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Wayne Williams Conviction Review

Status Partially Solved
Type Serial Killer Victims
Date 1979 – 1981
Location Atlanta, Georgia
Victim Age Unknown
Gender Multiple

Wayne Williams was convicted in 1982 of two adult murders during the Atlanta Child Murders era. Atlanta police attributed most of the child deaths to him despite no direct evidence. In 2019, Atlanta reopened the investigation after DNA evidence was reexamined. The case remains partially solved.

Wayne Williams Conviction Review is documented in the ColdCaseIndex database as a serial-homicide case in Atlanta, Georgia. The events are dated to 1979 – 1981. The case involves more than one victim. The last known information on record places the case at Various dates, Atlanta, GA.

Within the ColdCaseIndex taxonomy, Wayne Williams Conviction Review is filed under Serial Killer Victims with a status of Partially Solved. This entry is grouped under a confirmed or suspected serial perpetrator. The record is cross-referenced under the themes serial killer, Atlanta, Georgia, partially solved, DNA reexamination, which connect it to related cases across the database.

The Wayne Williams Conviction Review case is partially resolved: some elements have been established while significant questions remain open.

Primary jurisdiction for the Wayne Williams Conviction Review case rests with local law enforcement in Atlanta, supported by Georgia state investigative authorities. The case sits within a wider national picture: the U.S. homicide clearance rate has fallen from roughly 90% in the 1960s to about 54% today, and more than 346,000 homicides recorded since 1965 remain unsolved. ColdCaseIndex documents individual cases like this one to keep them publicly visible and searchable.

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Last Known Information
Various dates, Atlanta, GA
Date of Incident
1979 – 1981
Current Status
Partially Solved

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