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[officer 1 on radio] Hey, Jerry.
We're still down here.
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We got nothing on this side.
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Let me know what's happening over there
with you.
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[Jerry] Uh, yeah, we're at the, uh,
bridge up at Spring Street back here.
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Um, if we could get some more lights,
it'd be great.
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[motorcycle engine revs]
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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[helicopter blades whirring overhead]
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[indistinct radio chatter continues]
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[Holden] Campbell, anything?
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[Campbell] Negative.
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[Holden] Don't take your eyes
off the water
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until we get some boats down there.
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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[police sirens wailing in distance]
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[Holden sighs]
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Nothing.
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- Recruit's positive he heard a splash.
- We don't have a body, we can't hold him.
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[Holden] We can hold him
for as long as it takes
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to search his vehicle.
Maybe we find something in the car.
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[Tench] If he'll let us.
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[Barney]
The name isn't on this registration.
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- Why are you driving it?
- [Williams] It's my uncle's car.
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- [Tench] Why do you have it?
- [Williams] For work.
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[Barney] At three o'clock in the morning?
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I'm in the music business.
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Nighttime is the right time.
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Right time for what?
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You mind if we search your vehicle,
Mr. Williams?
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Sure. Go ahead.
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Log everything for evidence
that I find in this car.
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So you were out working
this late at night?
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[Williams] Well, I had to go pick up
a check. I'm a photographer.
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[Barney] I thought you said
you were in the music business.
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I'm a Renaissance man.
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- So, where are you headed, da Vinci?
- A woman's apartment.
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- Girlfriend?
- Don't have a girlfriend.
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So who is she?
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A Miss, uh, Cheryl Johnson.
She gave me her number.
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Said she's a singer worth hearing.
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Jacobs!
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Run down there, try this number for me.
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By the way, it ends in a four.
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My dad says my fours look like nines.
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[Jacobs] Okay.
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- Try 'em both.
- [Jacobs] Got it.
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If you don't have a girlfriend,
whose are these?
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My mother's. They're garbage.
I'm supposed to throw all those out.
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That what you were doing on the bridge,
throwing out garbage?
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I wasn't doing nothing but crossing it.
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We heard a splash when you drove over.
You throw something off?
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- You mean like a kid?
- [Tench] Yeah...
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like a kid.
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No, I did not.
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Do you own a dog, Mr. Williams?
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No, I do not.
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[Holden] Note the hair on the back seat
and on the floor mats.
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What's the rope for?
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With knots at both ends?
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And the gloves?
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Like I said, it's not my car.
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Mind if we talk
where it's more comfortable
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while they finish up?
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Log every piece of evidence.
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[choral version of theme music playing]
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[choral music overlaps]
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[theme music echoes and fades]
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So what makes Cheryl Johnson so special
you gotta hear her sing at 3:00 a.m.?
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Don't know yet. [sighs]
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We got a meeting in the morning,
but I decided to do a trial run
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so I'll know where to go.
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- [Tench] Where does she live?
- [Williams] In Smyrna.
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Church Street.
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The FBI hiding
under every bridge in Atlanta now?
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If you don't mind, Mr. Williams,
we'll ask the questions.
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I get it. Confidential.
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[Jacobs on radio] A-T-64. A-T-64.
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[Barney] A-T-64, go ahead.
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[Jacobs] The number
with the four is disconnected.
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With a nine, there's no answer.
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- Roger.
- That was the number she gave me.
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Got an actual address for her
on Church Street?
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[clicks tongue]
That's why I always get a phone number.
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Think I'll radio the admin agent.
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Let him know where we are with this.
Be right back.
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- [vehicles approaching]
- [sirens wailing]
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[Holden] What do you think
your uncle uses rope for?
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Don't know. He's got so much stuff
in there. I don't touch any of it.
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- How did you know why we pulled you over?
- You're the FBI in Atlanta. [scoffs]
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What else is it gonna be about?
It's all that's ever on TV.
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You follow the story closely?
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- No, I'm just saying how it is.
- [Holden] Wayne...
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- You mind if I call you Wayne?
- It's my name.
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Wayne, did you know any of the victims?
Their families?
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Think we all know each other?
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You didn't ask me if I know this cat.
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I'm specifically interested
in the victims.
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No. I wouldn't know any of 'em.
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You make it sound like
it wouldn't be possible.
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I'm not like them.
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Not like them? What does that mean?
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You know. Street kids.
Runnin' wild all hours of the night.
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This isn't "all hours of the night"?
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There's a difference in being
where you supposed to be
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and being where you aren't.
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[Barney]
What places are they not supposed to be?
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Like mall parking lots, maybe?
That sort of thing?
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- If they're up to no good, yeah.
- [tapping on window]
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Gentlemen...
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a word.
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Sit tight.
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What did he say?
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His first,
second, and third questions were,
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"Do you have a body?"
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- No.
- He says we have to let the guy go.
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We can't do that.
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That rope has knots on both its ends.
Next to a pair of gloves.
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And we have no evidence
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any of our victims were strangled
with a rope.
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But we know they were strangled.
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The admin agent was clear:
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unless that rope is instrumental
in a specific crime,
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we have to let him go.
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Christ. Black, early 20s,
dog hair, can't corroborate his alibi.
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Alibi for what?
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Mr. Williams!
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[car door opens]
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Thank you. You're free to go.
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[officer 1 on radio] Can I get
an extra hand down here?
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[car door closes]
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You gentlemen have a good night.
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[officer 2] They already ran the plate.
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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[car engine starts]
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Do you believe his story?
3:00 a.m. dry run for a morning meeting?
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Not a fucking word.
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But it's not about what we believe,
it's about what we can prove.
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Let me see the rope. Where is it?
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But you just said
to write everything down.
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You're shitting me.
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- You didn't tell him to bag everything?
- [Holden] I didn't think I had to.
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- Where are you going?
- [Tench] Home.
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It's Memorial Day weekend.
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We should be searching that river
for a body.
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[Tench] You're absolutely right.
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Let me know what you find.
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[Holden sighs]
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[boat motors humming]
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Unless he weighted it, against his MO,
it would have floated by now.
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[Holden]
He wasn't on his way to meet anyone.
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There will be a body.
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[Barney] Only one guy heard the splash.
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The other three were probably asleep.
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Wayne Williams fits
every corner of our profile.
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What if we'd heard the same splash,
saw the same car,
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but a white guy had gotten out of it?
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- But he isn't white, so...
- [Barney] Everything else being equal,
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what's the tipping point
for matching the profile?
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Four criteria, five?
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What about the six that he didn't fit?
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- You don't think he's worth pursuing?
- [Barney] I do.
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But mainly because we finally just got
an answer at that second number.
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Nobody named Cheryl
or Johnson ever lived there.
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- Because Cheryl Johnson doesn't exist.
- [Barney] Why say it?
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He knows we'll catch him in a lie.
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So let's catch him in it.
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[officer shouts indistinctly]
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[Tench] Is there any breakfast?
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No. There's cereal if you want.
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[coffee pouring]
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That's okay. [sighs]
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Nice day.
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Brian's not playing outside?
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He plays in his room now.
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I tried to make a playdate for him
over the long weekend.
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Everyone was out of town.
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- Well, maybe they really are, Nance.
- Bill, he's ostracized.
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You've seen it. I see it every day.
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It's our fault for keeping him here.
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We're not moving because of some kids.
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This isn't just about other kids.
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It's the parents.
They talk behind his back.
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[Tench] His back or yours?
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How many times have we moved
because of your work over the years?
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Several.
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And how many times have we moved
because I've asked to?
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I'm asking because I believe
it's the only way to put this behind us.
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Honey, I'm only home for a few days.
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I just need to get some rest.
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Of course.
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[door slams]
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I'm not saying no.
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We'll consider it, I promise.
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I just think right now
what's best for Brian is what's familiar,
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stability.
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[Nancy] Go and rest.
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We're taking him to the Y later.
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[train whistle blowing in distance]
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[railroad crossing alert ringing]
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There he is, our Renaissance man.
You mind if we come inside, Wayne?
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[door closes]
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[Williams]
My mom will be home soon.
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I'd appreciate it if y'all were brief.
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[Holden]
We wanted to give you the opportunity
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to clarify any of your statements
from last night.
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It must have been unnerving
to be stopped by the FBI.
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Oh, it's cool. Y'all had a job to do.
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We finally got through
on one of the two possible numbers
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that you gave us.
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It belonged to a cosmetics company.
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- No Cheryl Johnson ever worked there.
- That was the number she gave.
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And you're positive that was her name?
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As far as I remember.
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00:12:04,473 --> 00:12:06,475
But I get folks calling all the time,
pranking me,
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so it's possible she may not exist.
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00:12:08,978 --> 00:12:12,064
You were confident enough
to drive to Smyrna at 3:00 a.m.
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with no real address to find her.
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Um... gotta track down every lead.
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00:12:16,902 --> 00:12:18,612
- Y'all understand that.
- [Holden] So...
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tell us about your day yesterday.
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[notebook pages flipping]
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Um...
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Not much to tell.
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I, uh, slept late, had lunch,
played some ball at the rec center.
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- Which rec center?
- Ben Hill.
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Then I came home.
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And that's when my momma
told me a woman called.
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So, your mother actually took the call?
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Yeah. She took the message.
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Because last night you said
your nines look like fours,
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so we were under the impression
you took the call.
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No. I must have copied it down
from where my mother wrote it.
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- [Holden] What time was that?
- [Williams] I don't know. Uh...
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4:00.
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[Holden] Then what?
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Then, I had dinner with my parents
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and went to Hotlanta Records
in College Park
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to pick up a check I was owed.
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Then I went to Sans Souci
to hear some music.
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- Sans Souci?
- Lounge.
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760 West Peachtree.
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I didn't stay long.
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Uh, then I went looking
for the place in Smyrna.
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And that's when y'all stopped me.
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- So, this is your parents' house?
- Yeah.
246
00:13:23,844 --> 00:13:25,721
- And you live here with them?
- Yes, sir.
247
00:13:26,514 --> 00:13:27,765
Surely a young...
248
00:13:28,682 --> 00:13:31,161
good-looking guy like you
would want to have his own apartment?
249
00:13:31,185 --> 00:13:33,854
[chuckles]
I put all my money into my work.
250
00:13:33,938 --> 00:13:36,774
Which is what, exactly?
You never told us what you did in music.
251
00:13:50,079 --> 00:13:51,247
[Williams exhales]
252
00:13:55,584 --> 00:13:57,020
- May we keep this?
- [Williams] Sure.
253
00:13:57,044 --> 00:13:58,379
They're all over town.
254
00:13:58,921 --> 00:14:00,761
So, you spend your time
searching for children?
255
00:14:00,798 --> 00:14:02,174
Searching for talent.
256
00:14:02,258 --> 00:14:04,236
[Holden] When you find it,
what do you do with this talent?
257
00:14:04,260 --> 00:14:06,345
Usually, I have them record a demo.
258
00:14:06,428 --> 00:14:09,223
- [Barney] What's in it for you?
- If they're good, I manage them.
259
00:14:09,306 --> 00:14:11,100
And if they're not,
what do you do with them?
260
00:14:12,476 --> 00:14:15,521
- I don't do nothing with 'em.
- Where do you find the talent?
261
00:14:16,355 --> 00:14:19,567
All over. You know, uh, restaurants,
arcades.
262
00:14:19,650 --> 00:14:21,402
Mall parking lots? Swimming pools?
263
00:14:21,944 --> 00:14:23,112
Never know where it's hiding.
264
00:14:23,737 --> 00:14:25,507
I figure, why should it always be
white people
265
00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:27,700
gettin' rich off the talent of brothers?
[chuckles]
266
00:14:27,783 --> 00:14:29,743
- You make much money from it?
- [Williams scoffs]
267
00:14:30,619 --> 00:14:32,454
If I did, you'd think I'd be here?
268
00:14:32,538 --> 00:14:34,498
[Holden]
So right now, it's more of a fantasy?
269
00:14:34,582 --> 00:14:36,125
A grind is what it is.
270
00:14:36,208 --> 00:14:39,169
Why children? Such specific ages.
271
00:14:39,253 --> 00:14:41,005
Ever heard of The Jackson Five?
272
00:14:41,755 --> 00:14:43,465
Hmm? That's where the money's at.
273
00:14:44,091 --> 00:14:46,403
Would you happen to have the names
of some of your current clients?
274
00:14:46,427 --> 00:14:47,970
We'd love to speak with them.
275
00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:49,597
I'm in between acts.
276
00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,016
That's why I was out
late last night, scouting.
277
00:14:52,099 --> 00:14:53,392
Lookin' for talent.
278
00:14:54,810 --> 00:14:56,562
- [Holden] What'd you find?
- Nothin'.
279
00:14:58,564 --> 00:14:59,732
Do you like children, Wayne?
280
00:15:02,276 --> 00:15:03,276
How do you mean?
281
00:15:04,486 --> 00:15:05,863
Do you like their company?
282
00:15:06,864 --> 00:15:08,198
I ain't never touched one,
283
00:15:09,074 --> 00:15:11,094
- if that's what you're asking.
- [Holden] Of course not.
284
00:15:11,118 --> 00:15:12,036
But do you like them?
285
00:15:12,119 --> 00:15:14,413
Do you sympathize
with those that have gone missing?
286
00:15:14,496 --> 00:15:17,583
Yeah. Hell, I ain't much older
than some of 'em.
287
00:15:19,209 --> 00:15:23,422
[takes a deep breath]
Why are you knocking on my door anyway?
288
00:15:23,505 --> 00:15:25,633
I mean,
it's... it's black kids out there dying.
289
00:15:26,550 --> 00:15:28,636
Y'all should be rousting the KKK.
290
00:15:28,719 --> 00:15:29,719
Well...
291
00:15:31,055 --> 00:15:34,600
we're finding that these types of killers
rarely cross racial lines.
292
00:15:34,683 --> 00:15:35,976
What type of killer is that?
293
00:15:36,685 --> 00:15:37,811
Serial.
294
00:15:38,270 --> 00:15:39,271
Organized.
295
00:15:39,355 --> 00:15:40,522
Compulsive.
296
00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:41,606
Compulsive?
297
00:15:42,483 --> 00:15:43,317
About what?
298
00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,640
Well, without speaking to him,
I can't be certain, but...
299
00:15:46,445 --> 00:15:49,657
I believe he achieves sexual gratification
300
00:15:49,740 --> 00:15:52,660
from choking and dominating his victim.
301
00:15:56,413 --> 00:15:58,493
You said last night
that you don't have a girlfriend,
302
00:15:58,791 --> 00:16:01,669
- is that right, Wayne?
- Yeah. That's right.
303
00:16:03,045 --> 00:16:04,045
Hmm.
304
00:16:07,132 --> 00:16:08,132
Think you'll catch him?
305
00:16:12,137 --> 00:16:13,138
I do.
306
00:16:13,847 --> 00:16:18,227
[takes a deep breath]
Well, I wish you luck.
307
00:16:19,019 --> 00:16:22,314
Thank you. That's very kind.
308
00:16:23,774 --> 00:16:25,526
Do you mind if I use your restroom?
309
00:16:25,609 --> 00:16:26,944
Down there, to your left.
310
00:16:38,330 --> 00:16:40,582
[Barney speaking indistinctly]
311
00:16:43,419 --> 00:16:44,920
- [barking]
- [gasps]
312
00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:46,338
[Williams] I said on the left.
313
00:16:46,422 --> 00:16:48,215
I thought you said you didn't own a dog.
314
00:16:48,298 --> 00:16:50,384
I don't. Sheba's my dad's.
315
00:16:50,467 --> 00:16:51,885
[Sheba continues barking]
316
00:17:07,067 --> 00:17:09,170
[Holden] Wayne said he came by that night
to pick up a check.
317
00:17:09,194 --> 00:17:10,904
Do you recall what time that was?
318
00:17:10,988 --> 00:17:12,573
[man] 9:00, 9:30.
319
00:17:13,115 --> 00:17:14,783
Do you happen to have an invoice?
320
00:17:15,242 --> 00:17:16,160
Sure.
321
00:17:16,243 --> 00:17:18,328
[disco music playing on stereo]
322
00:17:18,412 --> 00:17:20,414
Wayne says he's in the music business.
323
00:17:20,497 --> 00:17:22,499
[man laughs]
324
00:17:23,083 --> 00:17:25,002
Uh, he rents my studio.
325
00:17:26,211 --> 00:17:27,421
Holds auditions here.
326
00:17:32,009 --> 00:17:33,469
- There you go.
- Thank you.
327
00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:36,889
Is he in, uh, something
he not supposed to be in?
328
00:17:37,598 --> 00:17:39,600
We're just following up some statements.
329
00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:42,019
Does Wayne bring talent here?
330
00:17:42,102 --> 00:17:45,272
Oh, he's always in here
with somebody he discovered at the mall,
331
00:17:45,939 --> 00:17:47,149
the next big thing.
332
00:17:47,649 --> 00:17:49,193
[Barney] Do you have any of his demos?
333
00:17:49,276 --> 00:17:51,862
[laughs] No. Wayne ain't got no demos.
334
00:17:51,945 --> 00:17:54,406
- Most of the time, they just sit and talk.
- They talk?
335
00:17:54,490 --> 00:17:57,367
I mean, I've seen him in there
with some kid kicked back,
336
00:17:57,451 --> 00:17:59,620
laughing, for like an hour. [scoffs]
337
00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:03,040
But not my business how you use your time.
You know, you're payin' for it.
338
00:18:04,541 --> 00:18:06,835
- What do you charge?
- I charge 50 an hour.
339
00:18:07,461 --> 00:18:09,213
A little discount. He's a good kid.
340
00:18:09,296 --> 00:18:11,896
- And Wayne can afford that?
- [man] Well, it's his daddy's money.
341
00:18:12,299 --> 00:18:15,344
I feel bad for Homer too.
Ain't like he Rockefeller or something.
342
00:18:23,018 --> 00:18:24,603
Do you have any of the talents' names?
343
00:18:24,686 --> 00:18:25,729
[man] Uh-uh.
344
00:18:26,313 --> 00:18:27,898
[Holden] How old are they usually?
345
00:18:28,065 --> 00:18:31,193
Uh, 14, 15.
He's looking for Michael Jackson.
346
00:18:31,276 --> 00:18:33,946
- [chuckles]
- You said that Wayne was a "good kid."
347
00:18:34,029 --> 00:18:36,782
Yeah. He's polite, pays his bills.
348
00:18:36,865 --> 00:18:38,117
Cleans up after himself.
349
00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,160
[scoffs] I mean, he's a...
350
00:18:41,328 --> 00:18:43,128
- different kind of kid.
- [Holden] Different?
351
00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:44,455
How exactly?
352
00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:49,795
I don't know. I...
I don't wanna get Wayne in no trouble.
353
00:18:50,295 --> 00:18:51,296
Of course not.
354
00:18:51,922 --> 00:18:53,340
[man] He talks himself up.
355
00:18:53,423 --> 00:18:55,551
You know, but that's most folks
that come in here.
356
00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:57,219
Gotta fake it till you make it, right?
357
00:18:58,929 --> 00:19:00,097
Does he have a temper?
358
00:19:00,347 --> 00:19:02,182
Wayne? No. That boy ain't got no temper.
359
00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:05,310
So you never saw any signs
of anger or violence?
360
00:19:05,394 --> 00:19:07,229
Nah, Wayne is a chump.
361
00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:09,148
[scoffs] This is Wayne.
362
00:19:09,231 --> 00:19:13,777
One time he came in here, and my assistant
said he had cuts all up and down his arms.
363
00:19:13,861 --> 00:19:14,861
Right? Nasty.
364
00:19:15,154 --> 00:19:17,698
When she asked him about it,
he said he fell in a bush.
365
00:19:17,781 --> 00:19:19,992
Now, I'm sure he got his ass kicked.
366
00:19:20,534 --> 00:19:22,661
- Wayne ain't no fighter.
- When might that have been?
367
00:19:22,744 --> 00:19:24,705
[man] I don't know. A few weeks ago.
368
00:19:25,247 --> 00:19:27,499
You can ask Charlene.
She'll be in here later.
369
00:19:28,667 --> 00:19:30,502
I'm gonna get back to work,
all right, fellas?
370
00:19:30,586 --> 00:19:31,920
Thank you for your time.
371
00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:33,004
[man] Yep.
372
00:19:37,759 --> 00:19:39,928
- [crickets chirping]
- [boat motor hums]
373
00:19:40,304 --> 00:19:41,722
[officer] That's it. Come on.
374
00:19:48,729 --> 00:19:50,731
[officer speaking indistinctly]
375
00:19:54,193 --> 00:19:55,819
[Holden] How far away is this?
376
00:19:56,361 --> 00:19:58,572
Half mile downstream from Wayne's bridge.
377
00:19:58,655 --> 00:20:01,116
Same spot Jimmy Payne was found
about a month ago.
378
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,202
I checked the victim list
from around the time
379
00:20:03,285 --> 00:20:05,746
Wayne had those supposed scratches
on his arms.
380
00:20:05,954 --> 00:20:07,706
- Terry Pue.
- The one on Sigman Road.
381
00:20:08,749 --> 00:20:11,001
He was known around as a tough kid.
A fighter.
382
00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:13,879
He had lacerations on his body...
383
00:20:14,671 --> 00:20:16,215
as if he'd been in a struggle.
384
00:20:17,507 --> 00:20:18,592
I also found this.
385
00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:24,056
A composite of the man Lubie Geter
was seen talking to before he disappeared.
386
00:20:26,725 --> 00:20:29,102
[Tench]
You want it to feel like your palm.
387
00:20:30,270 --> 00:20:31,313
You feel that?
388
00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:33,357
- [phone ringing]
- [Tench] Now feel the burger.
389
00:20:33,732 --> 00:20:34,858
Does it feel the same?
390
00:20:35,609 --> 00:20:36,818
[phone continues ringing]
391
00:20:37,611 --> 00:20:39,446
[Tench] I think it does. Ready?
392
00:20:43,867 --> 00:20:45,827
Perfect. Wanna try?
393
00:20:50,624 --> 00:20:51,917
Oh, that's okay.
394
00:20:52,501 --> 00:20:54,544
- [Tench] Five-second rule.
- It's for you.
395
00:20:55,963 --> 00:20:56,964
It's Holden.
396
00:20:58,715 --> 00:20:59,758
[clicks tongue]
397
00:21:12,062 --> 00:21:13,063
It better be good.
398
00:21:13,897 --> 00:21:14,897
We found the body.
399
00:21:15,274 --> 00:21:17,276
- At the bridge?
- [Holden] Downstream.
400
00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:18,610
- How far?
- Pretty close.
401
00:21:18,694 --> 00:21:20,088
We have a meeting tomorrow with the DA
402
00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:21,756
to talk surveillance
and warrants for Wayne Williams.
403
00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:23,740
He wants to hear
from all the agents at the scene.
404
00:21:23,782 --> 00:21:24,782
We have enough for that?
405
00:21:24,825 --> 00:21:28,245
Cheryl Johnson turned out to be a lie.
That gives us a false exculpatory.
406
00:21:28,328 --> 00:21:31,498
And get this: we've always wondered
how he got them in the car.
407
00:21:31,915 --> 00:21:32,958
Flyers.
408
00:21:33,041 --> 00:21:33,917
Flyers?
409
00:21:34,001 --> 00:21:37,212
Williams hands out flyers to kids,
promising a record contract
410
00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:39,298
- if they'll go with him to make a demo.
- Oh.
411
00:21:39,381 --> 00:21:40,590
That's how he does it.
412
00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:44,344
Bill... this is him.
413
00:21:44,594 --> 00:21:45,594
I'm on my way.
414
00:21:51,852 --> 00:21:52,936
We may have him.
415
00:21:54,104 --> 00:21:55,104
You tell him.
416
00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:58,316
I won't.
417
00:22:00,235 --> 00:22:01,653
[sighs]
418
00:22:10,954 --> 00:22:12,473
[Barney] He'd been deceased
two to three days,
419
00:22:12,497 --> 00:22:14,458
which does not rule Williams out
as a suspect.
420
00:22:14,541 --> 00:22:17,210
Cause of death is asphyxiation,
most likely by a choke hold.
421
00:22:17,878 --> 00:22:19,238
We found carpet fibers on the body
422
00:22:19,296 --> 00:22:21,256
consistent with what we've found
on other victims.
423
00:22:21,298 --> 00:22:24,384
The fibers we recovered are green
and a very unusual shape.
424
00:22:24,718 --> 00:22:27,804
- I saw green carpet in Williams' home.
- But you don't know if it's a match.
425
00:22:28,138 --> 00:22:29,973
No, sir.
There were dog hairs on the victim.
426
00:22:30,057 --> 00:22:32,017
I found dog hairs
in the suspect's vehicle,
427
00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:35,145
- and his family owns a dog.
- [scoffs] I own a dog, Agent.
428
00:22:35,812 --> 00:22:37,647
Besides that, there was
a knotted nylon rope,
429
00:22:37,731 --> 00:22:40,108
- approximately 24 inches...
- [Slaton] Now that's material.
430
00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:41,860
Does it match wounds on any victim?
431
00:22:42,486 --> 00:22:44,571
[Holden] It remained in the vehicle
and has since...
432
00:22:46,323 --> 00:22:48,200
- It can't be accounted for.
- [Slaton] So...
433
00:22:48,867 --> 00:22:50,952
we confiscated no physical evidence.
434
00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:52,930
Even though he gave permission
to search his vehicle.
435
00:22:52,954 --> 00:22:55,154
[Tench] That's correct, sir.
At the time, we had no body
436
00:22:55,457 --> 00:22:58,001
and, therefore, no cause to believe
a crime had been committed.
437
00:22:58,085 --> 00:22:59,520
- [Slaton] Now, you have a body.
- Yes, sir.
438
00:22:59,544 --> 00:23:02,631
Which you can't physically connect
to the suspect or his vehicle.
439
00:23:02,964 --> 00:23:06,343
[Slaton] And you have a splash heard
by a probably sleeping recruit,
440
00:23:06,426 --> 00:23:08,929
which you can't definitively connect
to the body.
441
00:23:09,304 --> 00:23:11,515
- Who's the victim?
- Nathaniel Cater.
442
00:23:12,099 --> 00:23:15,143
Twenty-seven, 150 pounds, six foot one.
443
00:23:15,769 --> 00:23:17,449
Priors for trespass
and attempted burglary.
444
00:23:17,521 --> 00:23:19,898
You want warrants
for a multiple child murderer
445
00:23:19,981 --> 00:23:21,358
based on the death of an adult?
446
00:23:21,441 --> 00:23:24,736
Cater was a drunk and a hustler.
He'd be easy prey.
447
00:23:26,029 --> 00:23:27,906
Besides driving over a bridge
448
00:23:28,198 --> 00:23:31,410
at the same general time
that this victim was in the Chattahoochee,
449
00:23:31,576 --> 00:23:33,954
you have no physical connection
450
00:23:34,037 --> 00:23:36,164
between the deceased and your suspect.
451
00:23:36,915 --> 00:23:38,625
I can't issue warrants based on that.
452
00:23:38,708 --> 00:23:41,753
Sir, Williams fits the type of perpetrator
we've been looking for.
453
00:23:41,837 --> 00:23:42,921
He had a prior.
454
00:23:43,338 --> 00:23:45,799
He was stopped
for impersonating a police officer
455
00:23:45,882 --> 00:23:47,926
- and had a scanner in his car.
- A misdemeanor.
456
00:23:48,844 --> 00:23:52,222
We don't issue warrants based on
the "type" of person someone is.
457
00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:54,975
And the last warrants I obtained for you
458
00:23:55,058 --> 00:23:58,770
captured a man whose only sin
was pleasuring himself in the woods.
459
00:23:58,854 --> 00:24:00,605
A public relations debacle.
460
00:24:00,689 --> 00:24:03,442
- We were wrong for even bringing him in.
- Yes, you were.
461
00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:08,655
Sir, we're not asking to search
his person and property yet.
462
00:24:09,573 --> 00:24:12,492
We're requesting 24-hour surveillance
and wiretaps.
463
00:24:12,576 --> 00:24:15,745
The last time the FBI
wiretapped a black man in Georgia,
464
00:24:15,829 --> 00:24:16,830
it was not well-received.
465
00:24:16,913 --> 00:24:19,374
With all respect, sir,
Wayne Williams is no Dr. King.
466
00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:21,978
If we're allowed surveillance,
I'm confident we'll find evidence
467
00:24:22,043 --> 00:24:24,296
- to validate your decision.
- I'll consider it...
468
00:24:25,005 --> 00:24:26,631
with what's left of my weekend.
469
00:24:27,424 --> 00:24:31,511
- [typewriter clacking]
- [news fanfare playing on TV]
470
00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,976
[reporter] Today at city hall,
community activists met
471
00:24:38,059 --> 00:24:39,311
with city planners...
472
00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:43,023
Don't include the rope.
If he approves this thing,
473
00:24:43,106 --> 00:24:45,108
the judge will shoot it down
for the same reasons.
474
00:24:45,192 --> 00:24:46,192
Okay.
475
00:24:46,568 --> 00:24:48,028
That isn't very optimistic.
476
00:24:49,905 --> 00:24:52,574
- Odds on Slaton for the warrant?
- [Barney] Fifty-fifty.
477
00:24:53,283 --> 00:24:55,494
- He either will or he won't.
- [Tench] I say 30/70.
478
00:24:55,577 --> 00:24:57,787
We have a suspect
in the vicinity of the body.
479
00:24:57,871 --> 00:24:58,705
Vicinity.
480
00:24:58,788 --> 00:25:01,333
He's right, we have
no material connection to that body.
481
00:25:01,416 --> 00:25:03,168
Guys, it's an election year.
482
00:25:03,251 --> 00:25:05,104
It's about public opinion
as much as about evidence.
483
00:25:05,128 --> 00:25:05,962
Can you turn that up?
484
00:25:06,046 --> 00:25:09,466
...authorities to bring an end
to the child murders gripping Atlanta.
485
00:25:09,549 --> 00:25:13,512
A certain mood exists in America,
encouraged by our leaders,
486
00:25:13,595 --> 00:25:17,474
that it is all right
to do anything to black people.
487
00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:19,476
Across the country,
488
00:25:19,893 --> 00:25:23,772
our children are being killed,
and our future is being wiped out.
489
00:25:23,855 --> 00:25:25,649
That is why I have come...
490
00:25:25,732 --> 00:25:27,492
- [phone rings]
- ...to our nation's capital,
491
00:25:27,984 --> 00:25:28,818
to say, "No."
492
00:25:28,902 --> 00:25:29,903
Special Agent Ford.
493
00:25:29,986 --> 00:25:34,199
To the value of a child's life
being judged by the color of their skin.
494
00:25:34,282 --> 00:25:35,450
Thank you, sir.
495
00:25:36,159 --> 00:25:39,704
Slaton. "In light of the crisis situation
in Atlanta, an exception has been made."
496
00:25:39,788 --> 00:25:43,792
...while they continue to bury
their sons and daughters...
497
00:26:11,820 --> 00:26:12,821
[dog barking in distance]
498
00:26:28,962 --> 00:26:30,964
[car passes in distance]
499
00:27:01,786 --> 00:27:03,079
[agent on radio] Shit.
500
00:27:06,833 --> 00:27:07,834
Someone's up.
501
00:27:09,544 --> 00:27:10,544
I lost it.
502
00:27:11,755 --> 00:27:12,756
What?
503
00:27:13,923 --> 00:27:15,884
[agent] I... I dropped the fucking thing.
504
00:27:23,683 --> 00:27:26,686
- Hold on. Found it.
- [device clatters]
505
00:27:27,979 --> 00:27:29,689
- [sighs]
- Hurry up.
506
00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:37,030
They're on the move.
507
00:27:38,073 --> 00:27:39,741
[agent] I need more time.
508
00:27:44,287 --> 00:27:45,747
[Tench] Fuck it. Get out now.
509
00:27:45,830 --> 00:27:47,082
Go.
510
00:28:00,011 --> 00:28:01,012
[sighs]
511
00:28:07,394 --> 00:28:09,394
- Who the hell is up at this hour?
- Did you do it?
512
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,733
[agent] We can track him.
Just can't listen to him.
513
00:28:14,818 --> 00:28:16,236
[sighs]
514
00:28:18,321 --> 00:28:19,656
[leash jingling]
515
00:28:25,537 --> 00:28:26,537
[boy] Thanks.
516
00:28:30,583 --> 00:28:32,585
[indistinct radio chatter]
517
00:28:33,503 --> 00:28:36,798
Says here, Wayne once worked
for the Department of Public Safety.
518
00:28:37,132 --> 00:28:40,260
Scene photographer
for arson investigations.
519
00:28:40,969 --> 00:28:43,471
- Huh.
- He could still have press credentials.
520
00:28:46,349 --> 00:28:49,227
We should see if he photographed
any of our crime scenes.
521
00:29:00,071 --> 00:29:02,551
[agent 1 on radio] All right,
he's on the move. We're trailing.
522
00:29:06,161 --> 00:29:07,328
[agent 2] Copy that.
523
00:29:09,497 --> 00:29:11,934
[Holden] The package is traveling west
on Glenn. We've got eyes.
524
00:29:11,958 --> 00:29:13,209
All cars hang back.
525
00:29:13,626 --> 00:29:14,986
[agent 2 on radio] Roger, Model T.
526
00:29:15,211 --> 00:29:18,465
Tomcat, you guys stay tight behind me.
Eagle, we're on the move west.
527
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:20,383
[agent 1] Roger. Circling back.
528
00:29:20,467 --> 00:29:21,760
[Holden] Do not drop too low.
529
00:29:21,843 --> 00:29:23,154
- [plane engine whirring]
- [sighs]
530
00:29:23,178 --> 00:29:25,180
Six cars and a plane feels like overkill.
531
00:29:25,263 --> 00:29:26,973
I'm more worried
about attracting attention
532
00:29:27,056 --> 00:29:28,933
- than losing Wayne.
- We're good.
533
00:29:29,642 --> 00:29:32,520
There's no way he'd hand out flyers
to kids if he knew we were watching.
534
00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:34,147
[Holden] I'm not so sure. He has...
535
00:29:35,774 --> 00:29:36,816
hubris.
536
00:29:37,358 --> 00:29:38,860
But other things don't add up.
537
00:29:38,943 --> 00:29:39,943
Like what?
538
00:29:40,278 --> 00:29:41,362
Family background.
539
00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:43,698
No absent father.
540
00:29:44,699 --> 00:29:47,410
No signs of a domineering
or abusive mother.
541
00:29:48,244 --> 00:29:50,663
I met an Irishman once
who only drank milk.
542
00:29:53,541 --> 00:29:54,667
[Holden] Left turn on...
543
00:29:56,377 --> 00:29:58,505
Ira Street, heading south.
544
00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:00,172
[agent 2] Roger.
545
00:30:04,594 --> 00:30:06,513
And he's making another quick left,
546
00:30:06,596 --> 00:30:08,681
- east on Gordon.
- [agent 2] Roger. East on Gordon.
547
00:30:08,765 --> 00:30:11,205
[Holden] We're supposed to be finding
patterns, not anomalies.
548
00:30:12,852 --> 00:30:14,896
That's a lot of cars making that turn.
549
00:30:15,730 --> 00:30:17,690
We've got eyes on the package.
550
00:30:17,774 --> 00:30:19,067
Stay back.
551
00:30:19,359 --> 00:30:21,719
- Jesus, it's like the Macy's Day Parade.
- [agent 2] Roger.
552
00:30:21,861 --> 00:30:22,901
[indistinct radio chatter]
553
00:30:29,702 --> 00:30:32,997
- Do not run the light. We've got him.
- Damn it.
554
00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:36,167
- [brakes screech]
- [horns honk]
555
00:30:36,251 --> 00:30:38,331
[agent 2] Don't worry about it.
We're gonna catch up.
556
00:30:38,419 --> 00:30:41,047
- Do you think that was intentional?
- [takes a deep breath]
557
00:30:41,130 --> 00:30:43,967
[agent 3] Uh, yeah, we were about
three car lengths behind, but...
558
00:30:44,050 --> 00:30:45,343
[Tench] I can't take that turn.
559
00:30:45,426 --> 00:30:46,469
He'll make us.
560
00:30:47,136 --> 00:30:50,098
Package is southbound on Windsor.
561
00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:52,350
Now signaling eastbound.
562
00:30:52,725 --> 00:30:54,143
We will be parallel.
563
00:30:57,105 --> 00:30:58,648
Eagle, you got eyes?
564
00:30:59,232 --> 00:31:00,567
[agent 1] Model T, turn south,
565
00:31:00,650 --> 00:31:02,610
- pick him up at Pryor and Bass.
- [Holden] Roger.
566
00:31:06,614 --> 00:31:07,949
What is Model T?
567
00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:12,787
It's a code name for Ford.
568
00:31:15,081 --> 00:31:17,250
How about I call you Tin Lizzie?
569
00:31:29,387 --> 00:31:32,056
Package is stopped at the southeast corner
of Formwalt and Bass.
570
00:31:32,140 --> 00:31:34,058
Do not approach. Stay off the block.
571
00:31:34,142 --> 00:31:35,935
We'll advise when he's in motion.
572
00:31:36,936 --> 00:31:40,023
- [Tench] What do we see as motive?
- I still think it's sexual.
573
00:31:40,857 --> 00:31:42,817
Despite him having no history of violence
574
00:31:42,901 --> 00:31:45,069
and there being no evidence
of sexual violation.
575
00:31:45,153 --> 00:31:46,154
Yes.
576
00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:48,740
BTK's victims
were not sexually violated either.
577
00:31:49,115 --> 00:31:51,868
There was no penetration,
but we know he gets off on it.
578
00:31:53,244 --> 00:31:55,914
- Maybe Wayne's like that.
- What if it's shame?
579
00:31:55,997 --> 00:31:58,291
Shame? What makes you say that?
580
00:31:58,374 --> 00:32:02,295
[Tench] He strangles his victims
from behind, so they can't see him,
581
00:32:02,754 --> 00:32:04,005
can't judge him.
582
00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:09,510
The parents seem nurturing,
but also conservative.
583
00:32:09,844 --> 00:32:12,722
Maybe not the kind
who'd be very accepting of a gay son.
584
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:17,018
What if he hates himself so much,
and what he is,
585
00:32:18,102 --> 00:32:19,502
that he takes it out on these kids?
586
00:32:20,396 --> 00:32:23,191
Maybe specifically
kids who he thinks are hustlers.
587
00:32:23,274 --> 00:32:25,735
I don't get the sense
that he hates himself at all.
588
00:32:25,818 --> 00:32:28,279
I think he's a narcissist
who considers himself smarter
589
00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:30,239
than every other person in the room.
590
00:32:30,907 --> 00:32:31,908
You know the type.
591
00:32:33,201 --> 00:32:35,078
[agent 3 on radio] He's heading out now.
592
00:32:36,454 --> 00:32:39,582
Package moving east on Bass,
he's gonna drive right past us.
593
00:32:39,666 --> 00:32:40,706
[indistinct radio chatter]
594
00:32:49,425 --> 00:32:51,427
- What's he doing?
- What the fuck?
595
00:32:54,430 --> 00:32:55,765
[sighs]
596
00:33:06,442 --> 00:33:07,986
Thought y'all might be hungry.
597
00:33:13,741 --> 00:33:15,469
[agent 1] Scorpion,
he handed them something.
598
00:33:15,493 --> 00:33:17,161
I... I don't know what it is.
599
00:33:21,416 --> 00:33:23,167
- [car door closes]
- [car engine starts]
600
00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:25,294
I think we've been made.
601
00:33:25,962 --> 00:33:27,481
[agent 1]
I bet you he got the $2.99 special.
602
00:33:27,505 --> 00:33:30,466
You can't beat that.
You get two fried chicken and fries.
603
00:33:31,092 --> 00:33:33,094
[indistinct chatter]
604
00:33:35,096 --> 00:33:37,557
[agent 1]
Uh, yeah, he's reentered the vehicle
605
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,018
and, uh, is en route.
606
00:33:40,101 --> 00:33:41,954
You should have eyes on him
in about 30 seconds.
607
00:33:41,978 --> 00:33:42,979
[Holden] Ten-four.
608
00:33:43,062 --> 00:33:45,064
[indistinct radio chatter]
609
00:33:49,610 --> 00:33:52,155
Guess who photographed
the Sigman Road crime scene?
610
00:33:52,530 --> 00:33:54,157
Who is Wayne B. Williams?
611
00:33:55,116 --> 00:33:56,701
[takes a deep breath]
612
00:33:56,784 --> 00:33:58,995
Now that we're blown,
this seems like a waste of time.
613
00:33:59,078 --> 00:34:02,749
Then we bumper-lock him.
People under pressure make mistakes.
614
00:34:02,832 --> 00:34:05,793
And if a body turns up while we're on him,
we rule him out.
615
00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:08,254
Whose car is this? [scoffs]
616
00:34:09,464 --> 00:34:10,465
This your car?
617
00:34:10,548 --> 00:34:13,027
- No, but I'd be happy to move it for you.
- And I'm late for work.
618
00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:16,262
Y'all blocking the whole neighborhood.
Fucking Wayne, man.
619
00:34:16,345 --> 00:34:18,490
- How do you know it was about Wayne?
- Of course it's about Wayne.
620
00:34:18,514 --> 00:34:20,224
He always up to some bullshit.
621
00:34:20,308 --> 00:34:23,227
Fucking FCC come out here one time,
shut down his radio station.
622
00:34:23,311 --> 00:34:25,813
Coming and going all hours.
You gonna move it?
623
00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:27,857
- Wayne keeps his neighbors up?
- Spoiled rotten.
624
00:34:27,940 --> 00:34:29,942
That's his real goddamn problem. I work.
625
00:34:30,026 --> 00:34:31,819
Something he don't know shit about.
626
00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:34,280
Keeping me awake fucking burning trash.
627
00:34:35,656 --> 00:34:38,701
- You saw Wayne burning garbage?
- Five o'clock in the morning.
628
00:34:38,993 --> 00:34:41,496
- You sure it was garbage?
- I don't know. It was on fire.
629
00:34:41,579 --> 00:34:43,706
- When was this?
- [neighbor sighs] Thursday morning.
630
00:34:44,165 --> 00:34:45,291
Thursday? You're certain?
631
00:34:45,374 --> 00:34:47,543
I work night shift Wednesdays. You mind?
632
00:34:49,837 --> 00:34:51,339
[car engine starts]
633
00:34:51,714 --> 00:34:53,434
[Slaton]
You don't know what he was burnin'.
634
00:34:53,466 --> 00:34:55,593
You want a warrant,
bring me physical evidence.
635
00:34:55,676 --> 00:34:56,511
If we wait any longer,
636
00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:58,471
all your physical evidence will go up
in smoke.
637
00:34:58,554 --> 00:35:01,658
Let us search for fibers and question him.
Wayne is fascinated by these crimes.
638
00:35:01,682 --> 00:35:02,951
If we bring him in, he'll talk to us.
639
00:35:02,975 --> 00:35:05,162
If he doesn't, we let him out the back,
no one is the wiser.
640
00:35:05,186 --> 00:35:06,646
No harm, no foul.
641
00:35:06,729 --> 00:35:10,441
Sir, I appreciate the extreme pressure
you're under from Mayor Jackson
642
00:35:10,525 --> 00:35:13,361
- and your constituents to end this.
- Oh, you do, do you?
643
00:35:22,078 --> 00:35:24,330
We need fibers from the car,
the whole house.
644
00:35:24,747 --> 00:35:26,666
Especially the green carpet
in the living room.
645
00:35:26,749 --> 00:35:27,749
[agent 1] Yes, sir.
646
00:35:27,792 --> 00:35:29,794
[indistinct chatter]
647
00:35:33,381 --> 00:35:34,549
[door closes]
648
00:35:35,299 --> 00:35:36,300
Shit.
649
00:35:45,184 --> 00:35:46,936
[barking excitedly]
650
00:35:48,563 --> 00:35:50,148
I want hair from that dog.
651
00:35:58,739 --> 00:35:59,866
[Barney] Got anything?
652
00:36:08,457 --> 00:36:09,458
[agent 2] Peterson.
653
00:36:09,709 --> 00:36:11,961
It's not much, but it is green.
654
00:36:19,552 --> 00:36:20,720
[drill whirring]
655
00:36:51,334 --> 00:36:53,920
We got fibers from his bedroom
that could be a match.
656
00:36:54,212 --> 00:36:56,088
Won't know until the labs come back.
657
00:36:56,547 --> 00:36:59,383
They're still working on the car.
How's he been?
658
00:36:59,467 --> 00:37:01,719
I think plucking his pubes
has him rattled.
659
00:37:01,802 --> 00:37:03,221
But he's still so arrogant:
660
00:37:03,512 --> 00:37:06,224
declined a lawyer
and consented to a polygraph.
661
00:37:06,307 --> 00:37:07,433
Arrogant and prepared.
662
00:37:08,976 --> 00:37:11,395
[Tench] Find one called How to Abduct
and Murder Young Boys,
663
00:37:11,729 --> 00:37:12,980
and we can all go home.
664
00:37:13,522 --> 00:37:14,607
You ready?
665
00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:40,925
Commissioner Brown.
666
00:37:41,008 --> 00:37:42,218
- Agent.
- DA Slaton.
667
00:37:43,302 --> 00:37:45,596
[over speaker]
Y'all have the clothes off my back.
668
00:37:45,846 --> 00:37:47,932
- What else can I do for you?
- [player clicks]
669
00:37:48,474 --> 00:37:51,852
[takes a deep breath]
I'd like to talk about May 21st.
670
00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:54,950
Could you talk us through your day
up to the Jackson Parkway Bridge?
671
00:37:54,981 --> 00:37:56,941
I already told you, twice.
672
00:37:57,942 --> 00:37:59,360
We'd like to hear it again.
673
00:38:00,987 --> 00:38:03,781
I played ball, then I went home.
674
00:38:04,407 --> 00:38:07,076
- And then what?
- [Williams] My momma said a lady called.
675
00:38:07,159 --> 00:38:08,559
- Cheryl Johnson.
- [Williams] Yeah.
676
00:38:08,619 --> 00:38:12,081
But like I said, I never spoke with her,
so she may have been a prank call.
677
00:38:12,164 --> 00:38:14,709
After you got the message
from your mom, what then?
678
00:38:14,792 --> 00:38:17,712
Uh... I ate dinner. I worked some.
679
00:38:18,254 --> 00:38:19,088
That's it.
680
00:38:19,171 --> 00:38:22,174
You told us before you picked up a check
at Hotlanta Records.
681
00:38:22,591 --> 00:38:25,261
[Williams] That's right.
Then I went looking for Ms. Johnson.
682
00:38:26,554 --> 00:38:28,234
[Holden] What about the Sans Souci Lounge?
683
00:38:29,432 --> 00:38:31,976
You told me after Hotlanta
you went to the Sans Souci.
684
00:38:33,811 --> 00:38:35,563
Yeah, I did.
685
00:38:35,646 --> 00:38:37,916
[Holden over speaker]
We checked, and no one remembers you.
686
00:38:37,940 --> 00:38:39,400
Were you there or not?
687
00:38:39,483 --> 00:38:41,027
I was, but not for long.
688
00:38:41,110 --> 00:38:42,445
[Tench] So you just lied to us?
689
00:38:42,528 --> 00:38:43,779
Or you lied before?
690
00:38:43,863 --> 00:38:45,448
I wasn't lying. People forget things.
691
00:38:45,531 --> 00:38:47,950
I'd be real careful not to forget things,
Wayne,
692
00:38:48,242 --> 00:38:49,242
for your sake.
693
00:38:49,869 --> 00:38:51,509
[Holden] So that brings us to the bridge.
694
00:38:52,580 --> 00:38:54,373
What did you do after you left us?
695
00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:56,167
Drove home.
696
00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:58,252
You didn't continue looking
for Cheryl Johnson?
697
00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:00,296
I thought that was
the whole reason for going out.
698
00:39:00,338 --> 00:39:02,798
I guess being questioned
by feds spooked me a little.
699
00:39:02,882 --> 00:39:05,384
Did you happen to do any barbecuing
when you got home?
700
00:39:05,468 --> 00:39:06,302
Why would I?
701
00:39:06,385 --> 00:39:08,363
[Holden] We heard you were burning things
late that night.
702
00:39:08,387 --> 00:39:09,387
Not me.
703
00:39:10,306 --> 00:39:12,242
- I went to bed.
- [Holden] You didn't clean your car?
704
00:39:12,266 --> 00:39:15,102
When we visited the next morning,
your car was very tidy.
705
00:39:15,186 --> 00:39:17,188
No rope, no clothes.
706
00:39:17,521 --> 00:39:19,499
- Um, I guess my father must've...
- [Holden] Do you happen to know
707
00:39:19,523 --> 00:39:20,816
where that rope is?
708
00:39:21,776 --> 00:39:23,986
Your father's owned a lot of cars
over the years.
709
00:39:24,904 --> 00:39:28,115
Is it true
he owned a blue 1978 Plymouth Fury?
710
00:39:28,783 --> 00:39:29,867
[Williams] That a crime?
711
00:39:29,950 --> 00:39:32,953
[Tench] You know who else drives
1978 Plymouth Furies?
712
00:39:34,246 --> 00:39:35,664
Atlanta PD.
713
00:39:35,748 --> 00:39:38,584
- So...?
- So that would make it pretty convincing,
714
00:39:38,667 --> 00:39:41,462
for a guy who likes
to impersonate police officers,
715
00:39:41,545 --> 00:39:42,755
to lure a kid into his car.
716
00:39:43,214 --> 00:39:44,340
I never did that.
717
00:39:44,423 --> 00:39:46,092
You did impersonate an officer.
718
00:39:46,425 --> 00:39:48,552
I carry a scanner for my photography work
719
00:39:48,636 --> 00:39:50,971
so that I can get to the scene
before other stringers.
720
00:39:51,055 --> 00:39:52,098
What interests me...
721
00:39:52,681 --> 00:39:54,934
is they also found a police light
in your car.
722
00:39:55,017 --> 00:39:57,377
It helps me get access.
Sometimes you gotta hustle a little.
723
00:39:57,603 --> 00:40:03,317
But maybe, if you wanted to intimidate
or gain the confidence of a stranger,
724
00:40:03,943 --> 00:40:05,863
putting a bubble light
on your car might do that.
725
00:40:06,028 --> 00:40:08,072
No. No, I don't do that.
726
00:40:08,155 --> 00:40:11,700
But you know who might? A cop.
Kids'll go off with a real cop.
727
00:40:12,159 --> 00:40:13,411
You checkin' into them?
728
00:40:18,541 --> 00:40:22,086
We have a witness who saw Jo-Jo Bell
get into a white station wagon
729
00:40:22,169 --> 00:40:24,046
on the afternoon of March 2nd.
730
00:40:24,713 --> 00:40:28,342
The description of the driver was a match
for a man seen talking to Lubie Geter
731
00:40:28,426 --> 00:40:29,760
the day he disappeared.
732
00:40:34,765 --> 00:40:35,765
He look familiar to you?
733
00:40:38,686 --> 00:40:40,354
[Holden] What about... [sighs]
734
00:40:42,022 --> 00:40:43,149
...Patrick Rogers?
735
00:40:43,524 --> 00:40:46,068
He loved music.
Wanted to make it as a singer.
736
00:40:47,319 --> 00:40:50,114
You ever hand him a flyer,
invite him to your studio?
737
00:40:50,573 --> 00:40:53,325
Uh-uh. [clicks tongue]
I don't know no Patrick.
738
00:40:53,701 --> 00:40:57,288
He went by "Pat-Man."
Wrote a song called "Runnin' Girl."
739
00:40:57,830 --> 00:40:59,248
Maybe you remember now.
740
00:40:59,331 --> 00:41:00,332
No.
741
00:41:01,709 --> 00:41:03,544
I don't know. I meet kids every day.
742
00:41:03,878 --> 00:41:05,171
That don't mean I killed nobody.
743
00:41:05,254 --> 00:41:09,341
You ever hand out flyers
at... Moreland Plaza Shopping Center?
744
00:41:09,425 --> 00:41:10,259
Sometimes.
745
00:41:10,342 --> 00:41:12,887
That's where Aaron Jackson
and Patrick both carried groceries.
746
00:41:12,970 --> 00:41:15,890
And funny thing, they knew kids
from other parking lots:
747
00:41:16,265 --> 00:41:18,184
Lubie Geter, Charles Stephens.
748
00:41:18,267 --> 00:41:20,269
They worked the Lakewood Shopping Plaza.
749
00:41:20,978 --> 00:41:22,271
Ever go there, Wayne?
750
00:41:22,521 --> 00:41:24,106
Me and a thousand other people.
751
00:41:24,190 --> 00:41:25,816
But you were working, right?
752
00:41:26,692 --> 00:41:30,279
Handing out these flyers
to kids trying to make a buck.
753
00:41:30,362 --> 00:41:34,450
The bottom line is, nobody has ever
seen Wayne Williams strike another person,
754
00:41:34,533 --> 00:41:36,827
strangle another person, or hurt anybody,
755
00:41:36,911 --> 00:41:37,911
because I haven't.
756
00:41:39,705 --> 00:41:41,373
How did you know Nathaniel Cater?
757
00:41:41,874 --> 00:41:43,626
I don't know who that is.
758
00:41:44,168 --> 00:41:46,608
[Holden] Cater's body was dragged
from the Chattahoochee River
759
00:41:47,755 --> 00:41:49,632
just downstream from where we stopped you.
760
00:41:53,093 --> 00:41:55,739
- [Tench] That doesn't bother you?
- Why would it? I don't know him.
761
00:41:55,763 --> 00:41:59,266
- You've never met Nathaniel Cater?
- [Williams] You asking if I killed him?
762
00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:01,018
Look at me, I'm five-seven, man.
763
00:42:01,101 --> 00:42:02,895
How the hell am I gonna kill a grown man,
764
00:42:02,978 --> 00:42:05,356
drag him out of my car,
and throw him off of a bridge?
765
00:42:05,439 --> 00:42:08,609
Toxicology reports suggest
Cater was intoxicated at the time.
766
00:42:09,068 --> 00:42:10,361
Much easier to kill a drunk man.
767
00:42:10,444 --> 00:42:12,821
[Tench] The body showed signs
of strangulation
768
00:42:12,905 --> 00:42:14,657
but no vertebral damage.
769
00:42:15,824 --> 00:42:18,202
So maybe the killer
wasn't particularly strong...
770
00:42:18,577 --> 00:42:19,787
or couldn't follow through.
771
00:42:20,704 --> 00:42:22,331
It's hard to strangle someone.
772
00:42:22,748 --> 00:42:25,167
When you were choking Cater,
did you panic?
773
00:42:27,378 --> 00:42:29,630
- No.
- [Tench] No, you didn't panic?
774
00:42:29,713 --> 00:42:31,590
No, I didn't kill nobody.
775
00:42:33,175 --> 00:42:36,262
Cater hustled
at some of the gay clubs downtown.
776
00:42:36,345 --> 00:42:37,471
He your boyfriend?
777
00:42:39,265 --> 00:42:40,808
I am not homosexual.
778
00:42:40,891 --> 00:42:42,268
[chuckles]
779
00:42:43,185 --> 00:42:47,565
Know what I call a child talent scout
who makes no music and no money, Wayne?
780
00:42:48,732 --> 00:42:49,817
A fuckin' pedophile.
781
00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:57,992
[Holden] Let's go further back.
782
00:43:00,953 --> 00:43:03,581
- Where were you May 11th?
- I don't know.
783
00:43:03,664 --> 00:43:04,664
Think.
784
00:43:05,624 --> 00:43:07,126
I guess I was at home.
785
00:43:07,209 --> 00:43:08,689
- [Holden] Was anybody with you?
- No.
786
00:43:08,752 --> 00:43:09,878
[Holden] So on May 11th,
787
00:43:09,962 --> 00:43:12,923
when William Barrett was being
strangled to death, you were home alone.
788
00:43:13,591 --> 00:43:14,717
[lighter clicks]
789
00:43:16,885 --> 00:43:19,722
[Holden] April 22nd:
Jimmy Ray Payne went out to sell coins.
790
00:43:19,805 --> 00:43:22,766
His body was found in the Chattahoochee
not far from where we met.
791
00:43:22,850 --> 00:43:24,476
Where were you on April 22nd?
792
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:25,811
Is that a Wednesday?
793
00:43:25,978 --> 00:43:29,523
- Uh... guess I was out.
- [Holden] Out where?
794
00:43:29,607 --> 00:43:31,317
Working. Driving.
795
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:33,319
- [Holden] Was anyone with you?
- I doubt it.
796
00:43:33,402 --> 00:43:34,612
Okay, moving on.
797
00:43:34,987 --> 00:43:37,740
March 30th: Larry Rogers went missing.
798
00:43:37,823 --> 00:43:39,700
He was found a week later, strangled.
799
00:43:39,783 --> 00:43:42,369
On his body, we found carpet fibers
and dog hair.
800
00:43:43,704 --> 00:43:45,706
We're taking fiber samples
from your home right now
801
00:43:45,789 --> 00:43:47,416
and hair samples from Sheba.
802
00:43:47,499 --> 00:43:48,834
Anything you want to tell us?
803
00:43:50,336 --> 00:43:52,588
Where were you
on the afternoon of March 30th, Wayne?
804
00:43:53,255 --> 00:43:55,883
And if it helps you remember,
it was raining.
805
00:43:56,342 --> 00:43:59,178
If it's raining, uh, probably watchin' TV.
806
00:43:59,386 --> 00:44:01,096
Or maybe I'm playin' solitaire.
807
00:44:01,180 --> 00:44:02,640
Can anyone corroborate that?
808
00:44:03,932 --> 00:44:05,476
Corroborate solitaire?
809
00:44:06,977 --> 00:44:09,789
- [Holden] March 20th, Eddie Duncan...
- We gonna do this for all of 'em?
810
00:44:09,813 --> 00:44:11,774
Unless there's something else
you'd like to share?
811
00:44:13,859 --> 00:44:16,570
Y'all think
Wayne Williams murdered all those kids?
812
00:44:17,029 --> 00:44:18,029
Prove it.
813
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:20,032
Or I think I'll be going home.
814
00:44:20,824 --> 00:44:22,302
[Slaton] It's a murder charge, gentlemen,
815
00:44:22,326 --> 00:44:25,829
and you can't conclusively tie him
to a single victim, whether alive or dead.
816
00:44:25,913 --> 00:44:28,707
The only thing you've got
is a possible fiber match,
817
00:44:28,791 --> 00:44:30,751
which no grand jury
in Georgia is gonna consider
818
00:44:30,834 --> 00:44:32,211
more than circumstantial, at best.
819
00:44:32,294 --> 00:44:34,522
- That's not enough to arrest him.
- [Holden] He had no alibi.
820
00:44:34,546 --> 00:44:37,633
We went through 28 dates,
not a single verifiable alibi.
821
00:44:37,716 --> 00:44:41,345
Who can remember what they were doing
two weeks ago, much less 14 months?
822
00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:45,349
I've got attorneys from DOJ
and the governor pressuring me.
823
00:44:46,058 --> 00:44:49,144
But the man's polygraph
was as inconclusive as your interview.
824
00:44:49,895 --> 00:44:52,606
He flatlined three times.
That indicates deceptive.
825
00:44:52,690 --> 00:44:54,817
Wayne didn't react differently
to anything.
826
00:44:54,900 --> 00:44:56,402
Only sociopaths do that.
827
00:44:59,446 --> 00:45:01,824
[Brown] As for our efforts this evening,
828
00:45:02,116 --> 00:45:04,618
we've not obtained
the necessary information
829
00:45:04,702 --> 00:45:07,329
to charge or make an arrest,
830
00:45:07,413 --> 00:45:10,249
so we will not be releasing
the name of this individual.
831
00:45:10,666 --> 00:45:12,126
We still have no suspect.
832
00:45:12,751 --> 00:45:15,838
But we are always doing more
than the public knows,
833
00:45:16,338 --> 00:45:18,298
but I cannot comment
834
00:45:18,382 --> 00:45:21,510
on any ongoing investigation
we may be conducting.
835
00:45:21,593 --> 00:45:23,637
- [indistinct chatter]
- [camera shutters clicking]
836
00:45:23,721 --> 00:45:27,141
We are doing our best to bring an end
to this prolonged tragedy.
837
00:45:27,224 --> 00:45:29,852
[Homer] Wayne! Get over here. Let's go.
838
00:45:29,935 --> 00:45:32,080
[Brown] If there are any developments,
we'll keep you apprised.
839
00:45:32,104 --> 00:45:34,314
[reporters clamoring]
840
00:45:37,526 --> 00:45:38,569
[engine starts]
841
00:45:39,486 --> 00:45:41,155
- [sighs]
- [car door closes]
842
00:45:54,001 --> 00:45:55,252
[reporter] Mr. Brown!
843
00:45:56,086 --> 00:45:57,129
[knocking on door]
844
00:46:02,718 --> 00:46:04,178
[grunts softly]
845
00:46:15,105 --> 00:46:16,440
I brought you your paper.
846
00:46:17,691 --> 00:46:18,691
[Holden] Thanks.
847
00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:21,695
Don't you want to read it?
848
00:46:24,114 --> 00:46:26,492
- Oh, no.
- They printed the man's name and address.
849
00:46:26,575 --> 00:46:27,743
Somebody leaked this.
850
00:46:29,036 --> 00:46:30,287
[Tanya] This is your guy?
851
00:46:30,537 --> 00:46:32,289
- Is this him?
- We believe so.
852
00:46:32,372 --> 00:46:33,832
Because he doesn't look like...
853
00:46:33,916 --> 00:46:35,268
He doesn't look like
he could hurt anybody.
854
00:46:35,292 --> 00:46:37,187
- What he looks does not...
- [Tanya] They said he was smart,
855
00:46:37,211 --> 00:46:39,063
he had his own radio station,
owned his own business.
856
00:46:39,087 --> 00:46:42,174
I know it seems unlikely,
but he fits every aspect of the profile.
857
00:46:43,592 --> 00:46:44,802
What does that mean?
858
00:46:46,261 --> 00:46:49,431
We're very certain it was a black male,
early 20s to early 30s,
859
00:46:49,515 --> 00:46:51,767
- drives a certain type of car.
- That's it?
860
00:46:52,851 --> 00:46:55,771
That's what every cop
in Atlanta looks for, for every crime.
861
00:46:55,854 --> 00:46:58,249
- A young black man.
- It's a little more complicated than that.
862
00:46:58,273 --> 00:47:01,443
Did you investigate the man
who called saying where to find a body?
863
00:47:01,527 --> 00:47:03,755
Tanya, those calls were made
by sad people looking for...
864
00:47:03,779 --> 00:47:05,030
There was more than one?
865
00:47:05,113 --> 00:47:07,199
- Well...
- [Tanya] Well, did you ask them?
866
00:47:07,407 --> 00:47:10,410
Did you even bother to look at the men
who go out every day
867
00:47:10,494 --> 00:47:11,870
looking for young boys?
868
00:47:11,954 --> 00:47:15,374
Men these boys might have known?
Might have gotten into their car?
869
00:47:20,254 --> 00:47:21,839
[mouthing]
870
00:47:24,716 --> 00:47:26,760
- [quietly] Tanya, this guy...
- [Tanya] "Fits."
871
00:47:27,511 --> 00:47:29,930
If you're so sure he fits,
how come you haven't arrested him?
872
00:47:30,639 --> 00:47:33,600
- Because this is going to ruin his life.
- There are procedures.
873
00:47:33,684 --> 00:47:36,270
I'm not saying, unequivocally,
he did all 29,
874
00:47:36,353 --> 00:47:38,581
- but I know he did some of them.
- What if you're wrong?
875
00:47:38,605 --> 00:47:40,482
- I'm not.
- [Tanya] Because he's black?
876
00:47:40,566 --> 00:47:43,569
- Because he drives some kind of car?
- Would you like to come inside?
877
00:47:43,944 --> 00:47:45,320
[Tanya] No, I would not.
878
00:47:45,571 --> 00:47:47,281
But I should congratulate you, Agent Ford.
879
00:47:47,447 --> 00:47:49,950
I guess y'all came here
to find a brother to fit the bill,
880
00:47:50,033 --> 00:47:51,326
and find one, you did.
881
00:47:56,456 --> 00:47:59,459
There were reporters everywhere.
Remember, they got the plumber's name.
882
00:47:59,543 --> 00:48:01,962
But they didn't call him
the "Atlanta Monster."
883
00:48:02,045 --> 00:48:04,756
Somebody leaked it. For a reason.
884
00:48:05,090 --> 00:48:06,800
It'll definitely make him sweat.
885
00:48:07,551 --> 00:48:08,844
Fuck me.
886
00:48:13,599 --> 00:48:15,601
[indistinct chatter]
887
00:48:17,477 --> 00:48:19,479
[crowd chattering]
888
00:48:33,744 --> 00:48:36,204
- How many times has he peeked out?
- A few.
889
00:48:36,747 --> 00:48:37,831
Countin' the cameras.
890
00:48:37,915 --> 00:48:40,667
We're not gonna see much more of him
until this dies down.
891
00:48:41,543 --> 00:48:44,338
Station said we had
a walk-in this morning, young guy.
892
00:48:44,630 --> 00:48:47,549
The tip lines have been flooded.
Suddenly everybody's seen Wayne,
893
00:48:47,633 --> 00:48:50,594
they all got something to tell,
long as they're in line for a reward.
894
00:48:50,677 --> 00:48:52,638
But this guy may be worth our time.
895
00:48:53,221 --> 00:48:54,389
Let's go talk to him.
896
00:48:54,890 --> 00:48:55,890
[Williams] Morning.
897
00:48:56,767 --> 00:48:57,767
Y'all ready?
898
00:48:58,518 --> 00:48:59,978
Here's a copy of my résumé.
899
00:49:00,395 --> 00:49:01,688
Everybody take one.
900
00:49:02,105 --> 00:49:04,942
The rules are nobody shows my face.
If y'all agree to that, come on in.
901
00:49:05,025 --> 00:49:06,026
[reporters clamoring]
902
00:49:06,109 --> 00:49:08,987
Our Renaissance man knows how to get
in front of a story.
903
00:49:09,071 --> 00:49:10,071
Let's, uh...
904
00:49:17,245 --> 00:49:19,140
[reporter 1 on monitor]
Did you kill those children, Wayne?
905
00:49:19,164 --> 00:49:20,666
[Williams] No, I did not.
906
00:49:20,749 --> 00:49:22,626
[reporter 2] Then why are you a suspect?
907
00:49:23,168 --> 00:49:26,838
[Williams] I got stopped by the FBI
at the James Jackson Parkway Bridge.
908
00:49:26,922 --> 00:49:28,642
They asked me
what I'd dropped in the river.
909
00:49:28,674 --> 00:49:30,342
I said, "Nothing."
910
00:49:30,425 --> 00:49:32,636
Ever since then,
they've been following me.
911
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:34,906
- [reporter 1] For no reason?
- [Williams] Oh, they got their reasons.
912
00:49:34,930 --> 00:49:36,866
They're desperate
to pin these murders on someone,
913
00:49:36,890 --> 00:49:38,976
and they know damn well
if they arrest a white man,
914
00:49:39,059 --> 00:49:40,644
this city will burn.
915
00:49:40,727 --> 00:49:42,288
[reporter 3]
What do you want, Mr. Williams?
916
00:49:42,312 --> 00:49:43,438
[Williams] To be left alone.
917
00:49:43,522 --> 00:49:47,109
And an apology from those FBI agents
who spent last night threatening me
918
00:49:47,192 --> 00:49:48,026
and accusing me.
919
00:49:48,110 --> 00:49:50,404
- I think he's referring to you.
- Or you.
920
00:49:50,487 --> 00:49:51,631
[reporter 4]
Did you know any of the victims?
921
00:49:51,655 --> 00:49:52,572
[Williams] No, sir.
922
00:49:52,656 --> 00:49:55,200
Do you want to say anything
to the families of the victims?
923
00:49:55,283 --> 00:49:57,123
[Williams]
Well, I work with children so I know
924
00:49:57,160 --> 00:50:00,247
some of these kids are in places
they don't have no business being in.
925
00:50:00,330 --> 00:50:03,208
Got no supervision.
They're just runnin' the streets.
926
00:50:03,291 --> 00:50:04,727
And I'm saying, while you're doing that...
927
00:50:04,751 --> 00:50:07,004
that's not giving anyone
a license to kill...
928
00:50:07,087 --> 00:50:10,298
but you open yourself up
to all types of things. Bad things.
929
00:50:10,382 --> 00:50:13,510
Mr. Williams, did the FBI ask you to take
a polygraph test?
930
00:50:13,593 --> 00:50:16,930
[Williams] Yes. And I did so voluntarily.
It was considered inconclusive.
931
00:50:17,014 --> 00:50:19,850
What suspected murderer
risks holding a press conference
932
00:50:19,933 --> 00:50:21,293
with no lawyer and no preparation?
933
00:50:21,351 --> 00:50:23,071
Someone who's certain
he'll never be caught.
934
00:50:23,103 --> 00:50:25,289
Or someone who's really pissed
of being wrongly accused.
935
00:50:25,313 --> 00:50:26,940
[man speaks indistinctly]
936
00:50:27,399 --> 00:50:28,559
Let's go talk to your pigeon.
937
00:50:28,608 --> 00:50:30,861
[Williams] When I said I didn't,
they called me a liar.
938
00:50:31,319 --> 00:50:33,238
[Barney] You said you know Wayne Williams?
939
00:50:33,321 --> 00:50:35,073
Yeah. Me and Wayne play ball together.
940
00:50:35,824 --> 00:50:37,576
Sometimes we do music on the side.
941
00:50:38,785 --> 00:50:40,471
If I tell y'all what I know,
and y'all use it,
942
00:50:40,495 --> 00:50:41,705
I get that reward, right?
943
00:50:41,788 --> 00:50:44,374
Let's chat for a while,
then see if I need to call the mayor.
944
00:50:44,458 --> 00:50:45,458
Okay.
945
00:50:45,500 --> 00:50:48,128
So, Mr. Marcus, what can you tell us?
946
00:50:48,211 --> 00:50:50,756
Well, you see,
Wayne ain't like you always see him.
947
00:50:51,173 --> 00:50:52,591
- He's a Gemini.
- His horoscope?
948
00:50:53,008 --> 00:50:54,277
[Marcus] Yeah, you know, like, the twins.
949
00:50:54,301 --> 00:50:56,154
Except with Wayne, you never know
which one you're gonna get.
950
00:50:56,178 --> 00:50:58,555
- And one is worse than the other?
- [Marcus] Oh, yeah.
951
00:50:58,638 --> 00:51:01,892
He can get angry sometimes.
He doesn't look like it, but he can.
952
00:51:01,975 --> 00:51:03,286
[Holden] What does Wayne get angry about?
953
00:51:03,310 --> 00:51:04,954
[Marcus] A while back,
some folks came around
954
00:51:04,978 --> 00:51:07,939
looking for donations,
you know, to help find those missing kids.
955
00:51:08,482 --> 00:51:10,682
- Well, I was gonna put something in...
- Very generous.
956
00:51:10,734 --> 00:51:12,819
Well, yeah, but Wayne told me
don't waste the money.
957
00:51:13,570 --> 00:51:16,073
He said those dead kids
were nothing but a bunch of prostitutes
958
00:51:16,156 --> 00:51:17,949
hanging around the streets all night long.
959
00:51:18,033 --> 00:51:20,913
- He called the victims prostitutes?
- He acted like it was a good thing.
960
00:51:21,203 --> 00:51:23,538
Said that they were drop shots
and giving us a bad name.
961
00:51:24,081 --> 00:51:26,121
Said we work so hard,
but we can't get nothing done.
962
00:51:26,166 --> 00:51:27,375
What's a drop shot?
963
00:51:27,459 --> 00:51:29,503
Anybody who ain't worth much of nothing.
964
00:51:29,586 --> 00:51:32,339
You just shoot 'em, drop 'em,
get 'em gone.
965
00:51:33,131 --> 00:51:34,674
[Tench] Could go to motive.
966
00:51:34,758 --> 00:51:36,802
Like he was cleaning up the streets.
967
00:51:37,636 --> 00:51:38,929
Or it's more personal.
968
00:51:40,347 --> 00:51:43,809
Wayne's parents have him late,
give him everything to succeed.
969
00:51:44,851 --> 00:51:48,814
He works hard at school,
he's smart, runs his own radio station.
970
00:51:48,897 --> 00:51:50,148
[Tench] The next Berry Gordy.
971
00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:51,440
Who?
972
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:54,402
- Never mind.
- But everything dries up.
973
00:51:54,486 --> 00:51:57,489
Radio station gets closed down,
he drops out of college.
974
00:51:57,572 --> 00:51:59,533
Wayne never reaches his full potential.
975
00:52:00,075 --> 00:52:01,159
Why?
976
00:52:01,743 --> 00:52:03,161
He believes it's
because he's seen
977
00:52:03,245 --> 00:52:04,746
as just another black kid.
978
00:52:05,205 --> 00:52:08,291
It's a box he can't get out of.
So who does he take it out on?
979
00:52:08,583 --> 00:52:09,668
Poor black kids.
980
00:52:09,751 --> 00:52:11,419
He's trying to regain control.
981
00:52:11,503 --> 00:52:13,130
Like Berkowitz, Kemper.
982
00:52:13,213 --> 00:52:15,549
Men plagued by inadequacy and failure.
983
00:52:15,966 --> 00:52:19,845
Williams isn't ashamed of his sexuality,
he's ashamed of his failure to achieve.
984
00:52:20,137 --> 00:52:23,098
That's why he talks himself up.
That's why he exaggerates.
985
00:52:23,598 --> 00:52:24,933
Maybe that's why he kills.
986
00:52:26,601 --> 00:52:28,436
Plays to your narcissist angle.
987
00:52:29,020 --> 00:52:32,065
But even if Mr. Civic Duty
is telling the truth,
988
00:52:32,566 --> 00:52:34,192
there's nothing material there.
989
00:52:34,609 --> 00:52:36,862
It's not evidence, Holden. It's a theory.
990
00:52:36,945 --> 00:52:40,198
And we know we're not getting
an arrest warrant based on "psychology."
991
00:52:40,282 --> 00:52:42,284
Now that Wayne's a sideshow,
he can't even jaywalk
992
00:52:42,367 --> 00:52:43,994
without being on the nightly news.
993
00:52:44,077 --> 00:52:46,538
The likelihood of him snatching
another victim is zero.
994
00:52:47,664 --> 00:52:48,790
Disappointed?
995
00:52:49,541 --> 00:52:53,211
I'm going to the hotel.
Have a drink, call my wife. You coming?
996
00:52:54,421 --> 00:52:57,132
- [Holden] Yeah.
- [officers speaking indistinctly]
997
00:52:57,215 --> 00:52:59,026
There are federal guidelines
regarding our jur...
998
00:52:59,050 --> 00:53:00,987
- [announcer] Maybe you can be one of us.
- Go back.
999
00:53:01,011 --> 00:53:04,472
- [announcer] The few, the proud...
- We simply had to get involved.
1000
00:53:04,764 --> 00:53:07,601
[interviewer] The bureau's been in Atlanta
for several months now.
1001
00:53:08,101 --> 00:53:11,062
How has a federal presence
affected the investigation?
1002
00:53:11,146 --> 00:53:14,649
Our agents augment the efforts
of the task force in individual cases,
1003
00:53:14,900 --> 00:53:17,068
and we've made progress
in our own investigations
1004
00:53:17,152 --> 00:53:19,152
into many of the crimes
that we believe are linked.
1005
00:53:19,196 --> 00:53:22,490
With regards to arrests, the sum total
during the investigation so far
1006
00:53:22,574 --> 00:53:23,575
has been zero.
1007
00:53:23,909 --> 00:53:27,579
And the press is consistently told
there are no suspects.
1008
00:53:27,662 --> 00:53:30,665
Can you be specific
on the progress you've made?
1009
00:53:30,749 --> 00:53:32,727
- [Webster] I believe it's significant.
- What's he doing?
1010
00:53:32,751 --> 00:53:34,711
I am quietly confident
that an arrest is imminent.
1011
00:53:35,086 --> 00:53:37,148
- Putting us on a deadline.
- [interviewer] You have a suspect?
1012
00:53:37,172 --> 00:53:39,233
[Webster] I'm not going to give details
at this time,
1013
00:53:39,257 --> 00:53:41,468
but we should have some information soon.
1014
00:53:41,551 --> 00:53:43,678
[reporter on TV]
Twenty-three-year-old Wayne Williams,
1015
00:53:43,762 --> 00:53:46,306
- a talent agent and music promoter.
- [line ringing]
1016
00:53:46,389 --> 00:53:50,268
While law enforcement has said
only that there will be no arrest,
1017
00:53:50,352 --> 00:53:53,230
- Williams gave reporters a glimpse...
- [TV mutes]
1018
00:53:58,109 --> 00:53:59,319
[line continues ringing]
1019
00:54:15,001 --> 00:54:16,001
[dial tone buzzes]
1020
00:54:19,631 --> 00:54:21,633
[line ringing]
1021
00:54:42,946 --> 00:54:43,822
[receiver clatters]
1022
00:54:43,905 --> 00:54:45,907
[indistinct chatter]
1023
00:54:47,367 --> 00:54:49,369
[helicopter blades whirring overhead]
1024
00:54:56,126 --> 00:54:57,711
Has he left the house today?
1025
00:54:57,794 --> 00:54:58,670
Not Wayne.
1026
00:54:58,753 --> 00:55:00,982
Homer came out and took photographs
of the photographers.
1027
00:55:01,006 --> 00:55:03,341
- [Tench scoffs]
- [Barney] You see Webster on NewsHour?
1028
00:55:04,050 --> 00:55:05,552
Think Slaton's changed his mind?
1029
00:55:05,635 --> 00:55:08,054
I think somebody's making it clear
they want him to.
1030
00:55:08,138 --> 00:55:09,139
Any news from the lab?
1031
00:55:09,222 --> 00:55:12,726
Peterson's matched carpet fibers
from his bedroom to 14 victims.
1032
00:55:13,018 --> 00:55:14,018
The dog hair to five.
1033
00:55:14,686 --> 00:55:17,897
Shame the DA doesn't care
for all that scientific mumbo jumbo.
1034
00:55:17,981 --> 00:55:19,899
- [door opens]
- [reporters clamoring]
1035
00:55:19,983 --> 00:55:22,253
- [reporter 1] Mr. Williams!
- [reporter 2] Mr. Williams! Come on!
1036
00:55:22,277 --> 00:55:23,111
Give me a picture!
1037
00:55:23,194 --> 00:55:25,780
[reporters continue clamoring
indistinctly]
1038
00:55:26,323 --> 00:55:28,074
[camera shutters clicking]
1039
00:55:33,246 --> 00:55:35,290
- [car door closes]
- [car engine starts]
1040
00:55:47,218 --> 00:55:49,387
I've been here all night.
You want this one?
1041
00:55:49,471 --> 00:55:50,472
Sure.
1042
00:55:50,555 --> 00:55:52,557
[suspenseful piano music playing]
1043
00:56:02,776 --> 00:56:04,361
[car engine starts]
1044
00:56:17,248 --> 00:56:18,248
Officer!
1045
00:56:21,461 --> 00:56:24,339
Do me a favor. If the father comes out,
call it in to the station.
1046
00:56:24,422 --> 00:56:26,341
- [officer] You got it.
- Thank you.
1047
00:56:28,676 --> 00:56:29,594
[Holden] He's loving this.
1048
00:56:29,677 --> 00:56:33,306
Police, press, choppers...
Like a fucking presidential motorcade.
1049
00:56:33,390 --> 00:56:35,642
And he knows
it's a colossal waste of time.
1050
00:56:35,725 --> 00:56:38,937
The hours we spend following him
to convenience stores and dive bars
1051
00:56:39,020 --> 00:56:40,563
get us no closer to an arrest.
1052
00:56:41,606 --> 00:56:42,899
Could be a late lunch.
1053
00:56:43,691 --> 00:56:46,277
Maybe we'll get
another shitty fish sandwich.
1054
00:56:47,195 --> 00:56:49,197
[helicopter blades whirring]
1055
00:57:05,380 --> 00:57:06,756
[eerie choral music playing]
1056
00:57:15,306 --> 00:57:17,392
- [car doors closing]
- [car horn blaring]
1057
00:57:17,475 --> 00:57:18,893
[reporters clamoring]
1058
00:57:19,853 --> 00:57:22,814
Maynard Jackson! Mayor!
1059
00:57:23,731 --> 00:57:25,525
Come look at the mess you made!
1060
00:57:27,235 --> 00:57:29,070
Funny way to demand less attention.
1061
00:57:29,404 --> 00:57:30,447
Yeah, it is.
1062
00:57:30,530 --> 00:57:32,323
[car horn continues blaring]
1063
00:57:33,491 --> 00:57:35,452
[Williams] Mayor! You put out a bounty,
1064
00:57:35,535 --> 00:57:37,579
but don't care
if you frame an innocent man?
1065
00:57:37,662 --> 00:57:39,330
Come look at what I have to live with!
1066
00:57:39,956 --> 00:57:41,708
[car horn continues blaring]
1067
00:57:41,791 --> 00:57:44,586
Where are you going, Mayor?
To call the police?
1068
00:57:44,669 --> 00:57:45,837
They already here!
1069
00:57:47,130 --> 00:57:48,590
Why are you hiding?
1070
00:57:48,673 --> 00:57:51,176
Get back out here
and look at what you have done!
1071
00:57:51,259 --> 00:57:53,970
[dispatcher on radio] Station to A-T-64.
Package two is moving.
1072
00:57:54,053 --> 00:57:55,221
Package two is moving.
1073
00:57:55,305 --> 00:57:57,432
Traveling west in a black Mercury sedan.
1074
00:57:59,225 --> 00:58:01,394
- [radio clicks]
- A-T-64 has eyes on him.
1075
00:58:11,321 --> 00:58:12,822
[airplane engine whirring overhead]
1076
00:58:12,906 --> 00:58:14,449
[indistinct chatter]
1077
00:58:20,455 --> 00:58:24,125
- [car door closes]
- [car engine starts]
1078
00:58:24,209 --> 00:58:25,752
- Hmm. Mm-hmm.
- [Barney] Excuse me.
1079
00:58:25,835 --> 00:58:26,854
- [taps on desk]
- [Barney] Hi.
1080
00:58:26,878 --> 00:58:28,546
- Sorry. Uh...
- [Barney] Hi.
1081
00:58:29,964 --> 00:58:32,258
The man who just left here,
what did he want?
1082
00:58:32,884 --> 00:58:35,637
He was inquiring about charters
to South America.
1083
00:58:36,596 --> 00:58:38,890
Did he purchase anything, a ticket?
1084
00:58:38,973 --> 00:58:42,227
No. But he did say
he might be seeing me again soon.
1085
00:58:43,728 --> 00:58:44,728
Thank you.
1086
00:58:45,021 --> 00:58:47,023
We've seen unsubs exhibit hubris.
1087
00:58:48,024 --> 00:58:50,485
Writing letters, hanging out in cop bars.
1088
00:58:50,818 --> 00:58:52,904
But if one of them
had openly become a suspect,
1089
00:58:52,987 --> 00:58:54,447
would they be taunting police?
1090
00:58:54,531 --> 00:58:56,658
This guy has
no self-preservation instinct.
1091
00:58:57,158 --> 00:59:00,745
This is his one chance to get
the attention he feels he deserves.
1092
00:59:01,246 --> 00:59:02,539
As soon as the story slows down,
1093
00:59:02,622 --> 00:59:04,624
he finds a way to get the cameras
back on him.
1094
00:59:04,707 --> 00:59:05,708
There you are.
1095
00:59:07,001 --> 00:59:08,044
You missed it.
1096
00:59:08,378 --> 00:59:11,089
- Missed what?
- Guess where Quincy Jones took us today?
1097
00:59:11,172 --> 00:59:13,174
- The mayor's house.
- And not just a drive-by.
1098
00:59:13,258 --> 00:59:16,761
He parked the whole convoy on the road.
Ringmaster of his own media circus.
1099
00:59:16,844 --> 00:59:18,822
- It was unbelievable.
- [Barney] It makes perfect sense.
1100
00:59:18,846 --> 00:59:20,807
- That's what I was saying.
- It's a diversion.
1101
00:59:21,724 --> 00:59:23,309
- A diversion?
- For?
1102
00:59:23,393 --> 00:59:26,273
After he pulled out, Homer left the house.
I followed him to the airport.
1103
00:59:26,312 --> 00:59:30,066
He made inquiries with a private charter
about flights to South America.
1104
00:59:31,317 --> 00:59:32,527
You gotta call Slaton.
1105
00:59:33,111 --> 00:59:34,880
We may not be able
to give him any more evidence,
1106
00:59:34,904 --> 00:59:37,323
but our main suspect
just became a flight risk.
1107
00:59:40,994 --> 00:59:42,328
It wasn't just hubris.
1108
00:59:43,162 --> 00:59:44,247
It was strategic.
1109
00:59:46,374 --> 00:59:48,376
- ["Hey Nineteen" playing]
- [indistinct chatter]
1110
01:00:01,848 --> 01:00:04,309
♪ Way back when, in '67... ♪
1111
01:00:04,392 --> 01:00:06,519
If they won't take flight risk
as probable cause,
1112
01:00:06,603 --> 01:00:09,147
we're gonna be sittin' out here
till the next body drops.
1113
01:00:09,647 --> 01:00:11,649
[police sirens wailing]
1114
01:00:15,111 --> 01:00:17,113
[reporters clamoring]
1115
01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:20,283
What the fuck?
1116
01:00:32,962 --> 01:00:34,797
[camera shutters clicking rapidly]
1117
01:00:35,465 --> 01:00:39,385
- [reporter 1] They're bringing him out!
- [reporter 2] What are the charges?
1118
01:00:53,900 --> 01:00:55,151
Did I miss something?
1119
01:00:55,234 --> 01:00:56,361
Looks like we all did.
1120
01:01:00,823 --> 01:01:02,825
[reporters clamoring]
1121
01:01:04,118 --> 01:01:07,330
[Holden] The DA told us we had
insubstantial evidence. It's his drumbeat.
1122
01:01:07,413 --> 01:01:09,957
It seems he was persuaded
to change his mind.
1123
01:01:10,041 --> 01:01:10,917
[Holden] How?
1124
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:14,104
The Justice Department invited themselves
to the governor's mansion last night.
1125
01:01:14,128 --> 01:01:16,464
- And the DA was guest of honor.
- [Gunn] He was.
1126
01:01:16,547 --> 01:01:19,008
The fibers from the search came back
a perfect match.
1127
01:01:19,092 --> 01:01:21,987
Justice was able to convince him
that he could get a conviction with that.
1128
01:01:22,011 --> 01:01:24,055
Slaton agreed to charge him
with two of the murders,
1129
01:01:24,138 --> 01:01:25,765
as long as his officers made the arrest.
1130
01:01:25,848 --> 01:01:27,975
- We don't care who hauls him in.
- [Gunn] Exactly.
1131
01:01:28,059 --> 01:01:30,579
- Which two is he charged with?
- The one near the bridge. Carter?
1132
01:01:30,603 --> 01:01:33,272
- Cater.
- And number 27. Payne, I think.
1133
01:01:33,356 --> 01:01:35,858
Both adults? They aren't getting him
for any of the children?
1134
01:01:35,942 --> 01:01:39,028
Look, he could be good for anywhere
from two to ten of them.
1135
01:01:39,112 --> 01:01:41,715
They'll charge him with as many
as they think will get convictions.
1136
01:01:41,739 --> 01:01:44,409
The important thing is
we got him off the streets.
1137
01:01:45,159 --> 01:01:49,163
[Jackson] Earlier today, a man
by the name of Wayne Bertram Williams
1138
01:01:49,247 --> 01:01:53,626
was arrested and charged with the murders
of Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne.
1139
01:01:54,544 --> 01:01:58,131
This arrest comes
after an extensive investigation led
1140
01:01:58,214 --> 01:01:59,549
by the FBI,
1141
01:01:59,632 --> 01:02:02,093
in conjunction with local
and state authorities.
1142
01:02:02,927 --> 01:02:07,849
I now pray our city, which has
been through so much, can rest,
1143
01:02:07,932 --> 01:02:12,186
and that today's events mark
the start of a time for us to heal.
1144
01:02:12,270 --> 01:02:14,480
Left a stack of shit on your desk.
1145
01:02:14,564 --> 01:02:15,815
Still a lot to clean up.
1146
01:02:15,898 --> 01:02:16,898
Thanks.
1147
01:02:17,525 --> 01:02:19,277
Remember your kid in the mall,
1148
01:02:19,360 --> 01:02:21,988
the house next to Fulton County Stadium
he talked about?
1149
01:02:22,113 --> 01:02:22,947
Yeah.
1150
01:02:23,030 --> 01:02:24,824
I asked a recruit to go
through three years
1151
01:02:24,907 --> 01:02:28,244
of pedophile complaints
and convictions, look for any red flags.
1152
01:02:28,327 --> 01:02:29,162
Found this guy.
1153
01:02:29,245 --> 01:02:31,080
Sixty-three-years-old, black.
1154
01:02:31,164 --> 01:02:34,667
We got complaints of young boys
being given drugs and spending the night.
1155
01:02:36,836 --> 01:02:37,962
This fucking smells.
1156
01:02:38,337 --> 01:02:40,691
There's no connection between him
and the house in Lakewood.
1157
01:02:40,715 --> 01:02:41,549
The old white guy.
1158
01:02:41,632 --> 01:02:44,886
This recruit was on the detail
that boxed up the Polaroids from Lakewood.
1159
01:02:44,969 --> 01:02:47,430
He swears there were pictures
of black children among them.
1160
01:02:47,513 --> 01:02:50,183
Evidence log said the photos
were exclusively young white males.
1161
01:02:50,266 --> 01:02:53,019
He also said they hauled out
thousands of Polaroids.
1162
01:02:54,771 --> 01:02:57,356
This puts the number
between 300 and 400.
1163
01:02:57,774 --> 01:02:59,859
He says APD locked up the photos.
1164
01:03:00,485 --> 01:03:03,255
But when they got logged into evidence,
there were no pictures of black children.
1165
01:03:03,279 --> 01:03:06,199
Would your recruit go on record
with the district attorney?
1166
01:03:06,282 --> 01:03:09,786
He doesn't want his name to be used.
He's just giving us something to run down.
1167
01:03:09,869 --> 01:03:12,455
We know two of our victims
visited the Lakewood house.
1168
01:03:12,914 --> 01:03:16,793
And we have an unverified account
of kids going to a "stadium house."
1169
01:03:17,293 --> 01:03:18,628
You've got the manpower now.
1170
01:03:18,711 --> 01:03:21,005
Start with those two houses,
question the neighbors,
1171
01:03:21,088 --> 01:03:23,216
press the offenders.
Something will shake loose.
1172
01:03:25,218 --> 01:03:27,678
Do it quietly, independently.
1173
01:03:27,762 --> 01:03:30,515
[quietly] We've been working
with this task force for months.
1174
01:03:30,598 --> 01:03:32,892
Somebody from APD knew
we should have been looking
1175
01:03:32,975 --> 01:03:34,477
at these guys all along.
1176
01:03:34,560 --> 01:03:37,897
- [suspenseful instrumental music playing]
- [indistinct chatter]
1177
01:03:46,823 --> 01:03:48,825
[indistinct chatter]
1178
01:04:04,882 --> 01:04:06,884
- Smells good.
- [Camille chuckles]
1179
01:04:08,469 --> 01:04:11,472
- You come to be congratulated?
- [Holden] To say goodbye.
1180
01:04:11,889 --> 01:04:14,767
For now.
But I want you to know I'll be back.
1181
01:04:15,184 --> 01:04:16,811
The FBI is still working these cases.
1182
01:04:16,894 --> 01:04:19,981
My son Yusef's been dead 20 months now,
Agent Ford.
1183
01:04:20,731 --> 01:04:23,651
All my Yusef could've
and should've been is gone.
1184
01:04:25,403 --> 01:04:29,574
And you're telling me that
that is on account of Wayne Williams?
1185
01:04:29,824 --> 01:04:30,658
Yes.
1186
01:04:30,741 --> 01:04:32,910
[Camille]
Then why hasn't he been arrested for it?
1187
01:04:32,994 --> 01:04:35,496
Why hasn't he been charged
with killing of any of our babies?
1188
01:04:36,873 --> 01:04:38,033
More charges will be brought.
1189
01:04:38,082 --> 01:04:39,882
Is it
because you aren't really sure it's him?
1190
01:04:40,459 --> 01:04:44,088
Mrs. Bell, I'm not saying
Williams perpetrated all 29 murders.
1191
01:04:44,171 --> 01:04:47,800
But right now,
we have enough to tie him to two.
1192
01:04:47,884 --> 01:04:50,219
And I'm confident, given time,
1193
01:04:50,303 --> 01:04:53,055
we'll be able to charge him
with a significant number of them.
1194
01:04:53,389 --> 01:04:56,142
We still have agents from all over
working every case diligently.
1195
01:04:56,225 --> 01:04:59,270
You do now. But what about tomorrow?
1196
01:04:59,353 --> 01:05:03,232
When everybody decides they've found
their scapegoat and that is good enough.
1197
01:05:05,318 --> 01:05:06,903
What are we gonna be left with?
1198
01:05:06,986 --> 01:05:08,362
[Holden] We are not leaving.
1199
01:05:08,446 --> 01:05:10,215
And Williams will spend
the rest of his life in...
1200
01:05:10,239 --> 01:05:12,533
Not for Yusef's death.
1201
01:05:14,076 --> 01:05:15,119
Or Jeffrey's.
1202
01:05:15,703 --> 01:05:17,496
Or Angel's. Or Earl's.
1203
01:05:18,623 --> 01:05:21,709
Wayne Williams didn't kill my boy.
I know that in my bones.
1204
01:05:23,127 --> 01:05:24,887
You've gone and found yourselves
a black man.
1205
01:05:24,962 --> 01:05:27,089
Wayne might just be Atlanta's 30th victim.
1206
01:05:27,173 --> 01:05:28,633
I can promise you that's not true.
1207
01:05:30,468 --> 01:05:32,678
Careful about making promises, Agent Ford.
1208
01:05:37,016 --> 01:05:39,268
That is known as a victory lap.
1209
01:05:39,352 --> 01:05:42,146
...families who have waited
so long for justice.
1210
01:05:42,688 --> 01:05:44,815
It's supposed to be taken
at the end of the race.
1211
01:05:47,068 --> 01:05:48,235
I'm sorry to interrupt.
1212
01:05:49,070 --> 01:05:51,989
Enjoy your meal, and I will see you soon.
1213
01:05:57,620 --> 01:05:59,622
[plane engines whirring]
1214
01:06:04,835 --> 01:06:06,087
[Gunn] Congratulations!
1215
01:06:06,420 --> 01:06:09,966
- [Tench] Have The Beatles landed?
- [chuckles] We're the fucking Beatles.
1216
01:06:10,049 --> 01:06:12,051
[Tench] Wow! Beats Delta.
1217
01:06:12,718 --> 01:06:14,136
[Gunn] Webster's very pleased.
1218
01:06:14,220 --> 01:06:16,889
He's deemed the bureau's success
as largely due to us.
1219
01:06:17,515 --> 01:06:19,433
It's nice, being recognized.
1220
01:06:19,517 --> 01:06:20,768
Well, you've earned it.
1221
01:06:21,060 --> 01:06:24,063
We closed the highest profile case
in the country.
1222
01:06:24,772 --> 01:06:27,358
We're downgrading Atlanta
to pending inactive status.
1223
01:06:27,441 --> 01:06:29,161
The director wants to show
his appreciation.
1224
01:06:29,193 --> 01:06:30,778
Wait, inactive?
1225
01:06:30,861 --> 01:06:33,489
We'll keep a few agents here
for trial support
1226
01:06:33,572 --> 01:06:34,991
and cataloging evidence.
1227
01:06:35,074 --> 01:06:36,074
What about the kids?
1228
01:06:37,034 --> 01:06:39,745
It's up to the DA
which cases get tied to Williams.
1229
01:06:40,413 --> 01:06:43,791
The important thing is,
from now on, we'll be first in.
1230
01:06:44,583 --> 01:06:45,876
Atlanta's changed everything.
1231
01:06:48,838 --> 01:06:50,089
We did our jobs.
1232
01:06:50,881 --> 01:06:53,175
We have no control over anything else.
1233
01:06:54,885 --> 01:06:56,220
Take a victory lap.
1234
01:06:56,303 --> 01:06:58,305
[haunting instrumental music plays]
1235
01:07:08,899 --> 01:07:10,151
[record player clicks]
1236
01:07:12,278 --> 01:07:14,280
["Guilt" playing]
1237
01:07:17,700 --> 01:07:19,368
♪ I feel guilt ♪
1238
01:07:20,411 --> 01:07:21,996
♪ I feel guilt ♪
1239
01:07:23,372 --> 01:07:27,501
♪ Though I know I done no wrong
I feel guilt ♪
1240
01:07:28,461 --> 01:07:30,212
♪ I feel guilt ♪
1241
01:07:31,172 --> 01:07:32,840
♪ I feel guilt ♪
1242
01:07:34,175 --> 01:07:38,387
♪ Though I know I've done no wrong
I feel guilt ♪
1243
01:07:39,346 --> 01:07:41,474
♪ I feel bad ♪
1244
01:07:42,141 --> 01:07:43,684
♪ So bad ♪
1245
01:07:44,852 --> 01:07:49,356
♪ Though I ain't done nothin' wrong
I feel bad ♪
1246
01:07:50,149 --> 01:07:51,817
- ♪ I feel bad ♪
- ♪ Feel bad ♪
1247
01:07:52,943 --> 01:07:54,653
♪ So bad ♪
1248
01:07:55,905 --> 01:07:59,950
♪ Though I ain't done nothin' wrong
I feel bad ♪
1249
01:08:00,993 --> 01:08:04,830
♪ I never lied to my lover ♪
1250
01:08:06,207 --> 01:08:09,877
♪ But if I did, I would admit it ♪
1251
01:08:11,337 --> 01:08:15,174
♪ If I could get away with murder ♪
1252
01:08:16,467 --> 01:08:19,804
♪ I'd take my gun, and I'd commit it ♪
1253
01:08:21,639 --> 01:08:24,558
♪ I never gave to the rich ♪
1254
01:08:26,811 --> 01:08:29,647
♪ I never stole from the poor... ♪
1255
01:08:30,272 --> 01:08:32,167
[newscaster on TV]
President Reagan has told Congress
1256
01:08:32,191 --> 01:08:33,400
he will throw his full support
1257
01:08:33,484 --> 01:08:36,153
behind the bipartisan...
[continues speaking indistinctly]
1258
01:08:37,071 --> 01:08:43,452
♪ Give me more, more, more
More, more, more, more, more, more ♪
1259
01:08:43,536 --> 01:08:47,915
And the adoption of the amendment
will curtail current costs and inflation.
1260
01:08:48,415 --> 01:08:51,710
The House will vote on the proposed
amendment in the coming weeks.
1261
01:08:52,253 --> 01:08:54,463
In Atlanta today,
the public safety commissioner
1262
01:08:54,547 --> 01:08:55,756
and the district attorney
1263
01:08:55,840 --> 01:08:58,259
held a press conference
to announce developments
1264
01:08:58,342 --> 01:09:01,303
in the case of the city's
missing and murdered children.
1265
01:09:01,387 --> 01:09:03,267
[Brown] In all investigations,
you reach a point
1266
01:09:03,305 --> 01:09:04,473
when you've done all you can.
1267
01:09:04,932 --> 01:09:08,269
So for now, we're suspending
all 29 investigations,
1268
01:09:08,769 --> 01:09:11,147
having arrested our prime suspect.
1269
01:09:11,230 --> 01:09:13,315
- [reporters clamoring]
- [reporter 1] Commissioner!
1270
01:09:13,983 --> 01:09:17,653
[reporter 2] Will Wayne Williams
be indicted for more than two murders?
1271
01:09:17,736 --> 01:09:19,029
[Brown] At this time, no.
1272
01:09:20,072 --> 01:09:21,758
[reporter 3] Does that mean
you're telling the families
1273
01:09:21,782 --> 01:09:22,616
of the other victims
1274
01:09:22,700 --> 01:09:25,244
that the man who murdered their children
might walk free?
1275
01:09:27,288 --> 01:09:28,122
No, we are not.
1276
01:09:28,289 --> 01:09:30,416
I would say to them
that their children's cases
1277
01:09:30,499 --> 01:09:32,835
will be handed
to local police departments.
1278
01:09:32,918 --> 01:09:33,961
I would also say that,
1279
01:09:34,044 --> 01:09:37,256
while we may not have
all the required evidence to convict,
1280
01:09:37,339 --> 01:09:39,341
we do have enough to close.
1281
01:09:39,425 --> 01:09:41,677
[reporters clamoring]
1282
01:09:42,678 --> 01:09:44,305
♪ I feel guilt ♪
1283
01:09:45,347 --> 01:09:49,560
♪ Though I know I done no wrong
I feel guilt ♪
1284
01:09:50,477 --> 01:09:52,021
♪ I feel guilt ♪
1285
01:09:52,897 --> 01:09:54,607
♪ I feel guilt ♪
1286
01:09:55,274 --> 01:09:57,276
- [song fades]
- [car engine revs]
1287
01:10:02,656 --> 01:10:04,450
[suspenseful instrumental music playing]
1288
01:10:24,970 --> 01:10:26,388
[serviceman exhales deeply]
1289
01:11:03,759 --> 01:11:05,427
[chokes, gasps]
1290
01:11:05,511 --> 01:11:06,720
["Intruder" playing]
1291
01:11:07,054 --> 01:11:08,555
♪ I know ♪
1292
01:11:09,556 --> 01:11:11,475
♪ Something about ♪
1293
01:11:11,976 --> 01:11:15,479
♪ Opening windows and doors ♪
1294
01:11:18,274 --> 01:11:19,483
♪ I know ♪
1295
01:11:20,901 --> 01:11:23,237
♪ How to move quietly ♪
1296
01:11:23,487 --> 01:11:27,324
♪ To creep across creaky wooden floors ♪
1297
01:11:29,910 --> 01:11:31,495
♪ I know ♪
1298
01:11:32,454 --> 01:11:35,374
♪ Where to find precious things ♪
1299
01:11:35,457 --> 01:11:38,836
♪ In all your cupboards and drawers ♪
1300
01:11:45,092 --> 01:11:46,927
♪ Slipping the clippers ♪
1301
01:11:48,137 --> 01:11:49,805
♪ Slipping the clippers ♪
1302
01:11:49,888 --> 01:11:53,309
♪ Through the telephone wires! ♪
1303
01:11:53,392 --> 01:11:57,521
♪ Intruder come and leave his mark ♪
1304
01:12:01,942 --> 01:12:03,819
♪ Leave his mark ♪
1305
01:12:06,989 --> 01:12:09,116
♪ Leave his mark ♪
1306
01:12:09,199 --> 01:12:13,412
[men chanting]
1307
01:12:13,537 --> 01:12:15,039
[bell dings]
1308
01:12:16,123 --> 01:12:20,544
♪ I like to feel the suspense ♪
1309
01:12:20,711 --> 01:12:24,715
♪ When I'm certain
That you know I am there ♪
1310
01:12:27,634 --> 01:12:28,927
♪ I like ♪
1311
01:12:29,845 --> 01:12:32,097
♪ You lying awake ♪
1312
01:12:32,431 --> 01:12:36,352
♪ Your bated breath charging the air ♪
1313
01:12:39,229 --> 01:12:40,814
♪ I like ♪
1314
01:12:41,273 --> 01:12:43,609
♪ The touch and the smell ♪
1315
01:12:43,984 --> 01:12:47,905
♪ Of all the pretty dresses you wear ♪
1316
01:12:52,201 --> 01:12:58,957
♪ Intruder's happy in the dark! ♪
1317
01:12:59,041 --> 01:13:02,169
[men chanting]
1318
01:13:02,252 --> 01:13:04,254
[chime plays]