The Atlanta Child Murders
2001-01-01
2001
45m
Documentary
Crime
TV Movie
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)
Wayne Williams
Self (archive footage)
Camille Bell
Self (archive footage)
Willie Mae Mathis
Self
Bernard Headley
Self
Lee Brown
Self
Paul Crawley
Self
Joseph Lowery
Self
John Douglas
Self
Mary Welcome
Self