John Mark Byers

Untying The Knot:

john mark byers and the West Memphis child murders
by Greg Day

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Meet Mark Byers!

"Mark Byers may be one of the most amazing characters ever to be put on film."

~Bruce Sinofsky, co-director of The HBO Film, Paradise Lost~

Untying The Knot:

john mark byers and the West Memphis child murders

On May 5^th, 1993, a parent’s worst nightmare came true for three couples in a small town in Arkansas. For one of them, the nightmare never ended.

Now, for the first time, the complete story of John Mark Byers, the man who has endured 15 years of groundless suspicion in the deaths of his eight-year-old son and two friends, is revealed in complete detail. The events of his life, his controversial appearances in two documentary films, the crimes that landed him in prison, and the media attention paid to his activities, are reported with remarkable candor in the new book, Untying the Knot: John Mark Byers and the West Memphis Child Murders