IT IS JUNE 9, 1993, THE TIME IS 4:06 P.M., THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT GIVEN TO DETECTIVE BILL DURHAM FROM MR. FRED REVELLE MALE WHITE, 20 YEARS OLD, THE DATE OF BIRTH OF XX-XX-73, HIS RESIDENCE IS 1203 LAUREL, IN LAKESHORE, WITH THE HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER OF 732-6523. MR. REVELLE IS A PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER, AND IS PRESENTLY UNEMPLOYED. THIS STATEMENT TAKEN AT THE WEST MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT CID OFFICE.
DURHAM - MR. REVELLE, YOU GAVE ME A TELEPHONE CALL TODAY AT 3:20 P.M. AND TOLD ME THAT INFORMATION ABOUT JESSIE MISKELLEY, IS THAT TRUE?
REVELLE - YES SIR.
DURHAM - AND I DID MEET YOU AT LAKESHORE AND YOU DID VOLUNTEER TO CAME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GIVE A HAND WRITTEN STATEMENT IS THAT TRUE?
REVELLE - YES SIR
DURHAM - WOULD YOU ACCOUNT FOR ME NOW AT THIS TIME THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE CONCERNING JESSIE MISKELLEY PLEASE?
REVELLE - YES SIR. I LIKE AROUND 7 O'CLOCK OR 7:30 WE WERE GETTING READY TO GO DYESS, ARKANSAS TO AN AH WE WERE PURCHASING A RING FROM THIS GUY THAT OWNS AN OLD THEATER BUILDING IN DYESS, ARKANSAS.
DURHAM - NOW WHAT DATE WAS THAT?
REVELLE - AH, IT WAS MAY 5TH. THE DAY OF THE MURDERS, AROUND 7 O'CLOCK, 6:30, 7 O'CLOCK, BILL COX THE GUY I'M TRAINING TO WRESTLE. HE ARRIVED AT MY RESIDENCE WITH THE MONEY THAT WE NEEDED TO GO PAY THE CHARLES STONE IN DYESS FOR THE RING. I'M TRAINING HIM TO BE A PRO WRESTLER, TEACHING HIM WE LEFT AND PICKED UP JESSIE IN HIGHLAND TRAILER PARK. AND WE WERE GOING TO GET HIGH ON THE WAY UP THERE. AND AH WE PICKED HIM UP AND AH I'D SAY IT WAS AROUND 7 O'CLOCK I GUESS ABOUT THE TIME WE LEFT TO GO UP THERE. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TIME WE GOT THERE BUT WE GOT THERE AND AH ITS ABOUT 35 MILES, AND WE GAVE CHARLES STONE THE MONEY AND HE WROTE US OUT A RECEIPT AND GAVE US THE KEYS TO THE BUILDING SO WE COULD GET IN WENT BACK INSIDE HIS HOUSE WE OPENED UP HIS BUILDING AND WENT ON IN AND WE HAD TO TURN THE LIGHTS ON AND WE STARTED PRACTICING. WE LEFT AND I BELIEVE WE DROPPED LITTLE JESSIE OFF ABOUT 11:00, 11:30. THEN AH
DURHAM - NOW, WHEN YOU SAY LITTLE JESSIE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT JESSIE AH, MISSKELLEY?
REVELLE - JESSIE MISSKELLEY, JR. , I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN HIM AS LITTLE JESSIE.
DURHAM - NOW HOW WOULD WE LOCATE BILL COX?
REVELLE - AH HE DOESN'T HAVE A PHONE NUMBER, AND HE LIVES AND I'M HE OUGHT TO BE COMING BY BECAUSE I'M TRAINING HIM TO WRESTLE HE SHOULD BE COMING BY FRIDAY TO PAY ME SOME MONEY. AND AH
DURHAM - DOES HE LIVE IN THIS AREA?
REVELLE - AH HE LIVES IN SHELL LAKE.
DURHAM - IN SHELL LAKE?
REVELLE - YES SIR.
DURHAM - AND THE MAN THAT YOU PAID THE MONEY TO UP THERE A MR. STONE, I BELIVE?
REVELLE - YES SIR.
DURHAM - HOW WOULD WE LOCATE HIM?
REVELLE - AH, I HAVE HIS PHONE NUMBER.
DURHAM - OKAY. WE'LL GET THAT BEFORE YOU LEAVE. ARE YOU CERTAIN ABOUT THE DATE?
REVELLE - YES SIR I AM CAUSE AH MR. STONE SAID HE MADE A DEPOSIT IN THE BANK THE NEXT DAY, AND THAT DAY WAS MAY 6TH, HE MADE A DEPOSIT OF $300.00 INTO HIS ACCOUNT.
DURHAM - OKAY, NOW WHEN DID YOU TALK TO MR. STONE AND LEARN THIS INFORMATION?
REVELLE - I JUST I JUST CALLED HIM JUST BEFORE I CALLED YOU AND I ASKED HIM HAS ANY REPORTERS OR ANYTHING CALLED HE SAID THE WEST MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD CALLED AND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT TIME I WAS COMING UP THERE TONIGHT.
DURHAM - I SEE. NOW JESSIE MISSKELLEY WAS ARRESTED THIS PAST THURSDAY, ON JUNE 3RD, AH TODAY IS A WEDNESDAY, AH JUNE 9TH, WHY DID YOU WAIT SO LONG BEFORE YOU CAME FORTH WITH THIS INFORMATION?
REVELLE - I WAS REALLY TRYING TO YOU KNOW THINK ABOUT IT, IT WAS A WHILE AGO WHEN IT HAPPENED, IT WAS OVER A MONTH AGO WHEN THE MURDERS HAPPENED AND I WAS TRYING TO THINK ABOUT IT I MEAN, CAUSE I'VE BEEN IN SHOCK EVER SINCE I HEARD HIS NAME ON THE NEWS THAT HE HAD DONE IT. AND I WAS TRYING TO THINK I SAID WE BEEN GOING TO DYESS EVERY NIGHT WRESTLING, I MEAN AT LEAST 4 OR 5 TIMES A WEEK AND I SAID THIS GUY, I SAID I'VE KNOWN LITTLE JESSIE ALL MY LIFE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE HE DONE IT. SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT AND RECALL MY MEMORY TO THAT THAT NIGHT.
DURHAM - AND WHEN YAWL LEFT HIGHLAND PARK ENROUTE TO DYESS WAS IT STARTING TO GET DARK AT THAT TIME?
REVELLE - YES SIR, IT WAS ALREADY DARK
DURHAM - I WAS ALREADY DARK?
REVELLE - YEAH WHEN I LEFT.
DURHAM - HIGHLAND TRAILER PARK?
REVELLE - YES SIR, THE TIME HADN'T CHANGED YET, IT WAS ALREADY DARK.
DURHAM - DO YOU RECALL HOW AH JESSIE MISSKELLEY WAS DRESSED WHEN YOU PICKED HIM UP THAT EVENING?
REVELLE - NO SIR, I SURE DON'T. HE USUALLY WEARS SHORTS TO WORK OUT IN AND JUST SOME OLD CLOTHES THAT HE COULD GET DIRTY AND ALL AND I DON;T REMEMBER WHAT HE WAS WEARING BUT HE HAS A BLACK WRESTLING MASK THAT HE ALWAYS CARRIES WITH HIM TO THE WRESTLING
DURHAM - I SORRY, HE HAS A BLACK WRESTLING WHAT?
REVELLE - MASK.
DURHAM - MAT.
REVELLE - MASK.
DURHAM - OH, A MASK. OH THAT GOES OVER HIS FACE?
REVELLE - YES SIR
DURHAM - WHAT DOES THIS MASK LOOK LIKE?
REVELLE - ITS AH LACES IN THE BACK AND ITS GOT A OUTLINE AROUND THE FACE THAT'S BLACK TOO. IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A LEATHER RING AROUND THE FACE.
DURHAM - OKAY, DOES IT COVER ANY POSTION OF THE FACE?
REVELLE - IT COVERS THE HOLE FACE EXCEPT WHERE OVER THE NOSE IT REVEALS THE NOSE QUITE A BIT IT COMES DOWN
DURHAM - AND THE EYES ALSO I GUESS?
REVELLE - YES SIR.
DURHAM - OKAY, THEN OTHER THEN THE NOSE AND THE EYES THE MASK, WHAT COLOR IS THE MASK?
REVELLE - THE MASK IS BLACK.
DURHAM - ITS BLACK AND COVERS THE WHOLE FACE?
REVELLE - YES SIR.
DURHAM - AND HE HAD THAT WITH HIM THAT NIGHT?
REVELLE - YES SIR.
DURHAM - OKAY, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS TIME THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR STATEMENT?
REVELLE - UM, NO. NOTHING EXCEPT FOR YOU KNOW I'VE KNOWN HIM ALLMY LIFE AND THAT I OBVIOUSLY HE WAS WITH ME THAT NIGHT AND NOW WHAT HE DID BEFORE THEN I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA EXCEPT THAT HE HELPED MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, MY EX BROTHER-IN-LAW SAID THAT HE WAS WITH HIM MOST OF THAT MORNING UNTIL 1 O'CLOCK.
DURHAM - OTHER THEN THE RECEIPT THAT AH MR. STONE SAID HE DEPOSITED IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT COULD MAKE YOU CERTAIN ABOUT THE DAY IN QUESTION WAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH?
REVELLE - NO SIR. THERE ISN'T. I WISH THERE WAS.
DURHAM - ARE YOU SAYING THAT IT WAS WEDNESDAY, MAY THE 5TH THAT YAWL WENT UP THERE AND HE WAS WITH YOU BECAUSE OF THE RECEIPT THAT AH MR. STONE HAS?
REVELLE - YEAH, THAT'S THE ONLY EVIDENCE WE COULD HAVE TO TO PROVE CAUSE USUALLY WE GET THERE AND WE GO STRAIGHT IN THE BUILDING.
DURHAM - I KNOW THEN BUT OTHER THEN THE EVIDENCE, OF YOUR OWN MEMORY DO YOU REMEMBER IT BEING SPECIFICALLY AS IT BEING EXACTLY MAY THE 5TH OR DID YOU NEED SOMETHING ELSE TO HELP REFRESH YOUR MEMORY?
REVELLE - WELL IT'S JUST THAT AH I'VE BEEN TALKING TO MR. STONE CAUSE WE GO UP THERE QUIT A BIT YOU KNOW 4 OR 5 TIMES A WEEK. AND IF WE KNOW HE MADE THE DEPOSIT THE NEXT DAY AFTER WE WERE UP THERE AND IT WAS MAY 6TH.
DURHAM - YOU GO UP THERE 4 OR 5 TIMES A WEEK?
REVELLE - YES SIR
DURHAM - WERE YOU UP THERE ON TUESDAY, MAY THE 4TH, ALSO?
REVELLE - NO SIR.
DURHAM - WERE YOU UP THERE AH MONDAY, MAY 3RD?
REVELLE - I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
DURHAM - SO THAT PARTICULAR WEEK, IS THIS THE FIRST TRIP THAT YOU MADE UP THERE?
REVELLE - WELL WE HAD STARTED MAKING THEM UP THERE. NO WE HAD WENT UP THERE THE WEEK BEFORE IN ORDER TO TALK TO MR. STONE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO START GOING IN HIS BUILDING.
DURHAM - AND ON THE WEEK OF MAY 5TH, HOW MANY TIMES DID YAWL GO TO DYESS ARKANSAS?
REVELLE - I THINK WE WENT
DURHAM - DO YOU REMEMBER?
REVELLE - I BELIEVE TWO MORE TIMES. WE WENT THE DAY AFTER AND THE 6TH,
DURHAM - UH HUH
REVELLE - AND WE WENT THAT FRIDAY I BELIEVE.
DURHAM - SO YOU WERE UP THERE ON THE 6TH ALSO?
REVELLE - YES SIR.
DURHAM - WHO WAS WITH YOU ON THAT OCCASION?
REVELLE - AH, JOHNNY HAMILTON, KEVIN JOHNSON, AH ROGER, I DON'T KNOW HIS LAST NAME, ALL I KNOW IS HE LIVES IN HIGHLAND TRAILER PARK. AND BILL COX WITH US THAT NIGHT, AND LITTLE DENNIS CARTER, HE WAS WITH US.
DURHAM - I GUESS WHAT I AM REALLY ASKING IS IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE RECEIPT THAT MR. STONE DEPOSITED YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER THAT PARTICULAR DAY?
REVELLE - IT JUST RECALLED MY MEMORY WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT THAT NIGHT THAT HE HAD WE HAD COME UP THERE AND PAID HIM AND THAT HE HAD DEPOSITED THE MONEY THE NEXT DAY AND THAT'S WHAT RECALLED MY MEMORY YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN RAKING MY BRAIN TRYING TO REMEMBER WHO WAS THERE THAT NIGHT.
DURHAM - WHEN DID YOU TALK TO AH MR. STONE AND FIND OUT THAT THE MONEY WAS DEPOSITED ON MAY 6TH?
REVELLE - JUST BEFORE I CALLED YOU.
DURHAM - THAT WAS TODAY?
REVELLE - YES SIR.
DURHAM - OKAY. THAT CLEARS THAT UP. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR STATEMENT?
REVELLE - NO SIR.
DURHAM - CONCLUDES THIS STATEMENT, AH ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9TH, AT 4:16 P.M.
