

Special Agent Douglas, however, felt that this wasn’t true, as a white killer would have been more conspicuous in the black communities that the children came from, and because serial killers generally kill within their own race. All of the victims were black, and many suspected that the murders were committed at the hands of the KKK Williams’ arrest seemed to make for a convenient cover-up, some alleged. Williams’ alleged connection to the Atlanta Child Murders, however, is controversial - and for many of the victims’ families, troubling. According to the New York Times, Williams maintains his complete innocence for all crimes suspected and convicted he is currently serving two life sentences in Telfair State Prison in Georgia for the Cater and Payne murders. During his trial for Cater and Payne’s murders, prosecutors tried to connect Williams to 10 of child victims, but he was only convicted of the murders of Cater and Payne.


Williams was arrested for the murders of Cater and Payne and, as a result, became the primary suspect in the Atlanta Child Murders.
