Atlanta police said at the time he was responsible for most of the child murders. 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. Atlanta police, with assistance from other agencies, will review the cases to determine the condition of the evidence, whether it can be tested or retested and run through DNA databases. At the beginning of the trial, when Williams took the stand and was prosecuted, he remembered being scared and repeatedly stating that he did not know any of the victims when he was asked about his relationship with them. The committee said the panel will look into whether Santos "engaged in unlawful activity with Copyright 2023 Interactive One, LLC. 3. He was only described as a school teacher married to Wayne's mom forever. The testimony was however dismissed by the FBI because Cosby had a mental disorder that made him a slow thinker. document.querySelector("#google_image_div").addEventListener('click',function(){ [20], On March 21, 2019, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields announced that officials would re-test evidence from the murders, which will be gathered by the Atlanta Police Department, Fulton County District Attorney's Office, and Georgia Bureau of Investigation. }); eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), APD to reopen and retest evidence in Atlanta child murders case Theyre snatching children.. [2] The city of Atlanta imposed curfews, and parents in the city removed their children from school and forbade them from playing outside. Wayne Williams And The Mystery Of The Atlanta Child Murders When those dog hairs were sent to a genetics laboratory in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis, in 2007, the report said Sheba had the same DNA sequence. Teddy attended Therrell High. Talk Tonight (Atlanta Child Murders / Prugh Interview) Part 1. Williams' outburst was used as the closing statement for the trial. Williams' attorneys filed a habeas corpus document and it was denied. It said that DNA chain would be found in only 1 out of 100 dogs.