Wayne Williams Biography

n the 1970s experience had taught the Atlanta police department to expect about eight child murders a year - usually within families and usually quickly solved. But, in 1979, they realised that they were dealing with a serial killer, who preyed on young black children aged between 7 and 14. Before the nightmare was ended, with the arrest of 23-year-old Wayne Williams, in May 1981, there had been 28 victims, and a full-scale national manhunt.