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Apr 2, 2014 · Who Is Wayne Willams? Wayne Williams was born in Atlanta in 1958. In the midst of a rash of child murders in the late 1970s and early 1980s, fibers found on one victim matched those found...
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? Wayne Williams was convicted for the murder of two young men but was largely assumed to be responsible for the murder spree of some 28 children and teens between 1979 and 1981.
Feb 7, 2014 · Serial Killers. Part 5: Wayne Williams and the Atlanta Child Murders. Evidence linked Wayne Williams, inset above over one of the files in his case, to 22 murders in Atlanta beginning in...
Feb 1, 2018 · Many had been strangled. The deaths became known as the Atlanta Child Murders. Was Wayne Williams the Atlanta Child Murderer? 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.
Mar 18, 2019 · On June 21, 1981, police arrested a 23-year-old Atlanta resident Wayne Williams for the murders of Nathaniel Cater, 27, and Jimmy Ray Payne, 21. The FBI also believed that Williams was responsible for the entire run of “child murders,” although he was never charged with any of those crimes. Williams is still serving life for those two killings.
Oct 20, 2021 · This week the Atlanta Police Department hand-delivered more than 40-year-old evidence from the Atlanta child murders cases to a private lab in Utah specializing in analyzing deteriorated DNA. 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.
May 30, 2023 · Wayne Williams, a freelance photographer, has served 41 years after being convicted of murdering two of the adult victims. Authorities closed the case with a strong belief that Williams killed all 29.
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