Sickening..
'Evidence in West Memphis Three case gone, sources say; new DNA tests now impossible
Chrestman informed attorneys that after the 2011 Alford Plea, "some of the evidence ended up 'lost,' some of the evidence was 'misplaced' and some of the evidence was 'destroyed by fire' in a building that burned down,'" according to the Freedom of Information Act request submitted to the West Memphis Police Department seeking detailed records of how evidence was catalogued and where it was stored.
–https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jul/11/sources-evidence-in-3-boys-case-gone/