i would say there is a very good case against john mark Byers.
stepfather of one of the victems.
when his step sons body was found there many wounds on it some of witch had healed.
witch would indicate he had been the victim of child abuse.
when dental checks were going to be done against the bit marks.
all mr byers teeth mysteriously fell out.
He had his teeth removed, yes. Due to years of dental problems, according to him. I am not sure there were any (human) bite marks on the three little boys.
No doubt Christopher Byers was a victim of child abuse by his step father, John Mark Byers (and perhaps his mother too, a rather heavy drug addict); but so was Steve Branch by HIS stepfather, Terry Hobbs.
Now, the supporter movement funded some additional DNA testing a few years ago. The results were than none of the WM3`s DNA was anywhere and neither was John Mark Byers's.
What they found was, a hair consistent with Terry Hobbs was found in the ligature of one of the victims (not his stepson), furthermore, DNA from a friend of Terry Hobbs, with whom he actually was the night of the murders, was found on a tree stub at the crime scene/dump site.
I don't know of course, who did it, could be anyone; but Terry Hobbs claims he did not see his stepson at all that day or night, but a neighbour says she is positive he did.
Terry Hobbs has a checkered past. When he was a young man, he broke into a house where a 52 year old woman was taking a shower. He walked right into the shower and started fondling her. In a fight, he shot his brother in law (I
can't remember whether he died - I think he did, and it was dealt with as pretty much an accident.)
Terry Hobbs's wife, Pamela (Stevie's mother), found a pocket knife among the possessions of Terry after the murders. That was her little murdered son´s knife, which she claims he had had on him always till the day he died. For that reason, and for his violent and lying ways, she thinks it is possible that Terry Hobbs (from whom she is now divorced) might be the culprit.
John Mark Byers has a checkered past as well. Violence, theft, drug abuse, drug dealing and his wife, Christopher Byers´ (one of the little victims) mother died mysteriously in her bed, while JM Byers lay right beside her. HE claims that she simply lost her will to live.
It is hard to tell, nugnug, but at least the three are free now, and Damien Echols won't be executed. It would be nice to find out who the real culprit/s is/are though. For everyone; the families of the three little victims and for the WM3.
