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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-03-10 02:15 AM
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DNA test strengthens Atlanta child killings case (CNN)
By Jim Polk, CNN
September 2, 2010 12:55 p.m. EDT

Editor's note: A real-life whodunit. You weigh the evidence -- you decide. The Atlanta child murders terrorized Georgia's largest city from 1979 to 1981, leaving 29 dead. Wayne Williams was convicted of two of the murders and sentenced to two consecutive life prison terms, yet questions remain. Tune in to CNN's special investigation "The Atlanta Child Murders" Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. ET.

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Almost 30 years ago, when Wayne Williams went on trial in two deaths that became known as the Atlanta child murders, DNA testing was not yet a staple of courtroom science.

Now it is. And new results have implicated Williams in the death of at least one 11-year-old victim.

When Patrick Baltazar's body was found dumped down a wooded slope behind an office park on February 13, 1981, a forensic scientist discovered two human scalp hairs inside the boy's shirt.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/09/williams.dna.test/index.html
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-03-10 03:44 AM
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1. That case will forever haunt Atlantans...
I remember it and how much doubt had been cast, given Williams had never been charged and tried on the majority of the child murders... Hopefully this will give some peace to the families of those who died and were never really given the individual justice they deserved.
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