A mystery killer stalked black communities in Atlanta in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Kids of all ages were A mystery killer stalked black communities in Atlanta in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Kids of all ages were disappearing one by one, and then turning up dead days or weeks later.

They became known as the Atlanta child murders.

An Atlanta local named Wayne Williams was eventually detained by police in connection with

these disappearances and murders. Although Williams was implicated in 29 killings, he was only

ever found guilty of two of them. And the most weird part about that is that of the two he was

convicted of. They weren't children. He's in prison for killing

two adults. Despite the fact that the killing stopped after Williams was detained, some people,

including some of the families of the victims, think that Williams was not the perpetrator

of the Atlanta child murders. In 2019, the story was dramatized in the Netflix

series Mine Hunter. The genuine Atlanta murders case was also reopened in the same year

in an effort to learn more information. But let's rewind to the beginning. The first body

connected to the Atlanta Child Murder's investigation was found on a warm summer day in July 1979.

Alfred Evans, a 13-year-old boy, was discovered barefoot and shirtless in a deserted lot,

three days after he vanished.

Alfred had been strangled to death.

Police couldn't help but notice a foul odor coming from some adjacent overgrown foliage

as they were investigating Alfred's crime scene.

They came across another dead child.

Edward Smith, a 14-year-old African-American boy.

Edward had been murdered by gunshot,

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