WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (WMC) – Six years after being given the green light to use new DNA technology to test the evidence, the legal team for the West Memphis 3 says the results of those tests could be done by next month.
Attorney Lonnie Soury, a spokesperson for Damien Echols, said the evidence is being handled at the Bode Technology DNA lab in Virginia. He said ligatures used to tie up 8-year-old victims Michael Moore, Christopher Byers and Stevie Branch, along with hair, has been at the lab since last fall.
Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley were convicted of the 1993 murders in West Memphis, Arkansas and spent 16 years in prison…