West Memphis Deaths Remembered
By: Nichelle Sullivan
Updated: May 4, 2012
Saturday, May 5th marks 19 years since the killing of three little boys in West Memphis.
The three men jailed for the crime and later now known as the West Memphis three.
On May 5th 1993, the bodies of Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers were found in a creek bed in Craighead county.
Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley were arrested for the crimes and all were sentenced to prison, Echols recieved the death penalty.
For years, the three gained national attention and support and in August of 2011, they were released from custody after entering an "Alford plea"... Which means they pleaded guilty to the crime while maintaining their innocence.
There is now a 200 thousand dollar reward on the table for anyone that has information leading to the "real killers".
