Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children — Season 1, Episode 5: Part 5
Documentary, Crime • 60 min • 1 season, 5 episodes • ★ 7.1/10
Episode synopsis
In the mid-1980s, Wayne Williams’ appeals attorney Lynn Whatley anonymously receives shocking new evidence connecting members of the Klan to the murders. An undercover informant and several investigators take the stand as a judge evaluates Williams’ plea for a retrial. Forty years after the murders began, the victims’ family members gather to grieve, discuss Williams’ guilt or innocence, and assert their unwavering commitment to finding out what really happened to their children. Series finale.
About Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
This docuseries explores the period between 1979 and 1981 when at least 30 African-American children and young adults disappeared or were murdered in Atlanta, Georgia.