Wayne Williams(VII)
- Soundtrack
The only child of 2 Atlanta school teachers. He dropped out of college
and was considering a career in the music industry as a promoter. In
his teens he had even constructed a working radio station in the
basement of the family home. At the age of 23 he was still living with
his parents. He is now remembered for a 2 year reign of terror in
Atlanta, Georgia that involved at least 23 homicides and became known
as the "Atlanta Child Murders". It began on July 28, 1979 with the
discovery of his first victim. All his victims were black and the
majority were male children and adolescents. There were only 3 female
victims and 6 adult victims. The youngest was 7 and the oldest was 27
years old. Several of the bodies were pulled out of the Chattahoochee
River, so the FBI staked it our. On the night of May 22, 1981 a police
officer heard a 'splash' near the Chattahoochee River bridge. The
police stopped the owner of the car who turned out to be Wayne
Williams. He was now the primary suspect in the case. Scientific
experts found that fibers from the carpet in the Waynes home were found
on some of the victims. They also found fibers from the trunk of their
1979 Ford and 1970 Chevrolet on some of the bodies. On Februrary 27,
1982 Wayne Williams was convicted on 2 counts of murder and sentenced
to a double life sentence.