Tayari's Blog: Update on the Atlanta Child Murders Case

Posted by TayariJones on June 9, 2006 06:50 PM
Filed under Current Events

As many of you know, my first novel, LEAVING ATLANTA, is about growing up in Atlanta during the Atlanta Child Murders. From 1979-1981 at least thirty African American children were murdered in my hometown. Well, there is a bit of recent activity in the case.
The CNN article has a sort of neutral title: "Conviction Disputed in Atlanta Child Murders Case." The AJC breaks it down a little bit more: "Attorney: Info Witheld in Wayne Williams Case."

From the AJC:

An attorney for convicted murderer Wayne Williams said Friday that a child molester now serving time in a Georgia prison may be connected to as many as 20 of the 22 killings his client was blamed for when he was convicted in 1982.

Of course, none of this could have come to light if Police Chief Louis Graham hadn't reopened the cases last year. My thoughts here and here.

(thx, jurgen)

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Comment #1, by Nikki [TypeKey Profile Page]

Even growing up in Detroit, my parents had us shook about going outside or even playing outside of our block because people were trying to do a copycat of the Atlanta Child Murders.

June 12, 2006 09:55 AM

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