The Atlanta Child Murders

The Atlanta murders of 1979–1981, sometimes called the Atlanta child murders, were a series of murders committed in Atlanta, Georgia, between July 1979 and May 1981. Over the two-year period, at least 28 children, adolescents, and adults were killed. Wayne Williams, an Atlanta native who was 23 years old at the time of the last murder, was arrested, tried, and convicted of two of the adult murders and sentenced to two consecutive life terms.

• Mary BoylanWriter

• Bill KurtisNarrator (voice)
• Wayne WilliamsSelf (archive footage)
• Camille BellSelf (archive footage)
• Willie Mae MathisSelf
• Bernard HeadleySelf
• Lee BrownSelf
• Paul CrawleySelf
• Joseph LowerySelf
• John DouglasSelf
• Mary WelcomeSelf
• Jack MallardSelf
• Billy Joe WhitakerSelf