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Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

S5 Ep2: The Search

Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

Bob Ruff

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.57.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This week Bob walks us through the search efforts that began at 6pm on May 5, 1993. Today's episode spans chronologically from the moment the Christopher Byers was discovered missing, until the moments when searchers found their first clue about the boys' whereabouts. We hear directly from Christopher's father John Mark Byers, and hear trial and police interview audio from Officer Regina Meek, Detective Bryan Ridge and Stevie's stepfather Terry Hobbs.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Previously on Truth and Justice.

0:04.7

Christopher tells Bobby that his daddy had whipped him and that he was running away.

0:13.5

According to Jamie, Stevie stepped at Terry Yeld.

0:17.0

You boys get back down here.

0:19.7

They ignored his order to return home and sped off down the street.

0:23.7

Come on, we gotta go.

0:30.0

Hurry up.

0:31.0

What do we do with the bikes?

0:32.5

Just leave them there.

0:34.2

It's good.

0:35.2

Come on.

0:36.2

Across the pipe?

0:37.2

Yeah, sure.

0:38.2

Whatever.

0:39.2

We just gotta go.

0:40.2

They'll never find us in there.

0:41.2

Come on.

0:53.7

The order in which the three

1:23.5

eight-year-old boys were discovered missing on May 5th of 1993 was as follows.

1:29.4

Stevie Branch was supposed to be home before 5pm.

1:33.0

His failure to return was the first indication to any of the parents that something may be

1:37.6

wrong.

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