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>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. 11ALIVE IS WHERE ATLANTA
SPEAKS.
SPEAKS.
SPEAKS. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
USING THE HASHTAG OBLATE.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST TERRIFYING
TIMES FOR PARENTS AND KIDS HERE
IN ATLANTA.
IN ATLANTA. >> WE ARE 4@TALKING ABOUT THE
INFAMOUS CHILD MURDERS THAT
CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 29 AFRICAN-
AMERICAN CHILDREN.
AMERICAN CHILDREN. THERE ARE SUSPICIONS, BUT NO
ONE HAS BEEN CHARGED JUST YET.
30 YEARS LATER THERE IS NO
JUSTICE FOR THOSE FAMILIES.
>> WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO
TAKE THOSE ADVANCEMENTS AND SEE
IF ANY FURTHER ANALYSIS CAN BE
CONDUCTED ON THE PROPERTY AND
EVIDENCE THAT WAS COLLECTED 40
YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO. THE FAMILIES DESERVE TO FIND
CLOSURE.
CLOSURE.
CLOSURE. >> THIS TERRIBLE MYSTERY HELD
THE CITY IN FEAR FOR YEARS AND
INFLUENCED A GENERATION OF
YOUNG ATLANTANS.
YOUNG ATLANTANS. CASE AMONG THOSE, MAYOR KEISHA @
LANCE BOTTOMS , HERSELF A CHILD
AT THE TIME.
SHE SAYS IT WAS ONE PARTICULAR
STORY THAT PUT THESE CASES BACK
ON HER RADAR.
>> I AM GRATEFUL TO YOU AND I
AM GRATEFUL TO SO MANY OTHERS
WHO ARE CONTINUING TO KEEP THIS
TOP OF MIND 4@FOR US.
IT IS A PIECE OF OUR CITY'S
HISTORY THAT 40 YEARS LATER IT
IS REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT
IN AMERICA, THAT IN ATLANTA,
THAT BLACK CHILDREN COULD BE
TAKEN.
TAKEN.
TAKEN. >>4@ TO PUT THIS INTO
PERSPECTIVE, LANE WILLIAMS WAS @
CONVICTED IN 1982 FOR THE
MURDER OF TWO ADULT.
HE WAS CONNECTED TO4@ BUT WAS
NEVER TRIED FOR THE MURDER OF
THOSE CHILDREN'S.
THOSE CHILDREN'S. >> TONIGHT OUR REPORTER SPOKE
WITH A MAN WHO THINKS THERE IS
ENOUGH EVIDENCE OUT THERE TO
CONVICT WILLIAMS.
CONVICT WILLIAMS. TOOK THE PROSECUTOR I TALKED
WITH TONIGHT SAYS FIBER
EVIDENCE,
EVIDENCE,
EVIDENCE, >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR I
TALKED WITH TONIGHT SAYS FIBER
EVIDENCE, AND CONFLICTING
STORIES TIE HIM TO THE CHILD 4@
MURD4@ERS.
MURD4@ERS. AND FOLDERS OF NEWSPAPER
CLIPPINGS AND HEADLINES OF THE
ATLANTA CHILD MURDERS, SOME
FROM AS FAR AS YOUR.
>> I 4@SOUGHT IN PARIS.
>> Reporter: JOSEPH CLIPPED
ARTICLES WHILE ON VACATION IN
1981 AS THE MURDERS ADDED UP. 4@
HE WAS ON THE TEAM THAT
PROSECUTED WILLIAMS IN 1982.
>> I 4@DID PRESENTATIONS OVER T
YEARS TELLING PEOPLE THE
EVIDENCE, AND THEY ARE AMAZED
AT HOW MUCH EVIDENCE IT THERE
WAS AND HOW WAS POWERFUL IT
WAS.
WAS.
WAS. >>
WAS. >> Reporter: THEY FOUND WILLIAM@
GUILTY OF MURDERING TWO ADULTS.
HE WAS NEVER CHARGE FOR THE
CHILD MURDERS.
CHILD MURDERS. HE SAYS THEY -- UP 4@PATTERN.
ON SOME CHILD VICTIMS, FIBERS
WERE FOUND FROM WILLIAMS HOME
AND ALSO THE CAR HE DROVE AT 4@
THE TIME OF A GIVEN 4@MURDER.
>> HE HAD FIBERS THAT WERE
COMING FROM HIS HOME
ENVIRONMENT.
ENVIRONMENT. AND THEN YOU HAD FIBERS COMING
FROM THESE CARS AS HE CHANGED
CARS.
CARS.
CARS. IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN THAT.
MATTER-OF-FACT IT'S VIRTUALLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN THAT.
>> Reporter: OVER THE YEARS,
THE EVIDENCE POINTING TO
WILLIAMS AS HE SUSPECTED
ATLANTA CHILD KILLER BECAME
STRONGER.
STRONGER.
STRONGER. THEY TESTED HAIRS FOUND ON A
VICTIM FOUND IN 19814@.
>> IT HAD THE SAME
MITOCHONDRIAL DA THAT WILLIAMS
HAD.
HAD.
HAD. >>
HAD. >> Reporter: HE NOW HOPES TO4@4
PUSH DISCUSSION OF THE EVIDENCE
TO BRING CLOSURE.
>> IT HAS BEEN 35-40 YEARS AND
THEY ARE STILL WONDERING WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >>4@ SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE SO
CLOSE TO THIS CASE STILL SAY
THEY THINK ABOUT IT ALL THE
TIME, EVEN BEFORE THIS DATE.
>> THEY DO.
HE SAID HE SPENT 20 YEARS AT
THE DAS OFFICE.
HE SAYS IT WILL THE BIGGEST
CASE HE EVER WORKED ON.
HE SAID THAT FIBER EVIDENCE IS
THE BEST EXAMPLE OF