Gilmer,Texas 1992

The text of Cotten's handwritten letter is presented below.

Statement date 03-04-94

On the 02-28-94 L G Hollyingworth have told me, as Tim R Cotten Sr, I state that L G has told me that he was the 4th suspeck in the three 8 yr old killings on or in may of 93, He was getting *cooke came* from Mr Byers, + he, that is L G told me that a drug went bad, + he + the three young men, to even with Mr Byers, ? put a hit on his family + he told me, that he + Damien made a deal, first to get the Byers boy + hurt him real bad, + he went on for about a week, telling me Tim Cotten Sr I wanted no if he could trust me + I told him yes, + he said the two other boys was not part of the hit on the Byers family but they were all together that day oh yes there are two other people that helped the killers. That pretty much all I no that L G had told me be for I was put in P.C. 03-04-94

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