West Memphis Three (Part Two: 93-05-0666)

"One of my officers found a tennis shoe, and, inquisitive, he just jumped in the water and felt one of them." On the evening of May 5th, 1993, three eight-year-old boys - Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers - went out to play in the neighborhood around Robin Hood Hills in West Memphis, Arkansas. They were supposed to be home by dark but never came home. By 8:00 PM, their families had contacted police and were beginning to search for them with flashlights, but held back by the creeping darkness and the elements. The following morning, the community gathered to help participate in the search. Hours passed without any sign of the three. But at approximately 1:45 PM, a juvenile parole officer peered over the steep bank of a water-filled ditch near where the woods bordered the nearby Blue Beacon Truck Wash. He spotted something in the water... Learn more about this podcast at Check out the podcast store at unresolved.dashery.com If you would like to support this podcast, consider heading to to become a Patron or Producer Become a supporter of this podcast: .

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West Memphis Three (Part Two: 93-05-0666) is an episode from Unresolved by Unresolved Productions.

This episode is 45:16 long.

This episode was published on Mar 27, 2026.

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