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mccomas search his station wagon. on the floor, in the front of the back seat, he saw -- >> there was a nylon cord. the best that i could describe the nylon cord was a ski rope type, the woven type. and it was my guess about 24 inches long. >> no. >> williams denies there was any such cord. >> because if that rope had been in the station wagon that night, im sure they would have taken it. >> the fact that i didnt confiscate it doesnt make it go away. it was there. >> the nylon cord wou...

Both side, and youll hear from wayne williams at length. then well invite you to reach your own verdict, guilty, innocent, or a third choice, not proven. the first clue was found on a dead boys tennis shoes. the victim was eric middlebrooks. his body left here in a rainy alley. a foster child who rode his bicycle away one night on an errand and was dead by dawn. detective bob buffington saw something red stuck to erics tennis shoe. >> and i noticed in the flap of the edge of this shoe this tuft ...

To bring in ten other deaths -- among them patrick baltazar, eric middlebrooks, jo-jo bell, to try to show a pattern. >> this is a chart showing fibers that were recovered from the body of patrick baltazar. >> fibers consistent with that blanket, with wayne williams bedspread, the green carpet, hair from waynes dog, plus a leather jacket. >> the jacket as i recall was hanging in his closet. >> and dedman told the jury two human hairs were found inside patrick baltazars shirt. >> these two hairs ...

>> these two hairs were consistent with originating from williams. >> then there was eric middlebrooks and the fiber stuck to his tennis shoe. this is a blow-up of those red fibers. the same kind were in a car williams was driving that year. >> this puts middlebrooks both in the interior and -- of the 79 ford and the trunk of the 79 ford. >> did you ever meet any of the young men who were victims? >> no, i did not. >> never met them once? >> no. >> not once? >> no. >> its incalculable the odds t...

>> this is a chart showing fibers that were recovered from the body of patrick baltazar. >> fibers consistent with that blanket, with wayne williams bedspread, the green carpet, hair from waynes dog, plus a leather jacket. >> the jacket as i recall was hanging in his closet. >> and dedman told the jury two human hairs were found inside patrick baltazars shirt. >> these two hairs were consistent with originating from williams. >> then there was eric middlebrooks and the fiber stuck to his tennis ...

>> yes. >> disappeared. >> in the first place, there was never a yellow blanket. >> there were fibers of a yellow blanket. >> there were fibers alleged to have come from a yellow blanket. nobody has been able to produce the yellow blanket because quite simply -- and im just being very blunt with you -- there was no yellow blanket. >> or maybe you got rid of it between the first time they searched and they came back. >> seems like to me if i was a police officer i would have confiscated the blank...

Your own verdict, guilty, innocent, or a third choice, not proven. the first clue was found on a dead boys tennis shoes. e victim was eric middlebrooks. his body left here in a rainy alley. a foster child who rode his bicycle away one night on an errand and was dead by dawn. detective bob buffington saw something red stuck to erics tennis shoe. >> and i noticed in the flap of the edge of this shoe this tuft of what to me appeared to be wool. and that was it. we could find no other evidence. >> b...

Then well invite you to reach your own verdict, guilty, innocent, or a third choice, not proven. the first clue was found on a dead boys tennis shoes. the victim was eric middlebrooks. his body left here in a rainy alley. a foster child who rode his bicycle away one night on an errand and was dead by dawn. detective bob buffington saw something red stuck to erics tennis shoe. >> and i noticed in the flap of the edge of this shoe this tuft of what to me appeared to be wool. and that was it. we co...

Among them, patrick baltizar, eric middlebrooks, jojo bell to try to show a pattern. >> this is a chart showing fibers that were recovered from the body of patrick balti sfwl ar. >> fibers consistent with that blanket, with wayne williams bedspread, the green carpet, hair from waynes dog, plus a leather jacket. >> the jacket was, as recall, was hanging in his closet. >> and he told the jury, two human hairs were found inside patrick baltizars shirt. >> these were consistent with originating from...

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. that is not a matter of if to me, its a matter of when. >> some 30 years after wayne williams trial and conviction, there is still debate and some doubt. this time you can be the judge and the jury. well lay out the evidence on both sides. youll hear from wayne williams at length. then well invite you to reach your own ver...