Serial Killers
Wayne Williams and Lainz Angels of Death
Wayne Bertram Williams
Early Life
Profile
From October 1979 to May 1981, Williams killed twenty-seven black youths, mostly boys between the ages of 7 and 14, in Atlanta. The disappearance of the boys from their black neighborhoods launched a full-scale manhunt. He also killed 6 that were in their 20s. His only encounter with the law prior to becoming a murder suspect was in 1976, when he was arrested for impersonating a police officer but he was never convicted for that. Later Williams narrowly escaped capture on May 22, 1981, when police heard someone dumping something in the Chattahoochee River. Twenty-two-year-old Williams was found climbing into a station wagon, was questioned, and then allowed to go. But when a body turned up in the river a week later, police talked to Williams again. Fibers found on the victim matched those found in William's car, and he was arrested on June 21, 1981. At trial, Williams was found guilty and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment. After the trial, doubts were raised about his guilt, and many consider the case unsolved.
Method of murder- strangulation/suffocation
Child Victims Only
Edward Smith Age 14 Date of Disappearance July 21, 1979
Alfred Evans Age 13 Date of Disappearance July 25, 1979
Milton Harvey Age 14 Date of Disappearance September 4, 1979
Yusef Bell Age 9 Date of Disappearance October 21, 1979
Angel Lenair Age 12 Date of Disappearance March 4, 1980
Jeffery Mathis Age10 Date of Disappearance March 11, 1980
Eric Middlebrooks Age 14 Date of Disappearance May 18, 1980
Chris Richardson Age 12 Date of Disappearance June 9, 1980
Latonya Wilson Age 7 Date of Disappearance June 22, 1980
Aaron Wyche Age 10 Date of Disappearance June 23, 1980
Anthony Carter Age 9 Date of Disappearance July 6, 1980
Earl Terell Age 11 Date of Disappearance July 30, 1980
Clifford Jones Age 13 Date of Disappearance August 20, 1980
Darren Glass Age 10 Date of Disappearance September 14, 1980
Charles Stephens Age 12 Date of Disappearance October 9, 1980
Aaron Jackson Age 9 Date of Disappearance November 1, 1980
Patrick Rogers Age 16 Date of Disappearance November 10, 1980
Lubie Geter Age 14 Date of Disappearance January 3, 1981
Terry Pue Age 15 Date of Disappearance January 22, 1981
Patrick Baltazar Age 11 Date of Disappearance February 6, 1981
Curtis Walker Age 15 Date of Disappearance February 19, 1981
Joseph Bell Age 15 Date of Disappearance March 2, 1981
Timothy Hill Age 13 Date of Disappearance March 13, 1981