A Crittenden County Circuit Court Judge has ordered that ligatures and hairs collected as evidence in the infamous West Memphis Three case to be tested by advanced DNA techniques. Judge Tonya Alexander issued the order on Friday (Aug. 1), according to court documents.
Defendant Damien Echols has been fighting the state to get advanced DNA testing done on evidence in the case since March of 2020. His wife, Lorri Davis, told Talk Business & Politics he’s pleased with the decision and items to be tested could be sent to Bode Labs within the next 10 days.
Three boys – Stevie Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore – were riding bikes in their West Memphis neighborhood on the afternoon of May 5, 1993, when they vanished. The next day the three boys’ bodies were found nude and hogtied by their own shoelaces…