Who Was Mr. Bojangles?
23 min readApr 8, 2021
The mystery suspect in the West Memphis Three killings
In 1994, three teenagers were convicted of the murder of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. The convictions were successful largely based on the admissions of one of those teens, Jessie Misskelley. Misskelley admitted to helping kill the boys and told police that he saw Damien Echols, the eldest teen, sexually assault one of the children. Jessie also identified…