INVESTIGATIVE FIELD REPORT FOR NICHOLAS SMITH

REF: FRANKIE KNIGHT

ON TUESDAY 5/11/93 THE BELOW LISTED OFFICER WENT TO EAST JR. HIGH IN REGARDS TO PRINCIPAL LARRY MCCAIN CALLING & STATING THE HE HAD A NICHOLAS SMITH AGE 15 Y.O.A. IN HIS OFFICE, THAT POSSIBLY HAD INFORMATION ABOUT THE THREE HOMICIDES

ON TUESDAY 5/11/93 11:15A.M. DET. SGT. ALLEN MET WITH NICHOLAS SMITH 06/16/77 WHO STATED HE LIVED AT 1911 SCOTTWOOD, WEST MEMPHIS, ARK RELATED AS FOLLOWS.

ON WEDNESDAY 5/5/93 IT WAS STILL LIGHT BEFORE DARK HE WAS RIDING AROUND WITH A FRIEND A DAVID JENKINS AND THEY RODE NEAR MAYFAIR APARTMENTS & NOTICED A ORANGE BRONCO TYPE VEHICLE

SIGNED: MIKE ALLEN
5/11/93


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PARKED LIKE IT HAD PULLED FROM THE ROBIN HOOD AREA WITH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE FACING THEM. NEAR THE DEAD END OF W. MCCAULEY. NICHOLAS SMITH STATED THE GUYS WERE ACTING REALLY STRANGE BUT HE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN SELLING DOPE OR SOMETHING HE SAID THERE WERE THREE GUYS IN THE VEHICLE (THE ORANGE BRONCO VEHICLE.) 1 DRIVING WAS OR LOOKED LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE HAD REDDISH HAIR WITH BEARD & SHOULDER LENGTH HAIR IN HIS 30’S. 1 BLONDISH HAIR SHORTER NORMAL LENGTH IN HIS 20’S & 1 POSSIBLY 20 DIDN’T SEE HIM WELL. NICHOLAS SMITH STATED HE OBSERVED A GUY HE KNOWS FROM LOOKING AT THE EAST YEAR BOOK AS FRANKIE KNIGHT. NOT EXACTLY NEAR THE BRONCO TYPE VEHICLE BUT LIKE WALKING AWAY, WALKING TOWARD THE

SIGNED: MIKE ALLEN
5/11/93


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MAYFAIR APARTMENTS. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE SAW THE VEHICLE A FEW DAYS LATER AT AARON (MARLON) NEWTONS HOUSE & THAT HE OBSERVED SCOTTY BURKETT & FRANKIE KNIGHT OVER THERE, ALSO.

SIGNED: MIKE ALLEN
5/11/93


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FRANKIE KNIGHT – THE ONLY DAY HE CAME IN WAS ½ A DAY THURS THE 6TH OF MAY HE WASN’T IN SCHOOL MON TUES WED LEFT ON THURS 11:15AM ACCORDING TO LARRY MCCAIN EAST JR. HIGH. HAS NOT BEEN BACK TO SCHOOL