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title: "Wayne Williams: the Atlanta Child Killer"
description: "The full story of Wayne Williams and the Atlanta Child Murders that terrorized Georgia from 1979 to 1981, including the investigation, trial, and ongoing questions about his guilt."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/wayne-williams-atlanta-child-killer.md
canonical: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/wayne-williams-atlanta-child-killer
datePublished: 2025-02-18
dateModified: 2026-07-28
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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summaryUrl: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/wayne-williams-atlanta-child-killer.md.summary.md
---

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The full story of Wayne Williams and the Atlanta Child Murders that terrorized Georgia from 1979 to 1981, including the investigation, trial, and ongoing questions about his guilt.
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