If you compare JMB's initial statement (
May 19, 1993) to his declaration for the Pasdar trial (
May 19, 2009), you will not find discrepancies for the times on May 5, 1993. Here is a rundown:
9 am - 2:45 pm: in clinic in Memphis getting tests re: brain tumor
3:10 pm: got home, no Chris
3:30 or 3:35 pm: Ryan got home, looked for Chris w/JMB until 3:50 pm
3:50 pm: took Ryan to court to testify as witness in unrelated incident; stayed w/Ryan until 4:50 pm
4:50 pm: left to pick up Melissa from work; when they arrived home, discovered that Chris had attempted to break into house; JMB found Chris riding skateboard on stomach down street; spanked him and told him to clean up carport
5:30 pm: left to get Ryan from court
6:30 pm: arrived back home; Chris gone; Ryan, JMB and Melissa began searching for Chris
7:30 pm: talked to a black policeman at Dollar General Store; cop told him not to report Chris missing 'til 8:00 pm; continued searching w/Ryan and Melissa
8:00 pm: called to report Christopher missing; Off Meeks arrived at 8:08 pm to take MPR; Dana Moore arrives and tells him that Christopher is w/Steven and Michael and was seen going into RHH area; start door-to-door search; talked to "little black girl and boy" who said they saw boys going into RHH at 6:30 pm
8:30 pm: continued searching RHH area, but not near discovery area; TH shows up and volunteers to look in discovery area; JMB goes home to change clothes and enlists Officer Moore to help in search because he had a flashlight
10:30 pm: Officer Moore tells JMB to call Meeks and ask about progress; JMB calls sheriff's office and asks about Search and Rescue; keeps looking w/others; parks silver car near BB truck stop and talks to employees; meets up w/Jackie Hicks and Dana Moore; searching continues with JH, DM, TH, DJ and wife
1:30 or 1:45 am: met Sgt. Ball who suggests searching abandoned buildings; Tony Hudson now joins search
sometime between 2:00 am and 3:00 am: got home w/Melissa and waited for daylight
daylight: resumed searching w/ TH, TM and DM
7:30 or 8:00 am: went to school w/other parents to see if boys arrived
9:30 or 10:00 am: informed that boat from S & R was going into bayou; sat on bank w/Steve Branch, TH and JH to see what was found.
I'm sorry, but I don't see any time frame in which he could kill the boys.