SIDEWAYS AND WE GOT IN OUR CLUB HOUSERIDGE: OKAYRIDGE: OKAY. When prosecutor John Fogelman interviewed Buddy later, Buddy repeatedly told him that he had an alibi for the 5th despite the fact that Fogelman never even brought it up himself. How is that a way to describe sex? I believe that when LG asked to be dropped off at home Terry refused. Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of eight-year-old victim Stevie Branch, has been named in documents released in Marian, Arkansas by the attorneys for Pam Hobbs, Stevie's mother. 92.According to L.G., Mr. Hobbs snapped and hit the boy with severe force in the head two or three times. Theres no debate about that because there were steep inclines on the sides of the ditch where all three bodies were placed, making it impossible that they were just tossed in from either the east or west bank. Douglas believes the act was meant to dominate, control, humiliate and punish. He dropped by the other parents home at the first chance he got, made an appearance and a statement that implied hed been out looking for the kids. And, is it just a coincidence that LG and Terry were unaccounted for that night and then, strangely, they both made public appearance right at 9:00 pm at night? According to both Billy and Bennies statements, the four men pulled up to the trailer, bought a small amount of marijuana and left. RIDGE: WHAT DID THE CLUB HOUSE CONSIST OF? The act of tying up three unconscious boys who were near death at this point, was clearly an unnecessary act. I believe he wanted to punish them because he faultedthemfor spying. I believe that Terry intended to further molest and/or harm me because his actions and demeanor indicated that was his goal, but I believe my continued yelling and screaming alarmed him and caused him to run off. I dont feel it was an actualclubhouse. Due to this error in the judgement by police, the information revealed by Aaron has been largely ignored through the years. Jamie Clark Ballard, who lived only three doors down from Terry and Pam Hobbs, has supplied a sworn affidavit, as have both her . If she really didnotsee Damien on the road that night (which shedidnt) why was shesosure that Damien was not with his mother? They are also one of very few people,who hadfamily memberswho suspected that they were involved and actually contacted police as a result of those suspicions. In fact, the very first place that he and Pam looked before Pam went to work was Michaels house. Instead, he must have gotten back in his car, driven to the Jacobys to pick up Amanda and then arrived at Pams work, which he did at 9:18pm. It means its likely that he never went home. My theory is that Chris had tried to get into his home and failed and was heading back to Stevies house when he was picked up by his dad instead. He writes it right in the autopsy report. But the deeper I dug, the more I realized that not only was there no evidence to discredit that these four men committed this murder, all the known evidence supports the notion that they actually did do it. When LG was later questioned by police about who exactly had dropped him off, he claimed that he had borrowed Richards car that night strictly to go to the Laundromat and get his cousins phone number. VICKIE: SO THEN UM, II JUST GOT AARON OUT OF THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW. This is a big deal. In the beginning I thought it was TH. I agree that that was the intention, but I also believe there was another element behind it. oh boy. Stevie promises and the boys leave. WE ALWAYS GOT A PLACE TO HIDE BEFORE THEY CAN GET THERE, AARON: WE HIDE ONE TIME WE HIDE BEHIND UM A TREE. And even if he did work the day of the 5th, its the late afternoon/night that is important. Im not sure if that rumor is true or not, but I do believe TH may have done it & DJ knew about it. (1). In this letter, a man named Bennie Guy revealed that in 1994, two teens, Buddy Lucas and LG Hollingsworth had confessed to him that they had been involved in the murders with two other men, Terry Hobbs, stepfather to one of the murdered boys and David Jacoby, friend of Terry Hobbs. He writes that there is sign of hemorrhage. I dont believe when Terry first saw them that he intended to kill them. JMB is a freaking nut but I think he loved Michelle so much that when Chris died, she did, too. Furthermore, in the alleged confessions, Terry states: The bodies cant be found, at least not yet.. She even described one brunette boy as being heavy set. Buddys version of events would match up perfectly with what LG would later tell Bennie Guy when they were locked up in the county jail together. He told police that Jessie had confessed to him and that he said that he had just held the boys while the others killed them. was terry hobbs ever found. Id certainly like to know the back story to some of those questions. With what we know about Stevie and how much he feared Terry, it seems impossible that Stevie would have been the child who kicked Terry. That 1 cop will have bumped into everyone in that southern, 90s, dick-liking community. Billy was merely contacted to corroborate the letter, which he did. It makes absolutely no sense that she would have brought five people along with her at almost 10pm at night to pick someone up. She yelled for him to get out of her home. NO, UM I WENT DOWN TO THE MOORES HOUSE TO SEE TODD AND DANA MOORE AND YOU KNOW JUST TO SEE YOU KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND UM, TODD ASKED ME VICKIE DO YOU THINK MAYBE AARON KNOWS WHERE THEIR AT? RIDGE: IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING OR LATE AT NIGHT OR LATE IN THE EVENING? However, she drove a small four door car and there would be no room to pick up her sister if she already had six people in her car. You really would need magic to pull it off. Statement made by Anthony Hollingsowrth, cousin to LG, to police. But what we found over the years of investigating and in the process of creating the series people, their memories fade. I personally could argue that the three are guilty based on the research I've done, but I could also argue that Terry Hobbs is. Another coincidence? subscribe to the Crime Stories with Nancy Grace podcast. the tying up is part of what frames this as a punishment that crossed the line. Terry Hobbs was basically unaccounted for from 5pm to approx. NARLENE: He (Lg) said, if you start saying that about Damian, youre going to get in trouble, I said, well, the mommy is up there saying stating that he was, Damian was with her all the time. If the bikes had been found immediately, then the focus would have very quickly zeroed in on the people who were last with the victims. This means that the boys had most likely arrived to the Blue Beacon Woods before the four men did, crossing over from the west side of the drainage ditch to the east side of the drainage ditch, on a log that lay across the ditch at the south end. YOUVE SEEN THE CLUB HOUSEVICKIE: UH-HUH (YES) I HAVE SEEN IT SEVERAL TIMESRIDGE: ALRIGHT, AND HES BEEN FOUND THERE BY YOU SEVERAL TIMES? The day after the boys went missing before they were even found, Michael Moores parents asked Aarons mother, Vickie Hutchinson, if Aaron could be removed from school to help find the boys. In my opinion, it shows that this theory is actually exactly what happened. At all. He died before he was finished being tied up. Which means hecouldhave been walking with Buddy right at the time Terry and David would have shown up. RIDGE OKAY, THEN HE WAS AT LAKESHORE AND LEAVING TO GO SOME WHERE? We do not know whose pants were the ones inside out for sure and whose pair of pants was not, but we do know that Michaels shirt was the only one not inside out and none of the buttons on his shirt were ripped off. However, according to Billy, one of the boys kicked Terry after he was caught and brought to him. His father, Joe Dean Hobbs, was a minister at the Apostolic Pentecost Church. They were convicted of the murders of three 8 year old boys and the public took an interest in them, with documentaries being made proclaiming their innocence. 9pm at night, and according to her, he was wearing a white shirt and tie. He isn't going to sway me to their innocence because I've done my own research outside of his book. I believe that David did ask Terry where Stevie was when Terry showed up at 5:30 and that Terry told him the truth: Stevie was riding his bike and would be back by dark (8pm). AND UH, HE SAID AFTER WE HAD LEFT THE MOORES COMING OUT OF THEIR DOOR HE TOLD ME MAMA LETS GO TO THE CLUB HOUSE. Terry Wayne Hobbs was born on May 21st, 1958. Based on the reports made available to the public pertaining to Damien's mental health issues, this is a flat out lie. I believe, that the ME was speaking of long term sexual abuse of a child. Todd Moore, father of victim Michael Moore, found the evidence against Hobbs unpersuasive. A and B represent Chris and Michaels home and the C on the map on the right represents Stevies home. The question about Terry having a drug dealer name Ray could also possibly be significant. He flipped flopped between being at home with his mother and being at his friend Richards house from 5:30-9pm. When his friend Richard failed a polygraph, he admitted that LG had asked him to lie. Due to the fact that the three were so severely injured, a weapon had to have been used at some point. Is it merely a coincidence that Terry Hobbs was a former butcher and that he grew up working on his familys pig farm? Where do you get all this from? In addition to Billys statements and the similar questions asked in the 2009 deposition that both pointed to Terry Hobbs being an alleged homosexual or bisexual man, the criminal profiler Brent Turvey claimed in 1996 that whoever committed this murder was a closet homosexual who projected a macho image. ADVERTISEMENT If Terry wanted things to turn sexual, his predatory mind would have thought of ways to lead things in that direction. How about his fucking alibi, oh wait, the dudehe claimed him as an alibi thinks he did it. Terry did not tell me who he was calling until hed completed the phone call and came out to the car. That night and the next morning, families of the missing children with the help of neighbors and police, searched the Robin Hood Hill woods, the Blue Beacon woods and the surrounding areas. This would have been the only way they could have crossed without falling into the water. As the men submerged the boys, I believe the two teens took the bicycles to the bayou where they dumped them on the north side of the pipe bridge. Chris was only spotted on a skateboard up until 6pm. RIDGE: OKAY. WAS IT LIKE EVERY DAY OR ONCE WEEK OR JUST FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES YOU SAW IT HAPPEN?AARON: IT WAS EVERY DAY BUT, IT WAS EVERY TIME, BUT IT EVERY TIME BUT UM, THE FRIDAY. That makes sense to me. This would mean that the attack and torture was focused on the two conscious boys; Chris and Stevie, whichiswhat appeared to have happen. Her relay of the conversation seems to reveal that Narlene is talking to LG as if they both know that Damien is guilty. (1) Strangely, Buddy first says that he has a man who will testify that he worked with Buddy all that day and then later on in the conversation, Buddy claims that his boss will testify that he was at work on the 5th. (Dixies statement) When Narlenes husband was interviewed he said he saw two people walking on the service road, but was not sure who they were. He was also a minister in the Apostolic Pentecost Church, a fundamentalist group. After an altercation with his wife, Pam Hobbs, wherein he reportedly hit her, he shot his brother-in-law. Chris had bruises on his inner and outer thigh, indicating that he WAS held down and his legs were held apart. I went back and read all the autopsy reports and attempted to interpret them. "He would have been a heart breaker if. 8 A. I think its likely that Terry took the board with him as well to dispose of later or had it thrown in the bayou. I truly believe the real killer(s) are still out there and it's not the WM3. He was also a minister in the Apostolic Pentecost Church, a fundamentalist group. RIDGE: SO HOW ABOUT DO YOU KNOW STEVE, DID HE EVER GO DOWN THERE WITH YOU? AARON: ITS, ITS IN UH, ITS IN THOSE WOODS WHERE UH, WHERE THAT STOP SIGN IS AND ITS. Back to the timeline. In both Billy and Bennies statements, i.e. She hasnt seen him or Michael by this point. And, since Pam regularly made dinner at 4:30, Stevie knew that dinner was going to be around this time. They also could have used them to dry and clean their feet after entering the ditch. For me Hobbs did it. It seems extremely unlikely that one person would have been able to do this on their own in such a short period of time. Shortly after arriving home, Terry was out in his driveway with Amanda, saw the boys outside Jamie Ballards home and called them to come to the house. This is when Jamie would have remembered seeing Terry out on the sidewalk calling the boys home just as they would have shot out onto the street from her house. This could have given him ample time to clean the area. David Jacoby was never interviewed either. random bruising on legs that don't hurt madonna university room and board was terry hobbs ever found. Additionally, they would have focused on someone who lived in West Memphis and knew the Blue Beacon Woods well. I allege that one or all of them took the underwear and socks, wet them in the water and used them to wipe blood off themselves, off the board and any other weapons used in the murder, as well as to wipe up blood at the scene. Allegedly, David Jacoby fell in his effort to catch the third child and in doing so, scraped his knee. So, essentially, the boys were trapped unless they were able to get to the log. I believe this somehow got back to Narlene, who began to feel that it was her duty that justice be served. I have a very strong suspicion that Narlene lied about dropping LG off at home and there is ample evidence to support this. Everybody said that Damian, I know that hes suppose to have 666 on his shoes. What this means is that the men would have only needed to briefly remove their shoes before entering the water. I will not claim that everything I write is certified fact, but I do believe that all the known evidence supports this theory as the truth of what happened in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. After 18 months Echols was informed that the evidence was likely not available, but after a state court order, Echols team was invited to the West Memphis Police Department to review what evidence remained. The new documents. To me, this shows that Michael was not conscious or struggling when he was stripped naked and because of that, his clothes were more gently removed. After some time, they pulled up beside the Blue Beacon Woods. HES NEVER SEEN THEMRIDGE: OH, OKAYAARON: CAUSE IT WAS ON A FRIDAY WHENEVER HE WENT DOWN THERE WITH USRIDGE: DID YOU EVER TELL ANYDODY ABOUT IT?AARON: HU-UH (NO)RIDGE: WHY? Is there any possible reason why they wouldnt have stopped? I do believe that some of the injuries on Stevies penis came from himself, from excessive masturbatory play. David Jacoby claims that Terry showed up and the two played guitar for an hour, which also doesnt add up when you know all the details. Terry is an absolute sadist, psychopath and was never properly investigated, and I know The Hobbs Family Secret is true, possibly The Puzzle. And in another statement made a week later, Aaron again says he believes his friends got caught spying on the men and one of them ordered the others to hold the boys while he killed them: AARON: NOBODY EVEN KNOWS THAT.. THAT I KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. That he was still wearing the same clothes is very telling. Published: May. If this is to be believed, it makes sense. Seeing animal prints in the woods at that time, or tire tracks in the field would not have been meaningful to them at all at that point. Its intriguing, however, that Buddys statements were, He just held them while the others killed them, And, He hit a couple in the back of the head. Was Buddy really speaking of his own participation in the murders? They believed something inappropriate may be going on between the two, who practically lived together. These statements have protected Hobbs for seven years. TH & DJ supposedly killed the boys so they wouldnt snitch on them. The day when they finally made a grid to cover the entire woods and nearby field, was on either the 7th or 8th of May, a full two or three days after the murder. Hobbs' was. The removal of the clothes was a very significant act. [Feature Photo: Murder victims Chris Byers, Michael Moore and Stevie Branch/UMKC School of Law], Alex Murdaugh Begins Prison Sentence With New Haircut, What About Buster Murdaugh? The way the three boys were tied, wrist to ankle, as opposed to wrist to wrist, ankle to ankle, is one of the most unique aspects to this case. However, this was never corroborated by police. Terry Hobbs was born in 1958 in Northern Arkansas, one of four children, son of Edith Raylean McLeod Hobbs and Joe Dean Hobbs, Sr. Hobbs, Sr. learned his trade as a butcher while in the military and went on to open thirty restaurants. Terry Hobbs was a violent man, this is proven and well documented, and the way Douglass pictures it, he likely wanted to punish or humiliate one or all of the boys and it went too far, leading him to murder them so they wouldn't be able to tell anyone. Who would have fed Stevie vegetables if not his own parents? According to Buddys confession, the men then drove him back to Lakeshore and dropped him off. He allegedly admitted to Bennie that he had participated in the murders with three other men, LG Hollingsworth, Terry Hobbs and David Jacoby. Peretti believed that and the Echols defense team, although claiming that Chris must have drowned, all admitted that Chris died while he was being tied up. Personally? I am not scared of that boy. Its been so long ago you know it may not be in the right order but I know he did come over around 5:30/6 oclock and we played the guitar for a while and then he said he had to go. I learned from Roy Taylor that Mr. Hobbs was bisexual. Shortly after this, Terry Hobbs noticed that the three boys were spying on the men. In the autopsy reports, it was concluded that Michael was swiftly and violently attacked and was likely unconscious for almost the entire assault on the boys. Now what did LG have to hide? According to Clemente, suspects who have something to hide, such as evidence, or signs of abuse at the home, will not want police to search their residence and will attempt to put distance between themselves and where the abuse took place. In late 2008, Hobbs entered into litigation with Natalie Maines Pasdar over alleged libelous comments. You should see the other documentary WEST OF MEMPHIS There youll be more secure. well, Im going to take care of L. G. I find Narlenes comments very telling. RIDGE: THESE MEN. He had a history of crime and domestic violence, and he shot his brother-in-law, allegedly in self-defense. Is there any reason NOT to believe Terry Hobbs is guilty of the murders other than simply believing that the West Memphis Three did it? If the cop is a nobody, it's marginally tougher, but still doable.