THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL
LAB OFFERS NOTHING NEW IN SLAYINGS
Date: May 29, 1993
Section: News
Page: A10
Source: The Associated Press Staff reporter Bartholomew Sullivan contributed to this story.
Dateline: LITTLE ROCK
Edition: Final
The state Crime Lab director Friday lamented the beating inflicted on three slain 8-year-old boys but shed no new light on their deaths. Crime Lab Director Jim Clark mailed a final report to West Memphis police Friday on autopsies conducted on the bodies of Chris Byers, Steven Edward Branch and Michael Moore.
Their battered bodies were pulled from a watery ditch near their homes May 6, a day after they disappeared while riding bikes after school.
Police said they died of blows to the head. Clark said the extent of the punishment inflicted on the youths was emotionally taxing for medical personnel who examined the bodies.
West Memphis police still have no suspects in the deaths, Gitchell said.
Gitchell said he had not received the final autopsy report.
Also Friday, a church-sponsored bank account to aid the families of the three West Memphis youths was closed after raising $19,770.
Kim Spears, secretary for Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, said $5,865 had been disbursed to the families. The final distribution is scheduled for Tuesday.
Rev. Fred Tinsley, rector of Holy Cross Episcopal Church in West Memphis, said Friday that contributions to his church's account for the families contained slightly more than $26,000.
LAB OFFERS NOTHING NEW IN SLAYINGS
Date: May 29, 1993
Section: News
Page: A10
Source: The Associated Press Staff reporter Bartholomew Sullivan contributed to this story.
Dateline: LITTLE ROCK
Edition: Final
The state Crime Lab director Friday lamented the beating inflicted on three slain 8-year-old boys but shed no new light on their deaths. Crime Lab Director Jim Clark mailed a final report to West Memphis police Friday on autopsies conducted on the bodies of Chris Byers, Steven Edward Branch and Michael Moore.
Their battered bodies were pulled from a watery ditch near their homes May 6, a day after they disappeared while riding bikes after school.
Police said they died of blows to the head. Clark said the extent of the punishment inflicted on the youths was emotionally taxing for medical personnel who examined the bodies.
West Memphis police still have no suspects in the deaths, Gitchell said.
Gitchell said he had not received the final autopsy report.
Also Friday, a church-sponsored bank account to aid the families of the three West Memphis youths was closed after raising $19,770.
Kim Spears, secretary for Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, said $5,865 had been disbursed to the families. The final distribution is scheduled for Tuesday.
Rev. Fred Tinsley, rector of Holy Cross Episcopal Church in West Memphis, said Friday that contributions to his church's account for the families contained slightly more than $26,000.
