ATLANTA CHILD MURDERS: "WAYNE WILLIAMS PART 3"

ATLANTA — It was a case that rocked the city of Atlanta and beyond. More than 20 Black children killed over a two-year period and it came to an end 40 years ago Monday.Long considered by many as the prime suspect in the Atlanta Child Murders, Wayne Williams was arrested on June 21, 1981. He is suspected of killing more than 20 Black children in the Atlanta area from 1979 to 1981, but he was never charged in any child’s death.


He has maintained his innocence even as he was convicted in 1982 of the murders of two adults and then sentenced to two life terms in prison with the possibility of parole.

Authorities closed the children’s cases after Williams’ murder convictions.

Over the last few years the case has come under new scrutiny. In 2018, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that city police and the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office would reexamine the cases.


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