In May of 1993, three young boys were found murdered at Robin Hood Hills, in West Memphis, AR. The police arrested three other young boys for the crime. Jessie Misskelley, then 17, was tried separate from the other two boys, Damian Echols, 18, and Jason Baldwin, 16. The boys were found guilty of having committed the crime. Jessie was sentenced to Life plus 40 years. Jason received a sentence of Life without parole. Damian Echols, made out to be the "leader" of the alleged cult, was sentenced to death.
There are a lot of facts about this case that never came out at trial, a lot of potential witnesses that either were not called to testify, or the information they gave was not checked into at all. These three boys were accused and convicted of a heinous crime, and due to shoddy police work, and a phenominon known as "Satanic Panic", one has a death sentence hanging over his head, and the other two will never walk free again. Click on the link below if you would like to read the facts of the case, and the list of evidence that was ignored or never submitted in court.
On Christmas Eve, 2002, Laci Peterson disappeared from Modesto, CA, while allegedly walking her dog. She was heavily pregnant with her first child, a son, Connor.
In January 2003, the news broke that her husband Scott had been having an affair.
On Sunday, April 13, 2003 the body of a baby boy was found on the shore just north of the Richmond Marina. The next day, Monday, April 14, the body of a woman was found as well.
Scott Peterson was arrested on April 18, 2003, hours before it was announced that the bodies were those of Laci and Connor Peterson.
As the case progresses, this area will have additional statements about the case.
UPDATE:
On Friday, November 12, 2004, Scott Peterson was found guilty by a jury of 6 men and 6 women in the first degree murder of his wife, Laci Rocha Peterson, and the second-degree murder of her unborn son Conner. Due to there being multiple homicides, special circumstances do apply, and on November 22, the jury begins deliberating on whether to punish Scott Peterson by a sentence of death by lethal injection, or life in prison.
For those of you who would like to extend well wishes to the family and friends of Laci and Conner, the link is below.
