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-raised in Dixie Hills neighborhood of Southwest Atlanta
-aspiring DJ & ran radio station
- held a reputation of a liar
-serial killer from 1979-1981 -
Two dead male black children were found hidden under bushes. One was 14-year old Edward Smith, who was shot with a .22-caliber weapon and was reported to be missing a week before. The other was 13-year old Alfred Evans, who was killed with asphyxiation and reported missing three days before. (picture is Edward Smith).
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14 year old Milton is nowhere to be found while running an errand for his mother & his body will not be found until November
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9 year old disappears and body will be found in November.
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Murders continue from March to November 1980 until Attorney General directs the FBI to join the investigation of missing and murdered children in the Atlanta Georgia area.
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Murders continue January through March 1981 until President Reagan announces additional federal aid for the murdered and missing youth in Atlanta
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Core director Ray Innis claims to have a photo of the suspect who is in charge of Atlanta Child Murders
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Atlanta Public Safety Commissioner Lee Brown identifies the photo found by Ray Innis as a suspect in Atlanta Child Murders
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After hearing a loud splash on James Jackson bridge, Wayne Williams is found to be driving the car around the area and is stopped while police question the suspect.
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body is discovered of 27 year-old Nathaniel on banks of Chattahoochee downstream from James Jackson bridge
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Wayne Williams is arrested and charged with the last of the Atlanta Child Murders being Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Payne.
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Trial begins as Wayne Williams is the accused murder who is charged w/ committing the Atlanta Child Murders.
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The argument in trial of Wayne Williams begins.
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First witnesses are called to trial.
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Controversial fiber evidence introduced by Lewis Slayton in the Wayne Williams trial.
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Judge Clarence Cooper allows testimony linking Wayne to murders other than two adult murders he is initially charged with.
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Wayne Williams is found to be guilty in the Atlanta Child Murders.
