Movie

The Atlanta Child Murders

2001 0h 45m Released

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The Atlanta murders of 1979–1981, sometimes called the Atlanta child murders, were a series of murders committed in Atlanta, Georgia, between July 1979 and May 1981. Over the two-year period, at least 28 children, adolescents, and adults were killed. Wayne Williams, an Atlanta native who was 23 years old at the time of the last murder, was arrested, tried, and convicted of two of the adult murders and sentenced to two consecutive life terms.

Cast

Bill Kurtis Narrator (voice) W Wayne Williams Self (archive footage) C Camille Bell Self (archive footage) W Willie Mae Mathis Self B Bernard Headley Self L Lee Brown Self