Last night, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien hosted a special documentary on ‘The Atlanta Child Murders.’ Thirty years ago, a string of murders of African-American children terrorized Atlanta, Georgia, and gripped the nation. There were 28 male victims and Jack Mallard, the prosecutor in the case, believes that one man – Wayne Williams – is responsible for at least 25 of them.
List of victims linked to the serial killings
Media reports spread the fear nationwide and reminded parents to keep a close watch over their children. Williams, a former DJ, became an official suspect in the Atlanta child murders when a loud splash in the river was heard during the final hours of a stakeout.
He is now serving two life sentences in the case, after being tried and convicted of only two of the murders and still insists he’s innocent.
Soledad revisits the case after interviewing Williams for approx 6 hours over a two day period and casts doubt as to if the real killer was ever apprehended.
Soledad O’Brien presented evidence and invites viewers to share their experiences and offer a verdict. CLICK HERE to visit CNN’s site for extensive coverage on the Atlanta Child Murder case and to cast your vote.
In case you missed it, the full documentary re-airs on the following dates:
Saturday June 12: 8 p.m., 11 p.m. and later at 2 a.m.
Sunday June 13: 8 p.m., 11 p.m., and later at 2 a.m.
Do you remember the Atlanta Child Murders??
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I still do not believe he killed any of those kids. He was set up.
I remember… Jesus. Scary times… We were all scared and I didn’t even live in Georgia as a child. That was a horrible time. This case just won’t close. They revisited this case two years ago on Frank and Wanda and there was a gentleman close with this case that STILL did NOT believe Wayne did it. Interesting but the memories are frightening. Even when I watch other documentaries on this, I’m “glued” to the television and I’m frightened. Jesus. I don’t know…
@Attorneymom, I wonder because one theory was of the Klan. When I see how racist, wickedly racist they are north of the city, I always wonder about that theory. Always.
I remember watching this special on closed cased files on A/E like 2 years ago. He killed alot of little boys and he raped a few. So sad…
Set up my azz. I beleive he killed them.
i am not from atlanta, but i do remember this as well. when i was kid, my grandmother used to scared the heck out of us talking about those murders and how someone was killing those innocent children…i saw the A&E documentary and i do think the klan played in some of the murders…just plan horrible. (what u really know about the dirty south).
There are too many loop holes in this case. To conflicting stories from people who said that they had seen Williams with a couple of the victims. But during the interview with Soledad
one of these people changed their story and proceeded to say that he could not say because it was was a problem. Either he was set up and some folks were paid to say certain things about Wayne Willimas because they had to accuse and charge someone with the Murders.
Although Williams was an arrogant type of individiual and maybe not too smart. I still believe in his innocence. Did anyone ever question the father of Williams, after all they both looked soooo much alike. Someone is covering up something to save their own a–es
i have studied this case for quite some time….i’m fron tennessee and during those days we where afraid to go anywhere alone….i dont think wayne williams was fully responsible, i think he played the role of "pied piper" and lead some victims to a killer…..the fact that so many of the victims knew eachother makes the murders seem less random…..i question the police from the old white administration that were bitter about the new black administration…..there is no way that a 21 year old could have pulled this off for two years…..someone had to have known police procedure….there were reports of some of the kids last seen with a white man….fbi had wire taps of a kkk member bragging about killing Lubie Geter(list victim) and it all got swept under the rug!! there were other strong suspects in these cases long before wayne williams….had the authorities not been so careless in the investigations, there may not have been so many deaths
Very interesting. I wonder if they could go back and reopen these cases to see if the DNA would match up linking the murders to Williams. With the technology we have today, they should actually give it a try if family members would be ok with it. And being in a room interrogated for days, a person can be coarsed into saying anything. I have often wondered though if someone else helped him or if he worked alone.
She is a horrible journalist. I hope to never see her report or interview someone again.