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>> we literally would walk through wooded areas chaperoned and we would walk for a period of time until about an hour before nightfall. >> but now a new twist in the murders. patrick baltazar, the 20th victim, would be the last child to turn up in a wooded area. a day or two later an official would tell reporters fibers and dog hairs were being collected from the victims clothing. the next child to die would be found in a river wearing nothing but underpants. fewer clues now for larry peterson. ...

Period of time until about an hour before nightfall. >> reporter: but now a new twist in the murders. patrick balthizar, the 20th victim, would be the last child to turn up in a wooded area. a day or two later an official would tell reporters fibers and dog hairs were being collected from the victims clothing. the mechanics child to die would be found in a river wearing nothing but underpants. fewer clues now for larry peterson. >> were talking maybe a dozen or dozens of fibers as opposed to hun...

Of time until about an hour before nightfall. >> but now a new twist in the murders. patrick baltazar, the 20th victim, would be the last child to turn up in a wooded area. a day or two later an official would tell reporters fibers and dog hairs were being collected from the victims clothing. the next child to die would be found in a river wearing nothing but underpants. fewer clues now for larry peterson. >> were talking maybe a dozen or dozens of fibers as opposed to hundreds or potentially a ...

But under pants. fewer clues new for larry peterson. >> were talking maybe a dozen or dozens of fibers as opposed to hundreds or potentially 1,000 fibers. >> the 13-year-old victim was found beneath this bridge over the south river in atlanta suburbs. a driver crossing that bridge earlier in the week saw a man leaning over the railing. it turned out to be the same afternoon jojo bell disappeared. at trial the witness said the man was wayne williams. jojos body would not be found for seven more w...

>> we literally would walk through wooded areas, chaperoned, and we would walk for a period of time until about an hour before nightfall. >> now a new twist in the murders. patrick baltazar, the 20th victim, would be the last child to turn up in a wooded area. a day or two later an official would tell reporters fibers and dog hairs were being collected from the victims clothing. the next child to die would be found in a river wearing nothing but under pants. fewer clues new for larry peterson. >...

Victim, would be the last child to turn up in a wooded area. a day or two later an official would tell reporters fibers and dog hairs were being collected from the victims clothing. the next child to die would be found in a river wearing nothing but underpants. fewer clues now for larry peterson. >> were talking maybe a dozen or dozens of fibers as opposed to hundreds or potentially a thousand fibers. >> the 13-year-old victim was found beneath this bridge over the south river in atlantas suburb...

Patrick baltazar, the 20th victim, would be the last child to turn up in a wooded area. a day or two later an official would tell reporters fibers and dog hairs were being collected from the victims clothing. the next child to die would be found in a river wearing nothing but underpants. fewer clues now for larry peterson. >> were talking maybe a dozen or dozens of fibers as opposed to hundreds or potentially a thousand fibers. >> the 13-year-old victim was found beneath this bridge over the sou...

recruit, jumped to his feet down beside the chattahoochee river. >> i was really startled. it sounded like a body entering the water. >> he looked up at the bridge. >> and i saw brake lights of a car coming. i saw red lights. the car started slowly moving away from me across the bridge. >> campbell radioed the other team members up above him. >> i asked, did a car stop on the bridge? because i couldnt believe what i saw. and each person told me they didnt see it. >> then a policeman in...

>> this is the first time wayne williams has talked on tv in at least a decade. why do you think you were convicted? >> fear. >> what do you mean? >> atlanta, at the time, was in a panic. they wanted any suspect that they could find. and lets just be honest. it had to be a black person, because if it had been a white suspect, atlanta probably would have gone up in flames. it came very close to that. >> do you think youll ever be free? >> no doubt its not a matter of if to me. its a m...

atlanta georgia. in all, more than two dozen victims. most of them strangled. by may, 1981, the police and f.b.i. were hiding in the brush beside and below theiver bridges. this was toe be the last niekt. almost the last hour. >> i heard the splash. >> reporter: bob campbell, a police recruit, jumped to his feet. >> i was really startled. it sounded like a body entering water. >> he looked up at the bridge. >> and i saw brake lights of a car. i saw red lights. the car started slowly mo...