IT’S TIME FOR
THE TRUTH
DISCOVER THE FACTS
You think you know what happened, but do you really…
More than 40 years after Wayne Williams was convicted for the murders of two adults during the so-called Atlanta Missing and Murdered Children's crisis, there are growing calls for his release.
This comes as new revelations about the mishandling of official investigations, suppressed information about critical evidence, other suspects, and newly discovered evidence points to Williams’s innocence.
In addition, there is renewed interest in recent disclosures of FBI misconduct in many cases dating before 1978 by the U.S. Department of Justice. This includes the misrepresentation of evidence by lab technicians and false testimony by FBI witnesses during many trials across the country, including that of Williams.
THREE FACTS
There are three facts about the Wayne Williams case that are the main sources of lingering misconceptions fueled by official and media distortions:
1. Wayne Williams was not charged with the murder of even one single child. He was convicted of the murders of 28-year-old Nathaniel Cater and 21-year-old Jimmy Ray Payne. The parents of both Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne have publicly stated they do not believe that Wayne Williams is responsible for the death of their sons.
2. Wayne Williams' car never stopped when driving over the Jackson Parkway Bridge, nor was he seen throwing anything into the river. Based on his physical size and the structure of the bridge, it is not possible for him to have thrown a body out of his car, over the bridge, while driving.
3. The City of Atlanta and Fulton County District Attorney's office stopped investigating the murder and disappearance of 28 young black males immediately after Wayne Williams was convicted. The cases were closed, Wayne Williams was blamed for their murders ( but never charged or convicted) and the victim's families were never given answers regarding what happened to their children.
LEARN MORE ABOUT WAYNE’S CASE
Take a deeper dive and learn about the FBI file pages that were kept hidden until 2019, and the confession by KKK member Charles Sanders that the FBI admitted destroying.
Wayne is represented by Janis Mann, JD of the Mann Law Group
