102. West Memphis Three – Part 3
The Consult: Real FBI Profilers
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🗓️ 16 September 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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In this final episode of our three-part analysis of the West Memphis Three case, we bring together everything we’ve learned about the murders of Michael Moore, Steve Branch, and Christopher Byers on or about May 5, 1993, and share our overall assessment of the case. Part 3 of 3.
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| 0:11.8 | In the consult, we discuss cases involving violence, sexual violence, abduction, and murder. |
| 0:20.4 | Sometimes the cases we discuss involve children. |
| 0:24.4 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:28.3 | Music Welcome to the consult. I'm Julia Cowley, retired FBI agent and profiler, and I'm joined by my colleagues. |
| 0:50.2 | Angela Serser. Susan Costler Drew. And Bob Drew. Angela, Susan, and Bob are also retired FBI profilers, and we work together in the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit. |
| 1:02.0 | Today we're bringing you part three, the final part of our analysis of the murders of three eight-year-old boys, |
| 1:09.0 | Michael Moore, Stevie Branch, and Christopher Byers in |
| 1:12.8 | West Memphis, Arkansas, on or about May 5, 1993. Before we get started, I want to thank our |
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| 1:47.9 | In parts one and two of this case known as the West Memphis 3, we walked through the timeline of May 5th, the discovery of the bodies the following afternoon, the crime scene in Robin Hood Hills, the autopsies, and the victimologies. |
| 2:03.4 | We've laid the groundwork by looking at the facts, and now in this final part, we're ready |
| 2:08.7 | to pull it all together and focus on what it tells us about the offender or the offenders. |
| 2:17.2 | Okay, this is going to be important in something that I hoped we could conclude at the end of this. |
| 2:25.4 | One offender or more than one offender? |
| 2:27.9 | I don't think there's grounds to assume that there was more than one offender. |
| 2:32.8 | I think this could have been accomplished by one offender |
| 2:35.3 | and short of evidence supporting the belief that there's more than one offender, |
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