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Left Me Feeling More Angry

posted 10 years ago by sanders_mike25
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We see a town who's judicial system is a real life South Park. The judge presiding over the trials clearly let his own prejudices get in the way letting him allow all these "witnesses" to commit perjury meaning now every case he ever ruled over needs to be re-examned. During the end coda, we read that in 2007 Terry Hobbs DNA was found in one of Michael's bindings yet he wasn't arrested? There is simply no way that his DNA could be there unless he was there himself that day.

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[–] disinter 10 years ago

Despite the fact he has a clear cut alibi, morons seem to think the police completely overlooked this guy. Very sad.

The only "clear cut alibi" he had during those hours was that he was with David Jacoby searching for the boys. Jacoby says that isn't true. He was NOT with Hobbs during those hours. Wonder what sweet old Hobbs was up to during that time that he needed a friend to lie and say they were together?

Then again looking at hobb's past he could never be capable of violence except for the beatings of little kids, assault on an elderly neighbor, beating his wife and shooting her brother. Other than that I don't know why anyone would think he was capable of such violence. Yeah that Hobbs sounds like quite a guy. Far above reprieve. Good that he has people to defend him.

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[–] dementia412 10 years ago

I agree he is highly suspect, BUT the hair in the shoelace thing really doesn't amount to anything on it's own.

[–] disinter 10 years ago

When you are micro managing evidence, EVERYTHING has to be looked at. While I agree it doesn't really mean much on it's own but it's definitely more evidence found on the scene than anything found by any of the three who were convicted.

[–] amberd1980 10 years ago

I agree yes but it's a combination of things that just CANNOT be ignored.

I mean hell when your ex wife whom you were married to at the time THINKS YOU DID IT then that alone for me is enough.

[–] baran_erik 8 years ago

And vindictive wives NEVER lie. rme Hell, why don't we just say wives in general.

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[–] amberd1980 10 years ago

Yeah see I am not "quick" to point the finger @ him, regardless the man was as mean as a snake to that little boy....the stories I've heard BEFORE that info came out.... They down played it to me. The neighbor saw him yelling for the children during the time he "wasn't home". He REALLY did have the little boys pocket knife, and yeah I understand that when u live with someone everyday ur bound to have thier hair on you....but I would imagine that how the perpetrator obtainted the shoelaces wouldn't leave many hair(s) behind. I mean I'm pretty sure that those tiny holes u have to rip the lace out of the shoes would have left hair(s). I could be wrong but it's interesting how 3 teenagers one with a long mullet, and one with long BLACK hair, managed to leave NADA behind. The crime occurred heat of the moment & perputrator would have to be moving quickly. Hard to imagine that NONE OF THE WM3's DNA ended up @ the scene I've been following this all for a long time.

[–] disinter 10 years ago

He REALLY did have the little boys pocket knife

I'm not throwing more B.S. on the fire because I do NOT know anything, I'm not even saying Hobbs had anything to do with it because I don't know that he did. I do know that the evidence points closer to him than any of the other suspects but the knife thing always creeped me out.

Still, I have this vision of Stevie having a hate in his heart for an abusive dickhead step "father" and he was feeling brave around his friends so he pulled that knife when an ass whipping was coming. In his child brain maybe he thought that would intimidate him, I don't know but I think it ENRAGED hobbs, hobbs went too far with Steve, the other kids saw what he did so he took care of them too.

That's my personal hypothesis. I'm not saying it has any basis in fact, it's just what I feel was a likely scenario.

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[–] disinter 10 years ago

I have no idea, just seems a bit odd that he'd have taken the knife away the day they died as opposed to all that time before when no one had a problem with it.

[–] eileen-guthrie555 8 years ago

I have just a comment and something I discovered reading the numerous books on that case. The boys were sexually mutilate but the worse was Christopher (I won't say what happened. it's too disgusting and disturbing to repeat) and not Stevie. That for me seems strange if it was Hobbs who killed these boys. I would've thought if it was Terry, I'd think Stevie would have been the one to get the worse injuries. Sexual mutilation seems to have a correlation to pedophiles. I don't know Terry's background or if he was ever accused anything or any of the adult males in this case. I won't go into the psychology of a pedophile. Your theory does make sense except for the sexual mutilation. All I know is those little boys were terrified. That breaks my heart. There last minutes of earth were filled with fear, torture and excruciating pain based on their injuries. No 8 year old should have to endure that.

[–] tomlimafilho-747-179055 9 years ago

But his hair was not found in his son's shoelace. It was in other kid's shoelace.

[–] TheGlove20 9 years ago

Beat me to it. His hair was found on Michael Moore's body...not Stevie's.

[–] movieman-232 9 years ago

"His hair was found on Michael Moore's body...not Stevie's."

But when you think about how Hobbs was probably around when the other two were visiting, maybe the hair crept onto Michael's shoe when they were at Stevie's house...?

[–] gorye 9 years ago

More, I believe the hair was found attached to the shoelace used to tie the body.
And that no one of witnesses could tell then for sure - which of all shoelaces is which. Those supposed to be confused, if I recall this correctly.

Really, just check yourself: do you remember kind you own shoelaces? Could you recognize them, say, meant to be your own, or your brother's? And again, after, say, a couple of... years maybe what would you say?

[–] rc-108 9 years ago

I know nothing about the case but what I have just seen in this movie.
and I am angry about the story.

It definitely seemed like they were out to get a guilty verdict whatever it took.

I thought Witherspoon was great... I cried with her...
Firth was great as usual always.

[–] TheManInOil 9 years ago

WHat do you mean, no way? He was bound with his shoelaces, so you're saying Hobbs couldn't possibly ever have tied this kid's shoes for him?