three little boys missing in west memphis, arkansas. their families frantically searching a wooded area near their homes. pam hobbs and her husband, terry, among them. but pam held little hope for her son stevie branch. i told terry, i said, he s dead. i said, i ll never see him alive again, and i was crying. and he said, no, pam, don t say that. it s going to be all right. we re going to find him. terry hobbs was right. they did find stevie. but pam was right, too. she d never see her son alive again. a shoe. two bikes. and stevie branch with his two friends, christopher byers and michael moore. the boys were nude and bound with their own shoelaces. i run up there and one look at my ex-husband and i knew it was stevie and i hit the ground
the boys were nude and bound with their own shoelaces. i run up there and one look at my ex-husband and i knew it was stevie and i hit the ground screaming, god, no. almost immediately, word spread that these murders were the work of the devil. that was the first thing everybody started saying, that it was a ritualistic killing, satanic killing. i overheard people saying they d been trying to let the police know there s been groups of teenagers out there practicing satanic rituals and things like that. satanic killing? an idea not so farfetched for the time. this is a community steeped in religion, a church is never far away. and it was a time before the goth look or the notion of a romantic teenage vampire became fashionable. and this was a crime so horrendous it was easy to
was stevie. and i hit the ground screaming, god, no. almost immediately, word spread that these murders were the work of the devil. that was the first thing that everybody started saying, that it was a ritualistic killing, satanic killing. i overheard people saying that they d been trying to let the police know there s been groups of teenagers out there practicing satanic rituals and things like that. satanic killing? an idea not so farfetched for the time. this is a community steeped in religion. a church is never far away. and it was a time before the goth look or the notion of a romantic teenage vampire became fashionable. and this was a crime so horrendous it was easy to believe it was committed by a monster. when you re hearing all of this, what s going through your mind? exactly the same thing, that that s what happened. that the devil actually come and
i said, i ll never see him alive again, and i was crying. and he said, no, pam, don t say that. it s going to be all right. we re going to find him. terry hobbs was right. they did find stevie. but pam was right, too. she d never see her son alive again. a shoe. two bikes. and stevie branch with his two friends, christopher byers and michael moore. the boys were nude and bound with their own shoelaces. i run up there and one look at my ex-husband and i knew it was stevie. and i hit the ground screaming, god, no. almost immediately, word spread that these murders were the work of the devil. that was the first thing that everybody started saying, that it was a ritualistic killing, satanic killing. i overheard people saying that they d been trying to let the police know there s been groups
but pam was right, too. she d never see her son alive again. a shoe. two bikes. and stevie branch with his two friends, christopher byers and michael moore. the boys were nude and bound with their own shoelaces. i run up there and one look at my ex-husband and i knew it was stevie. and i hit the ground screaming, god, no. almost immediately, word spread that these murders were the work of the devil. that was the first thing that everybody started saying, that it was a ritualistic killing, satanic killing. i overheard people saying that they d been trying to let the police know there s been groups of teenagers out there practicing satanic rituals and things like that. satanic killing? an idea not so farfetched for