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Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children

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About Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children

Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children is a crime and documentary TV series that premiered on HBO on April 5, 2020. It has 1 season and 5 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 5 "Part 5", aired on May 3, 2020.

This docuseries explores the period between 1979 and 1981 when at least 30 African-American children and young adults disappeared or were murdered in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Crime
  • Documentary

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Episodes

5 episodes · 1 season

Season 1

2020 · 5 episodes · Last episode: 6 years ago

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    5. Part 5

    Finale

    In the mid-1980s, Wayne Williams’ appeals attorney Lynn Whatley anonymously receives shocking new evidence connecting members of the Klan to the murders. An undercover informant and several investigators take the stand as a judge evaluates Williams’ plea for a retrial. Forty years after the murders began, the victims’ family members gather to grieve, discuss Williams’ guilt or innocence, and assert their unwavering commitment to finding out what really happened to their children. Series finale.

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    4. Part 4

    Prosecutors introduce pattern evidence mid-trial that they assert links him to ten of the child murders. Drawing predominantly on hair and carpet fibers found on the victims, the jury delivers a swift guilty verdict in February 1982. Just days later, the Atlanta police department shuts down the task force investigating the 30 murders, and attributes most of the cases to Wayne Williams. A year later, as the dissent of an unconvinced community grows louder, the Georgia Supreme Court makes the controversial decision to deny Williams’ plea for a retrial.

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    3. Part 3

    With the murder count rising, law enforcement faces immense pressure to make an arrest. On May 22, 1981, an FBI stakeout of the city’s bridges leads investigators to 23-year-old Wayne Williams, who becomes the main suspect in the killings and is promptly arrested. As Williams’ trial gets underway in January 1982, victims’ family members, the press and the public descend on the courthouse to witness the trial.

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    2. Part 2

    By 1980, as distrust in the police deepens, citizens organize to protect their neighborhoods and take matters into their own hands. When a volunteer search party finds a slain child in an area local police canvassed a day earlier and more and more children continue to disappear, the FBI is called to step in. We learn more about Wayne Williams, a local talent scout, who might have been recruiting some of the victims.

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    1. Part 1

    Long-held racial and economic divisions percolate in Atlanta. When African American children begin disappearing and showing up dead, the city is on the verge of an unprecedented crisis. Outraged members of the black community call for swift action.

Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children?

Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on May 3, 2020.

When did the latest episode of Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children come out?

The most recent episode of Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children, Season 1 Episode 5 "Part 5", aired on May 3, 2020.

How many seasons of Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children are there?

Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children has 1 season with 5 episodes in total.

When did Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children first air?

Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children first aired on HBO on April 5, 2020.

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