This article is 1993 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL
THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL
SEARCH GOES ON IN SLAYINGS OF 3 BOYS
Date: Sunday, May 16, 1993
Section: Metro
Page: B2
Source: Staff and AP
Dateline:
Memo: METRO & MID-SOUTH BRIEFS
Edition: Final
Police continued the search for the killer or killers of three 8-year-old boys Saturday but reported no arrests.
Police said in a press release that a national television broadcast about the murders brought more leads but no suspects.
West Memphis police said the department had received about 75 tips by facsimile machine after a broadcast Friday about the murders on Fox network's America's Most Wanted television program.
Investigators also received about 100 calls directly to the department, police said.
A Crime Stoppers reward for the capture of the person responsible for the boys' deaths has reached $31,500.
The bodies of Steven Branch, Michael Moore and Christopher Byers were found May 6 in a water-filled ditch near their neighborhood. They were last seen the day before riding their bicycles. Authorities say the boys' hands and feet were tied and they died from blows to the head.
Funeral services were held last week for the boys.
