EXPLOITED GRIEVING FATHER MARK BYERS

Everyone believes the boys are innocent (even the FBI has said they don't match the profile)--they never even knew the kids and would never have been able to physically carry around unconscious children that size who were bleeding yet get no blood on any of their homes, possessions, or bodies, and not transfer any of them to the boys, all those witnesses retracted their stories of confessions such as the woman who said Echols told her he did it, the guy who said Jason told him he did it, and another woman asked to lie in so many words....and there is no hard evidence such as DNA, the knife (which was thrown in the water before the crime and one of the cops or prosecutors was the only "witness" that caused the diver to look for it, and finally, the confession of Misskelly was severely coached.

This man was suspicious, but his brain tumor may have caused his strange reactions, behavior, appearance... The FBI carefully evaluated him and said he could not have committed the crime. And he in turn decided the 3 boys were likewise innocent and framed. This case illustrates how limited we all are at figuring out who perpetrates crimes when we lack conclusive hard evidence and turn to conclusions based on other behavior, looks, habits, hobbies, beliefs, friends.... If the police and prosecutors don't zealously follow both the letter and spirit of the law, presuming everyone is innocent until proven guilty, investigating all evidence as far as possible, never manufacturing it no matter how emotional the public responds wanting answers, innocent people can be convicted by people thinking they are only doing what is right. And the real criminals are left to walk the streets.

It always makes me wonder during the polygraph when he says "I got a DWI after my wife was murdered" whether that was a slip up or if he meant that the murder of his child led to the premature death of his wife and therefor the same people "murdered" her too?

That's my first thought every time he refers to him as his son. The first movie refers to him as a stepson and the second movie refers to him as an adopted son. How could he adopt the kid after his death?