unusual green carpet fibers. under a microscope, peterson could see the boomerang shape just like those in the williams carpet. this is a piece of that actual carpet which the fbi s harold dedman said was quite rare. it s got an unusual carpet fiber. it was manufactured a limited amount of time. it was a ten-year-old carpet. on jimmy payne, the other victim, dedman found yellow rayon fibers stuck to his cotton shorts, fibers consistent with the blanket under wayne s bed. i personally took the cutting from the yellow blanket that was under the bed. this evidence slide contains the yellow blanket fibers that dedman clipped that night, magnified by our own video camera. but when larry peterson had returned that june for a second search a couple weeks later there was no yellow blanket
bubble gum. williams was charged with and tried for only two murders nathaniel cater and jimmy payne, both adults found in the same area of the chattahoochee river. cater s body was nude, but his hair was caked with mud. digging through that silt, i was able to recover dog hair and fibers that were close to his scalp. the dog hair was consistent with sheba, the wayne williams family dog. in cater s hair was one of those unusual green carpet fibers. under a microscope, peterson could see the boomerang shape just like those in the williams carpet. this is a piece of that actual carpet which the fbi s harold dedman said was quite rare. it s got an unusual carpet fiber. it was manufactured a limited amount of time. it was a ten-year-old carpet.
would you like anything? he said, would you bring me some bubble gum. williams was charged with and tried for only two murders nathaniel cater and jimmy payne, both adults found in the same area of the chattahoochee river. cater s body was nude, but his hair was caked with mud. digging through that silt, i was able to recover dog hair and fibers that were close to his scalp. the dog hair was consistent with sheba, the wayne williams family dog. in cater s hair was one of those unusual green carpet fibers. under a microscope, peterson could see the boomerang shape just like those in the williams carpet. this is a piece of that actual carpet which the fbi s harold dedman said was quite rare. it s got an unusual carpet fiber. it was manufactured a limited
psychics. at the state crime lab, larry peterson was sifting through thousands of fibers, nylon, rayon, acrylic, acetate. is it like looking for a needle in a haystack? like looking for multiple needles in multiple haystacks. then in january 1981, a breakthrough. peterson realized they were seeing one green carpet fiber with a unique shape. this is a cross-section of that fiber magnified many times. this particular fiber had two very, very large lobes and one short lobe. the lobes are the three ends of the boomerang shape. the shape was the most distinctive feature of the fiber. he showed me a slide taken from another carpet. this is a single tuft from the carpet. cut in cross-section. yeah, i can t tell that s green. even putting the tiny fibers under the microscope didn t help
like looking for multiple needles in multiple haystacks. then in january 1981, a breakthrough. peterson realized they were seeing one green carpet fiber with a unique shape. this is a cross-section of that fiber magnified many times. this particular fiber had two very, very large lobes and one short lobe. the lobes are the three ends of the boomerang shape. the shape was the most distinctive feature of the fiber. he showed me a slide taken from another carpet. this is a single tuft from the carpet. cut in cross-section. yeah, i can t tell that s green. even putting the tiny fibers under the microscope didn t help me. how can you tell what color this is? because in this, this green carpet because of that light green, looks very whitish.