If you barely got Ed Kemper out of your mind after the terrifying first season of Netflix's Mindhunter, you'll want to brace yourself for more chilling criminal investigations. In August, the twisty series is returning for a second season, this time tackling the tragic Atlanta Child Murders, during which at least 29 black children were kidnapped and murdered between 1979 and 1981. Officials unofficially claimed that then-23-year-old music producer Wayne Williams was likely responsible for the murders, but this conclusion has been widely contested. Keep reading to unpack the tragic case and its status today as the series tackles it four decades later.
How the Case Connects to the Series
In his book Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, former FBI profiler John E. Douglas, the inspiration for series protagonist Holden, wrote that "forensic and behavioral evidence points conclusively to Wayne Williams as the killer of eleven young men in Atlanta.
How the Case Connects to the Series
In his book Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, former FBI profiler John E. Douglas, the inspiration for series protagonist Holden, wrote that "forensic and behavioral evidence points conclusively to Wayne Williams as the killer of eleven young men in Atlanta.
- 5/15/2019
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
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