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Three eight-year-old boys — Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers — were reported missing on May 5, 1993.

The first report to the police was made by Byers ' adoptive father, John Mark Byers, around 7: 00 p. m.

The boys were allegedly last seen together by three neighbors, who in sworn affidavits told of seeing them playing together around 6: 30 p. m. the evening they disappeared, and saw Terry Hobbs, stepfather of Stevie Branch, calling them to come home.

Initial police searches made that night were limited.

Friends and neighbors also conducted a search that night, which included a cursory visit to the location where the bodies were later found.