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Byers initially claimed the knife had never been used.

Blood was found on the knife and Byers then stated that he had used it only once, to cut deer meat.

When told the blood matched both his and Chris ' blood type, Byers said he had no idea how that blood might have gotten on the knife.

During interrogation, West Memphis police suggested to Byers that he might have left the knife out accidentally, and Byers agreed with this.

Byers later stated that he may have cut his thumb.

Further testing on the knife produced inconclusive results, due in part to the rather small amount of blood, and because both John Mark Byers and Chris Byers had the same HLA-DQα genotype.