Atlanta Child Murders
| May 27, 1958 |
Wayne Williams is born in Atlanta
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| July 21, 1979 |
Edward Hope Smith is seen for the last time. Unknown at the time, he would become the first of what today is known as the Atlanta Child Murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| July 28, 1979 |
Police find the remains of two bodies, Edward Hope Smith and a friend, 14-year old Alfred Evans
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| September 4, 1979 |
14-year old Milton Harvey disappears while on an errand for his mother. His bike is found a week later in a remote area of Atlanta. His body won't be found until November
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| October 21, 1979 |
9-year Yusef Bell disappears. His body will be found on November 8
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| March 4, 1980 |
12-year old Angel Lenair doesn't come home as expected. Her body is discovered on March 10. She may have been assaulted.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| March 11, 1980 |
10-year old Jeffrey Mathis disappears. By the time his body is found 11 months later it is impossible to determine the cause of death
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| May 18, 1980 |
Eric Middlebrooks vanishes. His body is found the next day.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| June 9, 1980 |
Chris Richardson, 12, is missing, never returning after a trip to a nearby swimming pool.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| June 22, 1980 |
Latonya Wilson is taken from her home. She is the second girl missing.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| June 23, 1980 |
Aaron Wyche, 10, is added to the list of Atlanta Child Murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| July 6, 1980 |
Anthony Carter, 9, vanishes while playing near his home. His body is recovered the next day, dead from multiple knife wounds.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| August 14, 1980 |
Atlanta Police form a task force to investigate and analyze the evidence in the string of child murders that has occurred in the city
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| August 20, 1980 |
Clifford Jones, 13, strangled.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| September 14, 1980 |
Darren Glass, 11, is missing. His body is never found.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| October 9, 1980 |
Charles Stephens, 12, strangled.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| November 1, 1980 |
Aaron Jackson, 9, reported missing. His body is found the following day, dead from asphyxiation
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| November 6, 1980 |
The Attorney General directs the FBI to join the investigation of missing and murdered children in the Atlanta, Georgia area.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| January 3, 1981 |
Lubie Geter, 14, strangled
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| January 22, 1981 |
Terry Pue, 15, strangled
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| February 6, 1981 |
Patrick Baltazar, 12, strangled.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| February 19, 1981 |
Curtis Walker, 13, strangled
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| March 2, 1981 |
Jo-Jo Bell, 16, strangled.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| March 11, 1981 |
Timothy Hill is missing. His body will be found on March 30, strangled
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| March 13, 1981 |
President Reagan announces additional federal aid for the murdered and missing youth in Atlanta
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| April 21, 1981 |
CORE Director Ray Innis claims to have a photo of the Atlanta child killer
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| April 23, 1981 |
Atlanta Public Safety Commissioner Lee Brown clears the man identified by CORE Director Ray Innis as a suspect in the Atlanta Child Murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| May 22, 1981 |
Hearing a splash on the James Jackson Parkway (Cobb Drive) bridge, police stop a car driven by Wayne Williams and question the susect.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| May 24, 1981 |
The body of Nathaniel Cater, 27, is discovered on the banks of the Chattahoochee, downstream from the James Jackson bridge
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| June 21, 1981 |
Wayne William is arrested, charged with the murders of Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Payne, the last of the Atlanta Child Murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| December 28, 1981 |
Trial begins for Wayne Williams, accused murderer who is charged with committing the Atlanta Child Murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| December 28, 1981 |
Trial begins for Wayne Williams, accused murderer who is charged with committing the Atlanta Child Murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| January 4, 1982 |
Jury selection completed in the trial of Wayne Williams |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| January 6, 1982 |
District Attorney Lewis Slayton begins opening arguments in the trial of Wayne Williams |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| January 8, 1982 |
First witnesses are called in the Wayne Williams trial |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| January 19, 1982 |
Controversial fiber evidence introduced by Lewis Slayton in the Wayne Williams Atlanta Child Murders Trial is ruled admissible by Judge Clarence Cooper. Today this type of evidence is normally admitted. |
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Clarence Cooper |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| January 25, 1982 |
Judge Clarence Cooper allows testimony linking Wayne Williams to murders other than the two he is charged with. |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
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Clarence Cooper |
| February 4, 1982 |
Fulton County District Attorney Lewis Slayton rests in the case against Wayne Williams. |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| February 24, 1982 |
Following almost two months of trial, the defense rests in the Wayne Williams case. |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| February 27, 1982 |
Wayne Williams found guilty in Atlanta Child murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| May 6, 2005 |
Dekalb County Police Chief Louis Graham re-opens the case against Wayne Williams. |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
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DeKalb County, Georgia |
Wayne Williams terrorized Atlanta's African-American neighborhoods for two years in what became known as the Atlanta Child Murder case.
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