June 21, 1981

Atlanta Child Murders

In July 1979, two 14-year-old boys went missing. When police found the bodies of Edward Hope Smith and Alfred Evans, it began a two-year nightmare that held Atlanta in the grip of fear. A serial killer was on the loose, and in the end at least 28 children, teenagers, and adults were victims in what […]

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The story was chronicled in the 1985 TV miniseries The Atlanta Child Murders and the 2000 cable movie Who Killed Atlanta's Children?