Photos — West Memphis 3 Crime Scene

Years later, forensic pathologists, including Dr. Werner Spitz, re-examined the photos and autopsy evidence [3, 4]. They concluded that many of the injuries attributed to ritual "knifework" were actually predation marks

| Timeline | Event | |---|---| | | Seven‑year‑old Steve Stewart , Christopher Byrd , and eight‑year‑old Michael Miller disappear from a Memphis housing project. | | May 7, 1993 | Bodies discovered in a vacant lot at Marlborough Drive . | | May 13, 1993 – June 1993 | Police focus on local teenagers; Damien Earl Harris (16), Jason Britt (16), and Jessie‑Ray Buchanan (15) are interrogated, arrested, and charged. | | 1994–1999 | Trials, convictions, and sentencing (death penalty for Harris & Britt; life for Buchanan). | | 2001–2008 | Documentary Paradise Lost (1996, 2000, 2005) raises doubts; DNA testing (2007) excludes the three from biological evidence. | | August 18, 2011 | All three are released from prison after a federal judge vacates the convictions. | west memphis 3 crime scene photos

The 1993 murders of Stevie Branch, Christopher Byers Michael Moore Years later, forensic pathologists, including Dr