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>>> IT'S
>>> IT'S 11 O'CLOCK, AND WE'RE UP LATE WITH YOU.
>> EVERYONE I'M RON JONES. 4@
>> 28 KIDS AND TEENS KILLED
OVER A 3-YEAR PERIOD.
SINCE THE 1980S, THE INFAMOUS
ATLANTA CHILD MURDERS HAVE BEEN
BLAMED ON 1 MAN.
>> BUT MOMENTS AFTER WE AIRED
THE SECRET INVESTIGATION, IT
WAS 4@A KKK INVOLVEMENT AND GOT
CALL FROM A MAN WHO CLAIMED HE
WAS THE INFORMANT IN THE
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. AFTER VETIC HIS IDENTITY, WE
SAT DOWN 4@4@WITH HIM FOR THE F
TIME WHY THIS INSIDER BELIEVES
SOMEONE ELSE WAS BEHIND THE
ATLANTA CHILD MURDERS.
>> Reporter: WHAT COMPELLED YOU
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS TO COME
FORWARD?
FORWARD?
FORWARD? IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN 4@
WEIGHING HEAVY ON YOUR HEART?
>> I'M GETTING READY TO DIE.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS A MAN
WE'LL REFER TO AS LARRY.
WE'RE KEEPING HIS IDENTITY
UNDERCOVER BECAUSE HE FEARS
RETRIBUTION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE
ABOUT TO REVEAL.
HE SAYS HE LIVED A DOUBLE LIFE
AS A KLAN MEMBER OF THE KKK
DURING THE INVESTIGATION FILE.
IT SUGGESTED THAT THE KLAN
COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CHILD MURDERS.
CHILD MURDERS. >> IT'S THE MOST HEINOUS CRIME
4@
>> IT'S THE MOST HEINOUS CRIME COMMITTED IN THE NATION.
KILLING THOSE KIDS, WHAT HARM
4@DID THEY DO ANYBODY?
NONE.
NONE.
NONE. THE
NONE. THE MISSING MURDERED CHILDREN
HAS ALWAYS.
HAS ALWAYS. >> Reporter: STUCK 4@WITH YOU.
>> Reporter: DOCUMENTS STATE 4@
THAT INVESTIGATORS HAD AT LEAST
TWO STRATEGIC PLACED SOURCES.
LARRY SAYS HE BECAME ONE AFTER
A CLAN MEMBER APPROACHED HIM.
>> Reporter: SWEE ASKED ME IF I
A CLAN MEMBER APPROACHED HIM. >> Reporter: SWEE ASKED ME IF I@
WANTED TO JOIN THE KLAN.
>> Reporter: AND HE DID AS AN
UNDERCOVER A4@GENT.
UNDERCOVER A4@GENT. >> Reporter: AND THEN I WAS
ASKED TO BE 4@THE BODYGUARD OF
THE 4@KLAN 4@DRAGON.
>> Reporter: AFTER TELLING HIS
STORY, HE OUTLINED THE
INDIVIDUALS IN THE CLAIM CASES.
>> Reporter: AFTER ABOUT 45
MEETINGS, THE MISSING AND
MURDERED CHILDREN COME UP, AND
HE SAID WE GOT TO GET THEM.
WE GOT TO START A WAR.
>> Reporter: THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT THE 8100 FILE DETAILS.
WITHIN THE DOCUMENTS, LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS EXPLAIN
THAT THE INVESTIGATION WAS KEPT
SECRET AND SEALED AWAY FROM THE
PUBLIC DUE TO FEARS IT WOULD
CAUSE A RACE RIOT.
THEY FIRST REPORTED BACK ON THE
FILES BACK IN 1986, 4@AND WE
UNDERCOVERED IT RECENTLY.
>> Reporter: THE KLAN WASN'T
AFTER GIRLS.
AFTER GIRLS. THEY WERE AFTER MALES BECAUSE
MALES COULD CAUSE A LOT OF
PROBLEMS WHEN THEY GREW UP.
>> Reporter: HE SAID HE WORE
AUDIO RECORDING AFTER 10 HOURS.
DOCUMENTS SHOW IT WAS APPROVED
BY AUTHORITIES.
BY AUTHORITIES. >> A LOT OF RECORDS WERE
INTENTIONALLY DESTROYED BY
THESEIGEANCIES.
THESEIGEANCIES. THE AGEANCES.
THE AGEANCES. THEY DIDN'T 4@WANT THE PUBLIC T
KNOW.
KNOW.
KNOW. >>
KNOW. >> Reporter: HE'S RIGHT. 4@
WE CONFIRMED THAT ALL WIRE TAPS
WERE ALL DESTROYED.
>> HE SAID WHEN 4@WE WERE IN YE
TWO, THAT WE CAN QUIT.
WE CAN CLOSE IT UP.
>> Reporter: THEY SAY THEY
DESTROYED THE EVIDENCE ONCE
THEY DISMISSED A LINK TO THE
KLAN.
KLAN.
KLAN. DOCUMENTS STATE THAT 4@4@APD WA
ALSO INVOLVED IN 4@THE 8100 FIL
THEY SAY QUOTE, OUR
INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT
ENCOUNTERED FILES INVOLVING THE
KKK INVOLVEMENT.
KKK INVOLVEMENT. HE TALKED ABOUT ONE GUY WHO
BUMPED INTO A CLARN MEMBER'S
CAR.
CAR.
CAR. >>
CAR. >> Reporter: THEY REFERRED TO
HIM AS A KID WHO RAN INTO A 4@C
WITH A FOUR WHEELER OR
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. >> Reporter: AND IN 1981 HE WAS
FOUND DEAD.
FOUND DEAD. >> I HOPE THEY FOUND JUSTICE.
THEY'RE STILL HUMAN.
THEY STILL BLEED, AND THEY
HURT.
HURT.
HURT. >>
HURT. >> Reporter: I CAN HEAR IT IN
YOUR VOICE AND EMOTIONS THAT 4@
THIS IS A STORY THAT STAYED
WITH YOU.
WITH YOU.
WITH YOU. >> I CAN'T DO 4@NOTHING FOR THE
.
. >>
. >> BY
. >> BY THE WAY, WE REACHED OUT
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
LISTED IN THE 8100 TRIAL TO
HELP WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
WITH ALL OF THE TIME THAT
PASSED BY, SOME OF THEM HAVE
DIED. 4@
DIED. 4@
DIED. 4@ OTHERS DECLINED OUR REQUEST FOR
AN INTERVIEW.
AN INTERVIEW.