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West Memphis Police Department

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The municipal police department serving West Memphis, Arkansas, which investigated the May 1993 killing of three eight-year-old boys, Robin Hood Hills murders, and the arrest and interrogation of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr., known collectively as the West Memphis Three. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Municipal police department 1
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West Memphis, Arkansas, United States 1
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West Memphis police officers investigated the killings from the night the bodies were found and led the interrogations that produced Jessie Misskelley's confession.

Source Wikipedia: West Memphis Three
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1. Wikipedia: West Memphis Three
  • Investigation and trials sections
    During interrogation, West Memphis police suggested to Byers that he might have left the knife out accidentally, and Byers agreed with this.
  • Cases Investigated: West Memphis Three Case, Investigation section
    According to local West Memphis police officers, on the evening of May 5, 1993, at 8:42 pm, workers in the Bojangles restaurant located about a mile from the crime scene in Robin Hood Hills reported seeing a black male who seemed "mentally disoriented"
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