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Over the two-year period, at least 28 children, adolescents, and adults were killed. 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.
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...
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.
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.
Oct 17, 2022 · 322K views 1 year ago. The Wayne Williams trial in 1982 was a different world. There were no cameras in the courtroom. Now, our I-Team has been given exclusive access to the trial evidence and...
May 30, 2023 · Former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young said he believes convicted killer Wayne Williams was capable of the Atlanta Child Murders. (Wikimedia Commons) “I knew the boy they arrested,” Young said of Williams during an exclusive interview. “I had known [Williams] since he was 12 or 13.”.
