crowds around the courthouses were irate, and they believed that these were three kids who, in some kind of ritual involving satan, had murdered and mutilated three 8-year old boys. mara leveritt wrote the devil s knot: the true story of the west memphis three. she questioned the strength of the prosecution s case. they had very little to go on and to present to the jury. and so, they made the decision that they were going to say that this was an occult slaying, and that s why it all happened, because these guys were dabbling in the occult, and they brought in an expert witness, they said, name dr. dale griffith. and he was going to be their expert in the occult. dennis reardon is damien s attorney.
exactly. exactly. when was the first time that someone asked you if you had killed those boys? maybe two or three days later. police kept their eyes on damien and two other teenage boys his best friend, jason baldwin, and another, jessie misskelley. there was no physical evidence linking them to the crime scene, but there was something investigators didn t like about them, especially damien. damien was kind of a smartass, and he and he was a big reader. mara leveritt is a journalist and author of devil s knot: the true story of the west memphis three. she s known damien and his story for years. he would say things to this to jerry driver, the juvenile officer, that played against driver s own concerns about the occult and satanic activity in
there was no physical evidence linking them to the crime scene, but there was something investigators didn t like about them, especially damien. damien was kind of a smartass, and he and he was a big reader. mara leveritt is a journalist and author of devil s knot: the true story of the west memphis three. she s known damien and his story for years. he would say things to this to jerry driver, the juvenile officer, that played against driver s own concerns about the occult and satanic activity in the area. and damien thought that he knew more because he was reading about these things. the community was terrified. everyone was talking about an occult killing, witchcraft and devil worship. people were staying inside because they were afraid. and they were keeping their children inside because they
and another, jessie misskelley. there was no physical evidence linking them to the crime scene, but there was something investigators didn t like about them, especially damien. damien was kind of a smartass, and he and he was a big reader. mara leveritt is a journalist and author of devil s knot: the true story of the west memphis three. she s known damien and his story for years. he would say things to this to jerry driver, the juvenile officer, that played against driver s own concerns about the occult and satanic activity in the area. and damien thought that he knew more because he was reading about these things. the community was terrified. everyone was talking about an occult killing, witchcraft and devil worship. people were staying inside
there was no physical evidence linking them to the crime scene, but there was something investigators didn t like about them, especially damien. damien was kind of a smartass, and he and he was a big reader. mara leveritt is a journalist and author of devil s knot: the true story of the west memphis three. she s known damien and his story for years. he would say things to this to jerry driver, the juvenile officer, that played against driver s own concerns about the occult and satanic activity in the area. and damien thought that he knew more because he was reading about these things. the community was terrified. everyone was talking about an occult killing, witchcraft and devil worship. people were staying inside because they were afraid. and they were keeping their children inside because they