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Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three is a 2002 true crime book by Mara Leveritt, about the 1993 murders of three eight-year-old children and the subsequent trials of three teenagers charged with and convicted of the crimes.
- Mara Leveritt
- 2002
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Aug 1, 2022 · Yes. ‘Devil’s Knot’ is based on the true story of the wrongful conviction of Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Jr., and Jason Baldwin, who are popularly known as “The West Memphis Three.” However, it must be noted that the film is a direct adaptation of a novel by Mara Leveritt of the same name.
Jan 25, 2023 · According to Devil's Knot author Mara Leveritt, the investigation of the murders was divided along three lines. The first being that boys were killed by someone they knew. The second postulated that they had been slain by one or more strangers.
- William J. Wright
Mar 28, 2016 · On May 5, 1993, three little boys from West Memphis, Arkansas, went out for a bike ride with a promise to their parents that they would be home for dinner. Somewhere along the way, the kids were murdered and thrown into a secluded, wooded area known to locals as Robin Hood Hills.
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The film is about the true story of three murdered children and three teenagers, known as the West Memphis Three, who were convicted of killing the three children during the Satanic ritual abuse panic.
Atom Egoyan directed a dramatized feature film of the case, titled Devil's Knot, released in U.S. theaters on May 9, 2014. The film stars Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth. Defendants Jessie Misskelley. Jessie Misskelley Jr. (born July 10, 1975) was arrested in connection to the murders of May 5, 1993.
May 1, 2014 · Lingering questions about the case, including a 2007 DNA analysis that reported Hobbs as the source of a hair found inside a knot used in the crime, prompted the imagined trial at Rhodes.
