INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
TRIPLE HOMICIDIE
BYERS/MOORE/BRANCH

ON 010694, THIS DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A NATIONAL BROADCAST IN REFERENCE TO A HOMICIDE THAT OCCURRED IN CARTHAGE, MISSOURI. I MADE CONTACT WITH A DETECTIVE WILLIAMS TO DETERMINE IF ANY OF THE FACTS OF THE CASE IN THAT JURISDICTION. AFTER DISCUSSING THE FACTS CONCERNING THE INCIDENT AT THAT LOCATION THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT WAS LIKE THE ABOVE NOTED CASE WAS THE FACT THAT IT WAS AN EIGHT YEAR OLD VICTIM AND WAS FOUND TO BE NAKED AT THE TIME OF DISCOVERY. THERE WAS NO APPARENT BINDING, BEATING, OR TORTURE OF THE VICTIM IN MISSOURI. I SEE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE HOMICIDE THAT OCCURRED IN MISSOURI IS RELATED TO THE HOMICIDE IN WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS ON OR ABOUT 05-06-93.

DETECTIVE B. RIDGE
WEST MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT