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Wayne Bertram Williams (born May 27, 1958) is an American convicted murderer and suspected serial killer who is serving life imprisonment for the 1981 killings of two men in Atlanta, Georgia. [1]
Jul 17, 2021 · Wayne Williams, considered a prime suspect in the murder of dozens of children, was convicted in 1982 of the murder of Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne, both adults whose bodies were discovered in the...
Oct 14, 2023 · The infamous Atlanta Child Murders took place between 1979 and 1981 — and ended with Wayne Williams' arrest and conviction. But was justice really served?
- William Delong
Apr 2, 2014 · Wayne Williams is suspected of murdering more than 20 Black youths from 1979 to 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Feb 1, 2018 · In 1982, Wayne Williams, a 23-year-old freelance photographer, talent scout and “virtual genius,” was convicted for the murders of two men whose deaths appeared to be linked to the others.
Wayne Williams, an Atlanta native who was 23 years old at the time of the last murder, was arrested, tried, and convicted of two of the adult murders and sentenced to two consecutive life terms.
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Oct 20, 2021 · That technology for DNA testing was not available in 1982—when a jury found 23-year-old Wayne Williams guilty of two of the killings. But to this day, some remain skeptical that Williams was responsible for all the deaths of dozens of Black children across Atlanta.