CA09-28-93 JUDGE DENIES SEPARATE TRIALS FOR 2 TEENS IN BOYS' SLAYING
CA09-28-93 DEFENSE LAYWER BRINGS OUT NEW ALLEGATION (TEER)
CA09-29-93 OCCULT PUBLICATIONS DRAW SCRUTINY IN TRIPLE-SLAYING
October, 1993
CA10-11-93 CAN JONESBORO SEAT AN UNBIASED JURY IN 'SATANIC' SLAYINGS?
CA10-12-93 BLOCK TEEN ACCOUNT OF 3 SLAYINGS, LAWYER SAYS
CA10-16-93 DEFENSE DENIES SODOMY OF 3 BOYS
CA10-20-93 TRY BALDWIN AS ADULT, JUDGE SAYS 'VIOLENCE EXHIBITED'
CA10-27-93 HALLOWEEN NO TREAT FOR MANY AFTER SLAYINGS LINKED TO OCCULT
CA10-28-93 QUESTIONING OF OFFICERS SOUGHT
November, 1993
CA11-16-93 DEFENSE COUNSEL SAYS MISSKELLEY RETARDED
CA11-17-93 MISSKELLEY TO FACE TRIAL AS ADULT; IQ CALLED 'BORDERLINE'
CA11-18-93 DIVERS FIND KNIFE NEAR EX-HOME OF BALDWIN
December, 1993
CA12-22-93 MISSKELLEY JUDGED MENTALLY FIT, FACES DEATH IF CONVICTED
CA12-26-93 BALDWIN INTERVIEW BRINGS SUBPOENA
January, 1994
CA01-05-94 DONATIONS AID PARENTS OF SLAIN BOYS
CA01-08-94 EXPERT SUPPORTS SUSPECT IN WM SLAYINGS
CA01-13-94 MISSKELLEY STATEMENT FACES TEST IN COURT
CA01-14-94 MISSKELLEY'S TAPE REACTION CALLED BREAK IN DEATH CASE
CA01-16-94 1ST TRIAL TUESDAY IN W. MEMPHIS SLAYINGS
CA01-16-94 PROSECUTOR REALIZES HE HAS HIS HANDS FULL
CA01-16-94 YOUNG DEFENDERS RELY ON THEIR ZEAL
CA01-20-94 FOUR JURORS SEATED AS TRIAL OPENS
CA01-21-94 JURY CHOSEN, SECURITY TIGHTENED AMID THREATS
CA01-22-94 MISSKELLEY DEFENSE MAY HAVE SURPRISES FOR TRIAL
CA01-22-94 POTENTIAL WITNESSES (MISSKELLEY TRIAL)
CA01-23-94 EMOTIONS OF MISSKELLEY TRIAL UNFOLD IN LOW-KEY LOCATION
CA01-26-94 MISSKELLEY TRIAL BEGINS...WAS HE AT KILLINGS?
CA01-27-94 2 BOYS DROWNED, THIRD BLED TO DEATH, MISSKELLEY JURY TOLD...
CA01-27-94 MILD CURIOSITY MARKS TOWN'S RESPONSE TO NEWS RUSH
CA01-28-94 DETECTIVE SAYS MISSKELLEY CONFESSED HEARING PALS' PLOT...
CA01-28-94 PARENTS OF SLAIN BOYS FACE OWN TRIAL OF GRIEF
CA01-29-94 MISSKELLEY FRIEND SAYS THEY ATTENDED CULT EVENT...
CA01-31-94 MYSTERY MAN MAY LIFT DEFENSE HOPES IN MISSKELLEY CASE
CA01-31-94 REASSIGNED TV REPORTER QUITS JOB
February, 1994
CA02-01-94 TESTIMONY SUPPORTS MISSKELLEY DEFENSE YELLOW RIBBONS...
CA02-01-94 MISSKELLEY WITNESSES RAISE HOPES, CREATE DOUBT...
CA02-02-94 TESTIMONY CONFLICTS IN MISSKELLEY DEFENSE
CA02-02-94 'ROWDY REBEL' SAYS MISSKELLEY ON MAT, NOT AT...
CA02-03-94 MISSKELLEY MANIPULATED, JURY TOLD...
CA02-04-94 ARK. JURORS WEIGH FATE OF MISSKELLEY
CA02-05-94 MISSKELLEY GUILTY IN BOYS' SLAYINGS GETS LIFE PLUS 40...
CA02-05-94 MISSKELLEY GUILTY, OUTRAGE, RELIEF FLOW AFTER TRIAL...
CA02-05-94 NEXT FOR MISSKELLEY: ONE-MAN CELL, TESTING
CA02-05-94 FRIENDLY ARK. TOWN CALMLY OBSERVES PAINFUL TRIAL
CA02-05-94 AT A GLANCE
CA02-06-94 TAPE OF MISSKELLEY CAN'T BE USED AT TRIAL OF OTHER 2...
CA02-06-94 MISSKELLEY TRIAL TOUGH, TOO, ON WM POLICE OFFICIAL
CA02-07-94 'I'LL NEVER MAKE IT...NEVER...COME HOME'...
CA02-10-94 BALDWIN REQUESTS A SEPARATE TRIAL; RULING DUE FRIDAY
CA02-10-94 INQUIRY, TRIALS HAUNT ARK. TEEN POLICE NOTES LINK...
CA02-12-94 TWO DEFENDANTS IN SLAYINGS..TO BE TRIED TOGETHER
CA02-12-94 EXTRA OFFICERS, BULLET-PROOF VESTS WILL BEEF UP...
CA02-17-94 CLUB-LIKE TREE LIMB DISCOVERED AT TRAILER...
CA02-18-94 FRIEND OF SLAIN BOYS, 8, IMPLICATED VICTIM'S DAD...
CA02-18-94 ECHOLS COUNSEL MAY NOT SEE INTERVIEW WITH FATHER...
CA02-19-94 MISSKELLEY MOVED AS 2ND TRIAL NEARS
CA02-20-94 PROSECUTORS, MISSKELLEY MET WITHOUT LAWYERS' OK
CA02-20-94 SECOND TRIAL MAY EXPLORE MOTIVE IN TRIPLE SLAYING
CA02-22-94 JURY PICKS TO BEGIN FOR PAIR IN SLAYING OF 3 BOYS
CA02-23-94 MISSKELLEY'S TALK WITH PROSECUTORS VALID, JUDGE RULES
CA02-24-94 MISSKELLEY REJECTS OFFER TO TESTIFY
CA02-25-94 JURY HAS 9 FOR TRIAL OF ECHOLS, BALDWIN...
CA02-26-94 JURORS PICKED FOR E/B TRIAL, MISSKELLEY MAY TESTIFY...
CA02-27-94 DAMIEN ECHOLS MAY BE TROUBLED BUT HE'S NOT KILLER, SOME SAY
CA02-27-94 GRISLY ACCUSIONS IGNITE EMOTIONS OF BALDWIN FRIENDS, KIN
CA02-28-94 PROSECUTORS IN ARK TAKE AIM AT 2 MORE
March, 1994
CA03-01-94 MAN SAYS HE SAW 4 BOYS AT SLAYING SITE...
CA03-01-94 SUSPENSE GRIPS JONESBORO COURTHOUSE
CA03-02-94 DEFENSE RAISES ISSUES, EVIDENCE TO DISCREDIT POLICE
CA03-02-94 ECHOLS ATTY. LINKS KNIFE BYERS HAD TO SON'S WOUNDS
CA03-02-94 ARK. SUPREME COURT SAYS JUDGE WAS WRONG TO CLOSE JURY SELECTION
CA03-03-94 WITNESS: BALDWIN SAID HE TASTED BOY'S BLOOD
CA03-04-94 BYERS QUESTIONED AS SUSPECT IN LATE JAN...
CA03-06-94 CAMERAS CAN'T WHIR AT ECHOLS-BALDWIN TRIAL
CA03-07-94 FIBER TESTIMONY MAY SEEK TO LINK ARK DEFENDANTS...
CA03-07-94 MYSTERY, INTRIGUE, BAD-CHECK CHARGES FOLLOW...
CA03-08-94 PROSECUTORS SEEK TO LINK OCCULT IN 3 BOYS' DEATHS
CA03-09-94 WITNESS CALLS BOYS' DEATHS THE WORK OF GROUP WITH...
CA03-09-94 RITUAL CRIME DEBATE GROWING IN FACE OF INCREASED...
CA03-10-94 ECHOLS TAKES STAND, DENIES KILLING BOYS, ANY PART IN SATANISM
CA03-10-94 CALM TESTIMONY DISARMS MANY WHO EXPECTED MONSTER
CA03-11-94 STATE'S GRILLING PROBES ECHOLS'S CALM EXTERIOR
CA03-12-94 EXPERT DISPUTES 'OCCULT' LABEL; BYERS EXPLAINS...
CA03-12-94 BYERS 'FEELS BETTER' AFTER COUNTERING SUSPICION...
CA03-13-94 WITNESS ACCUSER SAYS POLICE IGNORE FRAUD (VICKI H)
CA03-13-94 TEMPERS KEPT IN CHECK AT ARK. SLAYING TRIAL
CA03-15-94 DEFENSE PLANNED TO CHALLENGE BOY ON STAND
CA03-15-94 TRIAL OF TRIPLE-MURDER CASE NEARS END AS DEFENSE RESTS
CA03-16-94 JUDGE PROLONGS SLAYINGS TRIAL ONE DAY TO HEAR...
CA03-17-94 ANALYST TO TESTIFY ON EVIDENCE FROM ECHOLS TRAILER
CA03-17-94 MISSKELLEY JURORS SHARE THOUGHTS ON TRIAL, VERDICT
CA03-18-94 JURY WEIGHS FATE OF PAIR IN DEATHS OF 3 ARK. BOYS...
CA03-18-94 FAMILIES OF VICTIMS, DEFENDANTS JOIN VERDICT WATCH
CA03-19-94 JURY FINDS ECHOLS, BALDWIN GUILTY OF CAPITAL MURDER...
CA03-19-94 EMOTIONS TAKE SIDES AS VERDICTS HIT HOME
CA03-20-94 ECHOLS GETS DEATH, BALDWIN SPARED...
CA03-22-94 TRIAL'S MESSAGE, HEED ANY SIGNS OF VIOLENCE
CA03-25-94 FOGLEMAN, PROS. IN ARK. DEATHS, RUNS FOR JUDGE
CA03-25-94 POLICE GET 45 DAYS TO OPEN FILES IN KILLINGS OF 3 BOYS
CA03-26-94 DEVELOPMENT SOUGHT WHERE 3 BOYS SLAIN
April, 1994
CA04-14-94 EFFORT ON NEW ARK. KILLINGS TRIAL FAULTED
CA04-24-94 THREE TEENAGE KILLERS' LEGAL FEES TOP $140,000
May, 1994
CA05-05-94 DEVELOPER SHELVES PLAN AT SLAYING SITE
CA05-06-94 GRANDFATHER REMEMBERS ANNIVERSARY OF SLAYING
CA05-10-94 W. MEMPHIS FILES SHOW BOY SAID HE SAW PALS DIE
CA05-11-94 ECHOLS FORECAST HUMAN SACRIFICE...
CA05-14-94 NOTES OFFER LOOK AT THOUGHTS OF JURORS...
CA05-20-94 GITCHELL ASSUMES NEW DUTIES JUNE 13
CA05-22-94 3-WAY PRIMARY MAY PICK ARK. JUDGE
June, 1994
CA06-15-94 INCUMBENT MCCUEN LOSES ARK. RUNOFF
July, 1994
CA07-17-94 FILES ON SLAIN BOYS REVEAL GRIM DETAIL, GRITTY POLICE WORK
September, 1994
CA09-14-94 BYERS COUPLE NOT GUILTY OF THEFT, SAYS ATTORNEY
CA09-15-94 BYERSES SEEN BREAKING IN, OFFICER SAYS
1995
CA01-27-95 STEPDAD OF SLAIN W.MEMPHIS BOY APPEALS CONVICTION
CA10-06-95 SLAIN BOY'S MOM PLEADS IN ASSAULT
CA12-15-95 NEAL, BURNETT AMONG TUCKER APPOINTMENTS TO COURT OF APPEALS
1996
CA01-22-96 TWO HBO FILMS EXAMINE DARKER ASPECTS OF MID-SOUTH
CA03-30-96 MOTHER OF SLAIN W. MEMPHIS BOY PRONOUNCED DEAD
CA06-09-96 FILM ON W.MEMPHIS MURDERS IS DEPRESSINGLY VIVID...
CA10-03-96 AUTOPSY DISCOVERS DRUGS IN BYERS
CA10-24-96 POLICE DOUBT STORY MAN SAW W.MEMPHIS KILLERS
CA12-03-96 BALDWIN, ECHOLS ASK OVERTURN OF CONVICTION...
CA12-24-96 APPEALS IN ARK. BOYS' SLAYINGS REJECTED
1997
CA02-11-97 OFFICER SUSPENDED IN CHECKING ACCOUNT PROBE
CA06-05-97 MOM OF SLAIN W.MEMPHIS BOY SUES FILMMAKERS
1998
CA01-14-98 FORMER CRITTENDEN OFFICIAL WROTE UNAUTHORIZED CHECKS
CA03-04-98 JUDGE REJECTS SUIT AGAINST FILMMAKERS
CA06-10-98 ECHOLS EX-LAWYER TESTIFIES HBO FILM DIDN'T...
CA06-11-98 FILMMAKER DENIES HE AFFECTED ECHOLS TRIAL
1999
CA01-15-99 'PAGANS' IN CHILD CASE HELPED ACCUSE ECHOLS
CA06-19-99 NO NEW TRIAL FOR ECHOLS, JUDGE RULES
CA12-08-99 CHILD KILLER WEDS IN DEATH ROW CEREMONY
2000
CA09-27-00 EX-CRITTENDEN OFFICIAL TO PAY UP
2002
CA04-21-02 CASE LIVES ON AS ECHOLS SEEKS NEW TRIAL
CA05-12-02 FBI CHECKS DRUG TASK FORCE...
CA07-26-02 FOUR ACCUSED OF POCKETING DRUG MONEY...
CA07-27-02 STATE WANTS DRUG INQUIRY WRAPPED UP, FUNDS TAKEN FOR YEARS...
2003
CA01-26-03 DEVIL'S KNOT YIELDS INSIGHTS INTO WM CASE
CA02-10-03 CRITTENDEN CORRUPTION CASES ENTER NEW ROUND
CA02-13-03 EX-DEPUTY TOO BUSY TO BE CORRUPT, DEFENSE SAYS
CA10-02-03 HIGH COURT HEARS ANOTHER ARGUMENT IN '93 MURDERS
CA10-03-03 ECHOLS' LAWYER WANTS HEARING ON COMPETENCE
CA10-17-03 CHILD-KILLER WILL NOT GET MENTAL-COMPETENCY HEARING
2007
CA10-29-07 NEW DNA EVIDENCE COULD OVERTURN CONVICTIONS IN WM3 CASE
CA11-26-07 WEST MEMPHIS DAD PUTS ON A NEW FACE
CA11-27-07 FAMILIAR FACE IN MURDER CASE RESURFACES WITH ADJUSTED ATTITUDE
CA11-28-07 STATE COURTS WILL HEAR W. MEMPHIS EVIDENCE
CA12-05-07 COUNTRY SINGER VOICES SUPPORT IN WM3 CASE

