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The Atlanta Child Murders
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The Atlanta Child Murders

2001-01-01 · 45 min · Not rated

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.

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Bill KurtisBill KurtisNarrator (voice)
Wayne WilliamsSelf (archive footage)
Camille BellSelf (archive footage)
Willie Mae MathisSelf
Bernard HeadleySelf
Lee BrownSelf
Paul CrawleySelf
Joseph LowerySelf
John DouglasJohn DouglasSelf
Mary WelcomeSelf
Jack MallardSelf
Billy Joe WhitakerSelf
Sidney DorseySelf

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