3 Teens Seized in Arkansas Slaying of Boys Left in Ditch
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WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — Three teen-agers were arrested in the slayings of three 8-year-old boys found last month in a drainage ditch, police said Friday.
Police Inspector Gary Gitchell identified the supsects but would not discuss motive or reveal what investigators found in searching their homes.
He said Jesse Lloyd Misskelley, 17, of Marion; Michael Wayne Echols, 18, of West Memphis, and Charles Jason Baldwin, 16, of Marion would appear in court on capital murder charges.
The victims, Chrisopher Byers, Michael Moore and Steve Edward Branch disappeared May 5 while riding bicycles in their neighborhood. Authorities discovered their bodies the next day.
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