IN 1. HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN A POLYGRAPH TEST BEFORE?
SR 2. IN REGARD TO THE MURDER OF THOSE THREE YOUNG
BOYS, ARE YOU GOING TO TELL THE TRUTH DURING
THIS TEST?
R 3. AT ANY TIME WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WERE
YOU IN ROBIN HOOD HILLS?
C. 4. HAVE YOU EVER KILLED A CAT OR A DOG?
R. 5. WERE YOU PRESENT WHEN THOSE BOYS WERE KILLED?
C 6. HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN PART IN DEVIL WORSHIP?
R. 7. DID YOU KILL ANY OF THOSE THREE BOYS?
IN 8. HAVE YOU TAKEN ANY DRUGS OR MEDICATION TODAY?
R. 9. DO YOU KNOW WHO KILLED THOSE THREE BOYS?
10. DO YOU SUSPECT ANYONE OF HAVING KILLED THOSE
THREE BOYS?
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WEST MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT P 93-0021
POLYGRAPH REPORT
TO: DET. RIDGE DATE OF EXAM MAY 10,1993
COMPLAINANT NUMBER CASE FILE NUMBER 93-05-0666
SUBJECT DAMIEN WAYNE ECHOLS SSN. ***-**-****
ADDRESS 2706 SOUTH GROVE DLN.
CITY/STATE WEST MEMPHIS,AR. D.O.B. 12-11-74
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT N/A
PURPOSE OF EXAMINATION
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION
REMARKS:
IN THE PRETEST INTERVIEW, THE SUBJECT DENIED HAVING BEEN IN ROBIN HOOD HILLS ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1993. HE DENIED BEING PRESENT WHEN THE VICTIMS WERE KILLED AND DENIED HAVING KILLED ANY OF THE VICTIMS. HE ALSO SAID HE DID NOT KNOW WHO KILLED THE THREE VICTIMS.
A TEN QUESTION POLYGRAPH TEST WAS FORMULATED AND THREE POLYGRAPH CHARTS WERE CONDUCTED. THE TEST CONTAINED THE FOLLOWING RELEVANT QUESTIONS:
Q.#3. AT ANY TIME WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WERE YOU IN ROBIN HOOD HILLS? "NO"
Q.#5. WERE YOU PRESENT WHEN THOSE BOYS WERE
KILLED? "NO"
Q.#7. DID YOU KILL ANY OF THOSE THREE BOYS? "NO"
Q.#9. DO YOU KNOW WHO KILLED THOSE THREE BOYS? "NO"
Q.#10.DO YOU SUSPECT ANYONE OF HAVING KILLED
THOSE THREE BOYS? "NO"
IT IS THE OPINION OF THIS POLYGRAPH EXAMINER THAT
THIS SUBJECT RECORDED SIGNIFICANT REPSPONSES
INDICATIVE OF DECEPTION WHEN HE ANSWERED THE ABOVE
LISTED RELEVANT QUESTIONS IN THE MANNER NOTED.
CONCLUSION: DECEPTION INDICATED
IN THE POST TEST INTERVIEW, THE SUBJECT DENIED ANY
INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CRIME. AFTER APPROXIMATELY
FORTY-FIVE MINUTES, I ASKED THE SUBJECT WHAT WAS HE
AFRAID OF? HE REPLIED: "THE ELECTRIC CHAIR". HE THEN SAID THAT HE LIKED THE HOSPITAL IN LITTLE ROCK.
(HE SAID HE HAD BEEN TREATED THERE FOR MANIC-DEPRESSION) AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE SUBJECT CEASED TO DENIE HIS INVOLVEMENT. (ADMISSION THROUGH
ABSENCE OF DENIAL) HE THEN SAID: "I WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT IF YOU WILL LET ME TALK TO MY MOTHER."
DETECTIVE RIDGE BROUGHT HIS MOTHER IN TO MY OFFICE TO TALK TO HIM. AFTER TALKING TO HIS MOTHER HE AGAIN DENIED BEING INVOLVED IN THE MURDERS. AFTER APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MINUTES, I ASKED: "YOUR'E NEVER GOING TO TELL ANYONE ABOUT THIS BUT YOUR DOCTOR, ARE YOU?" HE REPLIED: "NO".
