Atlanta Child Murders

  • Alfred Evans and Edward Smith

    Alfred Evans and Edward Smith
    In 1979 when the first boys were found Atlanta was considered the murder capital of the country
  • Yusuf Bell

    Yusuf Bell
    Found in an abandoned elementary school. Last seen getting into a car on October 21.
  • Milton Harvey

    Milton Harvey
    Milton was discovered off Redwine Rd in Fulton county. He was last seen on September 4.
  • Angel Lenair

    Angel Lenair
    The first female victim is discovered in an empty lot. She had been sexually assaulted.
  • Eric Middlebrooks

    Eric Middlebrooks
    Eric was found behind a bar just eight hours after he was last seen riding his bike on May 18.
  • Aaron Wyche

    Aaron Wyche
    Was last seen getting into a car with two Black men. Investigators think his death may have been the result of an accidental fall.
  • Anthony Carter

    Anthony Carter
    Anthony was found behind a warehouse soon after he was reported missing. His mother was one of the suspects.
  • Clifford Jones

    Clifford Jones
    Clifford was found behind a dumpster near a laundromat. A witness claims he saw Clifford be murdered by the manager of the laundromat.
  • Darron Glass

    Darron Glass
    Darron Glass goes missing but is never found.
  • Charles Stephens

    Charles Stephens
    Charles was found in plain view on a grassy hill. A witness says they saw him wrapped in a green blanket in the back of a drug dealer's car on the day he went missing.
  • LaTonya Wilson

    LaTonya Wilson
    LaTonya was found by a volunteer search party not far from her home, days after police had searched that same area for her.
  • Aaron Jackson

    Aaron Jackson
    Aaron was found on the banks of the South River near a bridge. He was last seen three miles away at the Moreland Avenue Shopping center.
  • FBI Joins the Task Force

    FBI Joins the Task Force
  • Patrick Rogers

    Patrick Rogers
    Patrick was discovered 15 miles away from his home, he went missing on November 10.
  • Earl Terrell and Christopher Richardson

    Earl Terrell and Christopher Richardson
    Both boys are found in a wooded area off of Redwine Rd. Christopher went missing more than a month before Earl.
  • Terry Pue

    Terry Pue
    Terry was found in a predominantly white neighborhood, 17 miles away from where he was last seen on January 21.
  • Lubie Geter

    Lubie Geter
    Lubie was last seen selling car deodorizers at the Stewart Lakewood Shopping Center. A suspect connected to the KKK is considered in his case but charges are never brought.
  • Jeffrey Mathis and Patrick Baltazar

    Jeffrey Mathis and Patrick Baltazar
    Jeffery is found almost a year after he went missing on March 11, 1980. Patrick was last seen at an arcade at the Omni complex on February 6.
  • Curtis Walker

    Curtis Walker
    Curtis is found 18 miles away from where he was last seen on February 19.
  • Timothy Hill

    Timothy Hill
    Timothy was found in the Chattahoochee River. Claims that he had been staying with a known pedophile near the Omni.
  • Eddie Duncan

    Eddie Duncan
    Eddie becomes the first adult victim. He is found in the Chattahoochee.
  • Larry Rogers

    Larry Rogers
    Larry Rogers was 20 years old when he was found at an abandoned apartment on Temple Street
  • John Porter

    John Porter
    John was found in a vacant lot on Bender St. It is not clear when he went missing.
  • Joseph Bell

    Joseph Bell
    Joseph was found in the South River. Witnesses also place him at the same pedophile's home where Timothy Hill had been seen.
  • Michael McIntosh

    Michael McIntosh
    Michael was found on the bank of South River
  • Jimmy Ray Payne

    Jimmy Ray Payne
    Jimmy was found in the Chattahoochee River. His cause of death was first listed as a drowning because he was found in the floater position and looked to be wearing swimming trunks.
  • Wiliam Barrett

    Wiliam Barrett
    William was found on a curb in Dekalb County.
  • Nathaniel Cater

    Nathaniel Cater
    Nathaniel was found in the Chattahoochee River. Mixed reports on when he was last seen.
  • Wayne Williams is arrested

    Wayne Williams is arrested
    Williams is arrested for the murders of Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne.
  • Wayne is sentenced to two life terms

    Wayne is sentenced to two life terms
    The jury finds Williams guilty of the murders of Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne