The Atlanta Child Murders

Bibliography

There are three full-length books on this case:

Baldwin, James, The Evidence of Things Not Seen. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985.

Dettlinger, Chet, and Prugh, Jeff, The List. Atlanta: Philmay Enterprises, 1983.  Unfortunately, the book is out of print and not easy to find.

Headley, Bernard, The Atlanta Youth Murders and the Politics of Race. Southern Illinois University Press, 1998.

The FBI has put its thousands of pages of files on this case on the Internet through the auspices of the Freedom of Information Act:

Extensive coverage during the murders can be found in the Atlanta Constitution and the Atlanta Journal.

Washington Post writer Art Harris wrote a number of articles on the case throughout 1981 and 1982

Bibliography for chapter 42 and 43

Associated Press (June 22, 2006). State asks judge to turn down Williams' latest conviction challenge.

Associated Press (June 9, 2006). Papers Sought in Ga. Child Killings.

David Simpson (June 20, 2006). DeKalb drops 'Atlanta child murder' investigation. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Harry R. Webber (June 17, 2005). File in Ga. Child Murders Center of Fight. Associated Press Online.

Harry R. Webber (August 6, 2005). NA Gen US Atlanta Child Killings, 1^st Ld-writethru. Associated Press.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (June 22, 2006). Child murders given ample inquiry.

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1. Setting the Stage
2. The Looming Crisis
3. Ominous Beginning
4. Two More Boys
5. End to the Lull
6. Jefferey
7. A Murderous Rampage
8. STOP
9. Ransom
10. Witnesses to Murder
11. The List
12. Making Sense of the Crisis
13. No End In Sight
14. Links
15. A Murderous Change of Pace
16. The Jo-Jo Connection
17. Chaos
18. A Deadly April
19. The Last to Make the List
20. Dettlinger and His Map
21. A Splash From the Bridge
22. Wayne Bertram Williams
23. Up to No Good
24. Building the Case
25. Pulling it Together
26. Gearing Up
27. The Trial
28. Patterns
29. Damaging Testimony
30. Mounting Evidence
31. On the Stand
32. Going Down!
33. Fiber Analysis
34. Under a Microscope
35. Challenging Evidence
36. Probability
37. Reasonable Doubts
38. Unfair Trial?
39. Race War?
40. More Than One
41. A New Investigation in 2005
42. New Chapter 2006 — Ku Klux Klan Connection
43. New Chapter 2006 — The Child Molester Theory
44. Bibliography