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One of my hobbys that I like to do is study parallel murders that went on during the time a seriel killer was on the loose.
Well during the ATL Child Murders the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) was investigating church burnings. An informant told Kobb County Police that some of the men were overheard saying that they killed a few of black boys and kidnapped a little girl out of her home. The lead was never followed up on because the lead investigator's father over the church burnings was secretly part of the KKK.
Furthermore, the informant also said that one of the white men sold Wayne Williams weeed, and did live in an area with a high number children and allowed them to smoke weed with him. The funny thing is ATL Police did not catch Wayne Williams...it was a tip by GBI.
Just interesting....also....once Wayne Williams was caught the church burnings mysteriously stopped during THAT time.
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ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Lawyers for convicted killer Wayne Williams, blamed for the murder of two dozen boys and young men in the late 1970s and early '80s, are seeking police documents about a child molester who lived in the area.
In an appeal of a federal judge's rejection of Williams' challenge to his incarceration, his lawyers are asking for the right to subpoena police files containing information about the molester.
The court papers made public Friday don't name the man, but they say he is a convicted multiple child molester currently serving time in a Georgia prison. They also allege that investigators knew the man was a viable suspect in the child murders but never told defense attorneys.
Evidence about the man resurfaced within the last year after a former police chief in DeKalb County, near Atlanta, reopened the investigation into five killings, the court papers say.
"A profound miscarriage of justice has occurred in this matter, which not only has kept (Williams) behind bars for a majority of his adult life, but also which kept a blind eye to bringing the real killers of these many victims to justice," the lawyers wrote in the motion.
A spokeswoman for the state Attorney General's Office did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Between 1979 and 1981, 29 black boys and young men were killed in the Atlanta area, sparking fear throughout the region.
Williams was convicted in 1982 of murdering Jimmy Ray Payne, 21, and Nathaniel Cater, 27, and sentenced to two consecutive life terms.
Evidence of a pattern of conduct in 12 of the murders was used in his trial. Afterward, officials declared Williams responsible for 22 other deaths, and those cases were closed.
Williams, who is black, has contended that he was framed. He has maintained that Atlanta officials covered up evidence of Ku Klux Klan involvement in the killings to avoid a race war in the city, a claim investigators have denied.
In a telephone interview from prison last month with The Associated Press, Williams said he is confident about his prospects after more than 20 years in prison.
"I'll say this 100 times. It should be obvious right now of my innocence," he said.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
One of my hobbys that I like to do is study parallel murders that went on during the time a seriel killer was on the loose.
Well during the ATL Child Murders the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) was investigating church burnings. An informant told Kobb County Police that some of the men were overheard saying that they killed a few of black boys and kidnapped a little girl out of her home. The lead was never followed up on because the lead investigator's father over the church burnings was secretly part of the KKK.
Furthermore, the informant also said that one of the white men sold Wayne Williams weeed, and did live in an area with a high number children and allowed them to smoke weed with him. The funny thing is ATL Police did not catch Wayne Williams...it was a tip by GBI.
Just interesting....also....once Wayne Williams was caught the church burnings mysteriously stopped during THAT time.
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ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Lawyers for convicted killer Wayne Williams, blamed for the murder of two dozen boys and young men in the late 1970s and early '80s, are seeking police documents about a child molester who lived in the area.
In an appeal of a federal judge's rejection of Williams' challenge to his incarceration, his lawyers are asking for the right to subpoena police files containing information about the molester.
The court papers made public Friday don't name the man, but they say he is a convicted multiple child molester currently serving time in a Georgia prison. They also allege that investigators knew the man was a viable suspect in the child murders but never told defense attorneys.
Evidence about the man resurfaced within the last year after a former police chief in DeKalb County, near Atlanta, reopened the investigation into five killings, the court papers say.
"A profound miscarriage of justice has occurred in this matter, which not only has kept (Williams) behind bars for a majority of his adult life, but also which kept a blind eye to bringing the real killers of these many victims to justice," the lawyers wrote in the motion.
A spokeswoman for the state Attorney General's Office did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Between 1979 and 1981, 29 black boys and young men were killed in the Atlanta area, sparking fear throughout the region.
Williams was convicted in 1982 of murdering Jimmy Ray Payne, 21, and Nathaniel Cater, 27, and sentenced to two consecutive life terms.
Evidence of a pattern of conduct in 12 of the murders was used in his trial. Afterward, officials declared Williams responsible for 22 other deaths, and those cases were closed.
Williams, who is black, has contended that he was framed. He has maintained that Atlanta officials covered up evidence of Ku Klux Klan involvement in the killings to avoid a race war in the city, a claim investigators have denied.
In a telephone interview from prison last month with The Associated Press, Williams said he is confident about his prospects after more than 20 years in prison.
"I'll say this 100 times. It should be obvious right now of my innocence," he said.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.