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Wayne Bertram Williams (born May 27, 1958) is an American convicted murderer and suspected serial killer who is serving life imprisonment for the 1981 killings of two men in Atlanta, Georgia.
Oct 14, 2023 · The infamous Atlanta Child Murders took place between 1979 and 1981 — and ended with Wayne Williams' arrest and conviction. But was justice really served? Wayne Williams was convicted for the murder of two young men but was largely assumed to be responsible for the murder spree of some 28 children and teens between 1979 and 1981.
Jul 17, 2021 · Wayne Williams, considered a prime suspect in the murder of dozens of children, was convicted in 1982 of the murder of Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne, both adults whose bodies were discovered in...
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.
Apr 2, 2014 · Wayne Williams is suspected of murdering more than 20 Black youths from 1979 to 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Oct 17, 2022 · The Wayne Williams trial in 1982 was a different world. There were no cameras in the courtroom. Now, our I-Team has been given exclusive access to the trial evidence and for the first time you...
Apr 30, 2019 · In 1982, Wayne Williams was convicted of killing two adults. Police suspected that he was also responsible for most of the child murders, as well as the killings of four young adults.
Oct 20, 2021 · That technology for DNA testing was not available in 1982—when a jury found 23-year-old Wayne Williams guilty of two of the killings. But to this day, some remain skeptical that Williams was responsible for all the deaths of dozens of Black children across Atlanta.
Forty years ago this week, freelance television cameraman and music promoter Wayne Williams was taken into custody and charged with murdering 27-year-old Nathaniel Cater. The killings...
Apr 3, 2020 · Wayne Williams was convicted of murdering two men in 1982, and he is currently serving two consecutive life sentences in the Hancock State Prison in Georgia.
