I retrieved the previously marked Exhibit 69 from Mr. Stidham’s trial file.
(BMHR 2429) [This testimony ends Volume 9 of the hearing testimony. The
testimony continues in Volume 10 at BMHR 2431]
I interviewed Ms. Hutcheson after she contacted Dan Stidham through her
attorney. I had read her testimony at trial. She made statements to me indicating
that she had lied in the trial. She was also telling other people that she had lied at
trial. There were articles available on the internet indicating that she was saying
that she had lied at trial. BMHR 2433.
I then collected some of those articles. These included an article in the
Arkansas Times dated October 3, 2004, Exhibit 72, that depicted Ms. Hutcheson
on the cover, and indicated that she had lied at trial.
Misskelley’s trial records had some records concerning Hutcheson’s
background. I obtained her East Arkansas Mental Health Records–she was taking a
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number of powerful anti-psychotic drugs. Misskelley’s trial file had a notation that
she had gone to seek emergency services at East Arkansas Mental Health in April,
1993. (BMHR 2435) Ms. Hutcheson indicated to me that she was waiting for Mr.
Stidham to expose her as a liar. Hutcheson explained that while the police reached
out to her, the defense never did. The police coerced her in certain ways. She said
that the police and the law enforcement investigators knew of her drug usage.
