Wayne Williams (1958-) was born and raised in the neighborhood in Dixie Hills, in Atlanta. He was a good student and never repeated in year. At the end of secondary school, he showed great interest in becoming a journalist. He went on to work for two broadcasters. in radio stations and dreamed of being a music agent and producer.
in may in 1980, Williams was approached by police officers. He was walking next to the Chattahoochee River, and moments before, officers had heard the sound of a large object falling into the river. Quickly, however, Williams managed to be released – he presented an identity and a fake phone number. in contact. Two days later, the body in Nathaniel Carter, 27, was found in the river.
Williams became the prime suspect in a Serie in disappearances that took place in the region between 1979 and 1981. Most of the victims were black children, between 8 and 15 years old – but it was the older victims who ended up putting the serial killer behind bars. More in 30 disappearances were listed by the police, and the criminal, until then unknown, earned the nickname “Monster in Atlanta“.
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The killer’s main targets were boys with physical or mental disabilities or who he thought were homosexuals. Most of the time, he would beat them to death and/or asphyxiate them. Afterwards, he dumped the bodies in the river.
Certain in that Williams was guilty, the police began to follow him. As soon as possible, the police summoned Williams for a session on a detector. in lies… That he managed to dribble. Although he was not caught by the device, however, he ended up being reported by the car: stains in blood of the same blood type of Nathaniel Carter made it possible for the suspect to be arrested on July 21, 1981.
The serial killer was officially charged with the death in carter and in Jimmy Payne, 29 years old. In this second case, Williams ended up denounced by the dog itself: the forensics team found dog hair on Payne’s body. These small clues also helped connect Williams to other victims: fibers matching clothes, carpets and towels from the killer’s home were being discovered by forensic scientists.
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Williams was tried in 1982 – by this time, iInvestigations linked Williams to the end in more in 25 young people. Still, the evidence was sufficient to convict him only of death. in carter and in Payne.
In a final complication of the case, during the trial, another boy was found in Chattahoochee. The defense claimed that the real culprit was the racist group Ku Klux Klan.
Now 61, Wayne remains in the state penitentiary. in maximum security in Hancock, serving the two life sentences he was sentenced to.
SOURCES site TruTVvideo Court TV The Atlanta Child Murders and book The Atlanta Child Murders: The Night Stalker, in Jack Mallard