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1. When did the murders begin?
2. What were the names of the first two victims?
3. During this time many people believed the murders to be racially motivated and conducted by the Ku Klux Klan?
4. What was the name of the first female victim?
5. What kind of car was murder victim, Jefferey Mathis, last seen in on the night he disappeared?
6. On July 22, 1980, a child was taken from his or her house. What was the name of that child?
7. Camille Bell, Willie Mae Mathis, Venus Taylor, and Reverend Earl Carroll formed a committee to try to put a stop to the crimes. What was the name of the committee?
8. When murder victim Earl Terrell disappeared, police thought they had a suspect. They centered their investigation on a pedophile, but eventually the man was cleared. What was the name of the pedophile?
9. What was the one thing that connected all the murder victims?
10. When did Mayor Maynard Jackson issue a citywide curfew?
11. On Friday, May 22, 1981, police were staking out The James Jackson Parkway Bridge in an effort to monitor suspicious behavior, when they saw a station wagon drive pass them and stop. Police say they heard a splash from the bridge during this time, and when the wagon started to drive pass them again, they stopped the wagon. The driver of the station wagon was Wayne Williams?
12. What was the suburb called where Wayne and his family lived?
13. In 1976, what crime was Wayne Williams arrested for, but never charged with?
14. On May 24, 1981, a body was found floating in the Chattahoochee River. What was the name of this man?
15. Witnesses came forward to say that the victim found floating in the Chattahoochee River was seen after Wayne Williams was supposed to have killed him?
16. Wayne Williams given five separate polygraph tests.
17. When did Wayne Williams' murder trial begin?
18. In the trial it was found out that Wayne Williams lied to the F.B.I. about his whereabouts on the night he was arrested?
19. What was the jury's verdict?
20. In what year was a five hour CBS docudrama entitled "The Atlanta Child Murders" first aired?
21. Each year, new scientific tests come out to help those falsely accused of a crime, and to help the police in apprehending the right person. What scientific tests are Wayne Williams and his lawyers seeking?
22. What is the name of the Klan member who told a police informant that the Ku Klux Klan was trying to begin a race war by killing black children?
23. After Williams was arrested, children and adults were still being abducted and killed in Atlanta?
24. In December 1983, Supreme Court Justice, Richard Bell, went on record stating what?
25. What important decision was made in July 1999?
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