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The Atlanta murders of 1979–1981, sometimes called the Atlanta child murders, are 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.
In a February 10, 1985 review of The Atlanta Child Murders, the New York Times questioned whether the program should have been made at all, calling it "an irresponsible piece of work." [22] In 2000, Showtime aired a similarly-themed movie entitled Echo of Murder, starring James Belushi and Gregory Hines.
Williams first became a suspect in the Atlanta murders on the morning of May 22, 1981, when a police surveillance team, watching the James Jackson Parkway Bridge spanning the Chattahoochee River (a spot where multiple bodies had been discovered previously), heard a "big loud splash", suggesting that something had been thrown from the bridge into the river below.
Each child was held alive from 4 to 19 days before being killed. The boys were sexually assaulted. Their deaths triggered a murder investigation which at the time was the largest in U.S. history. [20] The murders are still unsolved. Randall Reffett: May 14, 1976 15 Chicago, Illinois Solved Victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. [21] Samuel ...
As HBO's 'Atlanta's Missing and Murdered' series digs into the slayings, the city is moving to honor the victims and take a new look at the evidence. Atlanta's Mayor Re-Examines the Child Murders ...
The Evidence of Things Not Seen is a book-length essay by James Baldwin, published in 1985 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston.The book covers the Atlanta murders of 1979–1981, often called the Atlanta child murders, and examines race relations and other social and cultural issues in Atlanta.
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