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Atlanta Child Murder Cases March

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@ Atlanta History Center

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View of participants marching to demonstrate public concern regarding the Atlanta child murder cases, including Coretta Scott King (center), on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.The Atlanta Missing and Murdered Children case pertains to a series of murders committed in Atlanta, Georgia from 1979-1981 during which 29 African-American children and young adults were killed. In 1981 Police arrested Wayne Bertram Williams and in 1982 Williams was found guilty of 2 of the 29 murders. The remaining murders were closed, although the case was opened in 2005, and re closed in 2006. In 2007 a DNA test was done on evidence from the case but results were considered inconclusive, and Williams' sentence was not changed.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia