![]() These killings created an ongoing atmosphere of terror in the Atlanta area and that terror overshadowed the childhood of author Tayari Jones, who was in fifth-grade at the time. ![]() ![]() The investigation was closed following the conviction of Wayne Bertram Williams for two of the murders in 1982 after the trial, law enforcement linked Williams to 20 more of the 29 murders, but many believe the murderer may never have been caught. A majority of the killings shared common details and several other killings deemed ‘unrelated’ at the time may have been victims of the same perpetrator. Between 19, approximately 29 African-American children, teens, and young adults-mostly boys-were kidnapped and murdered. In the summer of 1979, the bodies of fourteen-year-old Edward Smith and thirteen-year-old Alfred Adams were discovered in Atlanta, marking the beginning of what would become known as ‘The Atlanta Child Murders’. ![]()
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