"BY
"BY THE
"BY THE TIME WE GET DONE, IT VERY WELL MAY BE CONFIRMED THAT HE IS THE MOST PROLIFIC
SERIAL KILLER IN AMERICAN
HISTORY." A FORMER CENTRAL
GEORGIA MAN....SERVING TIME
FOR THREE MU4@RDERS IN
CALIFORNIA... CONFESSED TO
KILLING MORE THAN 90
WOMEN...IN 14 DIFFERENT
STATES. MANY OF THE CASES
WENT UNSOLVED FOR DECADES...
INCLUDING IN MACON.
LITTLE FIRST STRUCK IN
MACON BACK IN SEPTEMBER 1977.
ACCORDING TO THE BIBB
SHERIFF....A WOMAN'S BODY WAS
FOUND AT A 4@HOME ON SUE
DRIVE...JUST OFF OF RIVERSIDE
DRIVE... THE HOMEOWNERS
DISCOVERED THE BODY AT THE
EDGE OF THE WOODS...AFTER
SMELLING A FOUL ODOR FOR 4@ABOU
A MONTH. BEYOND A SKETCH
OF THE WOMAN... HER IDENTITY
IS STILL UNKNOWN.
4@
OF THE WOMAN... HER IDENTITY IS STILL UNKNOWN. SHE ASKED ME... SHE SAID MAMA
I WANT ME SOME DAIRY QUEEN ICE
CREAM.SHE SAID I WANT 66 4@
CENTS. I SAID I DONT HAVE 66 4@
CENTS. I HAVE 5 DOLLARS I SAID @
YOU CAN GET IT AND GO TO THE
STORE. I GIVE HER THE 5
DOLLARS THE MAN PICKED HER UP
AT THE CORNER AND I HAVEN'T
SEEN HER SINCE
NEARLY
NEARLY 5
NEARLY 5 YEARS LATER... LITTLE STRUCK AGAIN. IN JULY 4@1982...18-YEAR-OLD
FREDONIA SMITH WENT MISSING
FROM 4@HER HOME ON WASHINGTON
AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN MACON.
ABOUT A MONTH
LATER....POLICE RESPONDED TO A
HOME ON MAGNOLIA STREET AFTER
A COUPLE FOUND 4@SMITH'S REMAIN
IN THEIR BACK YARD WHILE
CLEARING OUT AN OVERGROWN AREA.
4@
IN THEIR BACK YARD WHILE CLEARING OUT AN OVERGROWN AREA. @
IN THEIR BACK YARD WHILE CLEARING OUT AN OVERGROWN AREA. FOR YEARS... THE
QUESTIONS FREDONIA SMITH'S
FAMILY HAD ABOUT HER DEATH...
WENT UNANSWERED. BUT AS
ZACH MERCHANT 4@TELLS US.... TH
RECENT CONFESSION BROUGHT BOTH
CLOSURE AND SOME PAINFUL
MEMORIES FOR HER BROTHER.
WASHINGTON PARK IS 4@FAMILIAR
TERRITORY FOR EDDIE SMITHWE
USED TO PLAY IN THIS 4@PARK AS
KIDSBUT FOR DECADES...HE
AVOIDED ITYOU KNOW LIKE THIS
RIGHT HERE...BRING BACK A LOT
OF 4@MEMORIESMEMORIES...OF HIS
SISTER FREDONIA...FOUN4@D
STRANGLED TO DEATH...AND
HIDDEN JUST OUT OF SIGHT NEAR
WASHINGTON PARK...IN 19824@THE
DAY BEFORE THEY FOUND HER
BODY...ON 4@THE STAIRS RIGHT
THERE I WAS SITTING RIGHT 4@
THERE...HER BODY WAS RIGHT
BACK IN THIS AREAAT THE TIME,
SMITH'S MOM SAID ONE DAY THE
TRUTH WOULD COME OUTLORD KNOWS @
WHOEVER DID 4@THIS...GOD GOT HI
EYES ON YOU AND HE GON TAKE
CARE OF YOUIT TOOK 36
YEARS...BUT FINALLY...IT DID--
THANKS TO A PRISON CONFESSION
FROM SAMUEL LITTLE... THE
REVALATION WAS BITTERSWEET FOR
EDDIE...WHO FOR DECADES
THOUGHT SOMEONE ELSE KILLED
HIS SISTER.YOU KNOW WHO I'M
TALKING ABOUT. I DON'T WAN TO
CALL 4@YOUR NAME BUT EVERYTHING
POINTED TO YOU, AND THAT WAS
MY SISTER. 4@AND I REALLY FELT
LIKE YOU DID IT, AND YOU
DIDN'T. I 4@APOLOGIZEAND FOR
SOME...THE ANSWERS CAME TOO
LATEMY FATHER,
BROTHERS,
BROTHERS, THEY'RE ALL GONE. THEY 4@DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY 4@ DON'T...AT LEAST I WAS HERE TO
GET CLOSURESTILL...HE 4@WANTS T
FORGIVE. BUT AFTER THREE
DECADES OF PAIN...IT'S NOT
EASY SOME DAY, I CAN 4@TRULY SA
I FORGIVE HIM. RIGHT NOW I
WOULD REALLY LOVE TO PUT MY
HANDS AROUND HIS NECK AND LET
HIM SEE WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER
WOMENS FEELHE SAYS HE'LL GET
THERE EVENTUALLY...BUT THE
HURT HE STILL FEELS EVERY DAY?
EDDIE DOESN'T THINK THAT WILL
EVER LEAVE HIM. IN MACON,
ZACH MERCHANT 13WMAZ NEWS.
THE BIBB 4@SHERIFF'S OFFIC
SAYS THEY'RE STILL WORKING TO
IDENTIFY LITTLE'S OTHER MACON
VICTIM.
"AND MY OLDER SISTER I JUST 4@
WANT TO TO TELL HER I LOVE YOU
AND WE GOT IT DONE WE GOT IT
LITTLE'S
LITTLE'S CONFESSION... ALSO BROUGHT CLOSURE TO A LOUISIANA 4@FAMILY. BACK IN
JANUARY 1996... 24 YEAR OLD
MELISSA THOMAS WAS 4@FOUND
STRANGLED TO 4@DEATH IN A
GRAVEYARD. THE FAMILY
SAYS THEY STILL HAVE
QUESTIONS.4@.. BUT NOW HAVE