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occult things as though I were the guru.
I probably was because there wasn't
anybody else that was doing it.
This program is designed to help
law enforcement officers
better understand Satanic cults.
I got some books and I spoke to police
organizations around the country
that had some experience with it.
Okay, we have a rope here.
If you look at it closely...
I don't know
if the camera can pick this up.
But there's blood on this noose.
The police department asked me
to put together a list of people
that we had on probation that might
be involved in that type of activity.
Well, the guy that I knew
that was involved the most in it
was Damien Echols.
The two guys he ran with,
Jessie and Jason...
Jessie would fight.
Jason was not very aggressive,
in that respect,
but I believe he would do anything
REPORTER:
Eight months have passedsince the three boys were killed.
Cameras are in place
in preparation for this
highly publicized murder trial.
DRIVER:
I guess they found that those threewere the most likely to have done it.
Move back.
DRIVER:
And then, of course, theyhad the confession from Jessie.
REPORTER:
The most compelling evidenceyet was introduced in open court.
Misskelley's taped confession
made to police.
JESSIE:
I saw Damien hitthis one... Hit this one boy real bad.
Then he start screwing him and stuff.
Jason turned around
and hit Steve Branch
and started doing the same thing.
Michael Moore took off running,
so I chased him
and grabbed him and held him
until they got there, and then I left.
If he does not run
through the woods
and chase him down and bring
him back, Michael Moore lives.
FOGLEMAN:
Did Damien inviteyou to some meeting?
He did. A cult, Satanic meeting.
FOGLEMAN:
Okay.GITCHEL:
Tell me some ofthe things y'all do, being in this cult.
We go out, kill dogs and stuff.
Some of my friends had said
they saw a hog's head out here,
and they saw the body
in a plastic bag.
REPORTER:
The state is now tryingcalling this a cult-related killing.
Whether that will be enough
to sway the women and men sitting
on this jury remains to be seen.
REPORTER 1:
Damien, anycomment about the charges?
Did you do it?
FRENCH:
I got a letter in the mail tellingme that I had summons to be on the jury.
And I didn't want to be on there
in the beginning.
But I didn't know how to get out of it.
Is it your opinion
and do you want to tell this jury
that these crimes were motivated
by occult beliefs?
Yes.
Blood is the life force.
They prefer to have a child
that is young.
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