Before we begin with this whole clan, let me apologize for the length of this post. I will be doing this group in installments, as there is so much material here it is almost a book in itself. This first post, concerning mostly NH, is in two parts. Hopefully, the rest with the exception of LGH Jr. will be single posts. That said, let's start on Part One of the NH and others saga...
May 5, 1993 started out like any other day in West Memphis, Arkansas; by the end of the next day, three little boys would be found dead in a drainage ditch and a town would soon be gripped with a Satanic panic mentality. Timelines for most of the individuals involved in this horrid set of events on the day of May 5 can be readily established; several individuals timelines are questionable. Conjectures are strictly a matter of personal opinion; do not consider these as factual or anything more than speculation. The following paragraphs contain information gleaned from the various statements and reports given by and about NH, LGH, RH, AH, TH, SH, DH, RS, DT, DAT and LB. This in no way should be considered an official statement of fact. I apologize for the length and constant citation, but I am attempting to compose a coherent and viable timeline for all individuals connected in any way to this horrendous event. Please bear with me, and if anyone has anything to suggest, add, delete, edit, correct, whatever
please let me know so it will be right! Thank you so much in advance for your help and patience, it is very much appreciated.
Next is a study of perhaps the most bizarre bunch in this whole drama, the H family, especially NH and LGH. The various statements made seem far-fetched, but deserve a closer look. The statements made concerning DE, DT, and JB are interesting, but dont necessarily serve to either convict or clear any of them. However, taken as a whole, the entire scenario seems to be an unreliable sighting, especially the information given by NH, who appears to be a serial witness if you take her word at face value. However, upon closer inspection, much of what she says becomes suspect. The entire H family is one of entangled relationships, in-fighting, and general unreliability. The statements following are taken from
http://www.callahans.com as well as other sources, all of which will be noted when not derived from Callahans.
Before beginning to look at the statements, notes, investigative reports, and other items relating to the H clan, perhaps an understanding of the complex relationships might help us better discern just how interconnected they are and why their statements are so hard to decipher as to what is true and what is not. On the JivePuppi website is an excellent family tree diagram (
http://www.jivepuppi.com/hollingsworth.html). I will not reproduce it here, but attempt to give a short explanation of the relationships for those we are dealing with here. Please bear with me as I go through this, it may help later.
The family patriarch of the H family had married DH, but they were divorced. While married, however, they had three sons, RH Sr., LGH Sr., and JH. JH was SHs father, and NH was her aunt by marriage. LGH Sr. was married to NH early, but divorced and she married RH Sr. while LGH Sr. married Linda. DH is the sister of DT, making her DATs aunt. LGH Sr. and LindaH are the parents of LGH Jr. RH and NH are the parents of AH and TH, and NH is LGH Jr.s aunt. NHs sister PH (married to BH?) is the landlady of DT and DAT. DH was also the grandmother in name and somewhat by marriage of the younger H clan members. If you remain unconfused by all of this, congratulations, and please let me know what I just wrote.
Now let us begin to explore each family members statements, notes, and reports one by one, starting with NH, since she seems to be a serial witness to a few of the more important episodes in this case. Not being a suspect we do not really need to know much about her movements before the afternoon hours, when she claims her first sighting event. NH lived close to DAT and JB; her nephew LGH Jr. allegedly visited DAT and DE early in the afternoon (he would later claim he saw DE at Lakeshore close to 5:00 pm). NH claimed that she, RH, AH, and TH would drop LGH Jr. off at home, which was not far from the neighborhood of SB, CB, and MM. There is a slight problem here with the timeline. In her statement to the WMPD, NH claimed it was 4:20 pm when she took LGH Jr. home to 714 McAuley Circle in West Memphis (
http://callahan.8k.com/wm3/narleneh_statement.html). She doesnt mention anyone else with her at that time; if LGH Jr. was at home close to 4:30 pm, how did he see DE at 5:00 pm? Compare this to the record at JivePuppi (
http://www.jivepuppi.com/hollingsworth.html). Also compare it to her court testimony that LGH Jr., TH and another little girl were in the car with her at this time:
Hollingsworth: It maybe been at uh - about 5 or 5:10. And reason why I know it was those little boys is because Sombra was in the car with me again because I couldn't find her mother to put her with her because I wasn't suppose to take her with me 'cause I took L.G. home for the second time that day, he come back again, I had to take - all the way back home again.
Davidson: Ok.
Hollingsworth: So I really didn't want to take him home again and he said "If you don't, I'm gonna walk." So, I took him. And I was already tired and I already had a wreck that day - early that day, I had a wreck.
Davidson: You had a wreck.
Hollingsworth: So see, that's a day you don't forget, when you have a day like that.
Davidson: Ok.
(courtroom laughter)
Hollingsworth: And when you got Tabitha and L.G. in the car with you at the same time, you don't forget that either.
(courtroom still laughing)
Further down in her testimony, she states all of her children were with her except for AH:
Davidson: Ok. And who was with you then?
Hollingsworth: All my children.
Davidson: All of 'em?
Hollingsworth: All of 'em except Anthony and he was - he wasn't with me then.
Source: (
http://callahan.8k.com/wm3/ebtrial/narleneh.html).
With all of these people in the car and witnessing the event, it is surprising, almost criminal, that no corroborating statements were taken. With the conflicting statements NH has made, another statement might have cleared up the confusion, and actually substantiated the story, or cleared up the confusion over the time, or the sighting itself.
It was at this point that NH dropped off LGH Jr., and that she nearly ran over a little boy on a bicycle. NH has remarkable recall of this event, although it changed slightly with each retelling. In her statement, she claimed to have seen three boys on bikes near Weaver Elementary going away from their home at 4:45 pm but the clothing she described was not the same as that which was found (
http://callahan.8k.com/images/narlene/n_hollingsworth_notes.jpg; cf.
http://callahan.8k.com/wm3/narleneh_statement.html). Also, she noted that all three were on bicycles, but CB was on a skateboard that afternoon according to all the others who saw him that afternoon. Further, the boy that she described did not match any of the boys that would end up being found in Robin Hood Hills (
http://callahan.8k.com/wm3/narleneh_statement.html). Even more confusing, at the DE/JB trial, NH recalled a different time, and only mentioned seeing them (
http://callahan.8k.com/wm3/ebtrial/narleneh.html), but in her statement (
http://callahan.8k.com/wm3/narleneh_statement.html), she professed to have spoken with them.
In her trial testimony, it was the little girl who was in the car with her that stated she knew SB. NH claimed not to know where they lived at trial, but in her statement she stated she did know. As with suspects in this case, and another who is claimed not to be a suspect, but was never truly investigated, NH does not seem to be very credible in her statements or testimony. Why the WMPD never bothered to at least question, if not take statements, from the others allegedly with her at this time, is open to speculation. There was no attempt to identify exactly who it was that she saw, since the boy she described does not fit any of the boys, as already noted. The interview just moved on to what happened next (
http://callahan.8k.com/wm3/narleneh_statement.html).
Moving along, we find that a little later in the day, going into the early evening hours that NH met JM at 6:30 pm, according to trial testimony that she almost immediately contradicted. But in the days following, when she gave her statement, she never mentioned this incident. She even sent a letter to that effect to his defense team which would have made her a valuable alibi witness because of the time (
http://www.jivepuppi.com/hollingsworth.html). However, she was not called as a witness in the JM trial, but in the DE/JB trial (
http://callahan.8k.com/wm3/ebtrial/narleneh.html). Since JM was not on trial relevance became an issue, and the prosecution requested they approach the bench. The defense argued it would impeach JMs credibility if he became a witness. The issue was settled and testimony continued. However, NHs (in)famous recall suddenly failed her (and as she hadnt mentioned it in her statement to the WMPD (
http://callahan.8k.com/wm3/narleneh_statement.html), it seems to have been able to turn on and off depending on the circumstances). When asked if she had seen JM that day, she suddenly decided it wasnt that day, but Thursday. She based this on having thought about each day and what she had done on each and concluded that between her own realization and her childrens memory refreshing that it was Thursday. Lightning fast calculations during the lawyers consultation at the bench, and her children telling her it was Thursday, although she is in the witness chair and they are nowhere near her (perhaps it was telepathic). Definitely not NHs most credible moment at the trial (
http://callahan.8k.com/wm3/ebtrial/narleneh.html).
I'm as lost as most people are when it comes to this case. Over the few years that I've researched this case I've formed an opinion that seems reasonable, but as far as putting together my own theory?! No. Forums have played a fundamental part for my understanding though - providing much needed aid with analysis. My rough opinion, so to speak, goes in the general direction of the so called manhole theory. But I do not fully subscribe to it, and I still think there's so much work left that needs doing. 
) reasons. Also not very popular is my extremely dim view of JMB, who spent a large portion of his adult life victimising other people, including women and kids, and his cosy relationship with some members of LE. Which throws massive amounts of suspicion on his treatment as a suspect, but I won't go on about it here. 
I don't believe the boys were killed in the early hours of may 6th. However, I believe they died in the early hours of may 6th. 
