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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 shoe. this is a blow-up of ...

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 were consistent with originating from williams. >> then there was eric middlebrooks and the ...

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 to be found that i could find. >> there are a lot of things in your case that disappeared. a lot of disappearances. yellow blanket. >> yes. >> disappeared. >> in the first place, there was never a yellow blanket. >> there were fibers of a...

It doesnt make sense. >> the prosecution was allowed 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 foun...

Both sides, 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...

Well lay out the evidence on both sides 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...

May 18th, sometime after 10:00 p.m. 14-year-old eric middlebrooks leaves his familys apartment in southeast atlanta. >> eric middlebrooks went out late one night and told his family he was going out to fix his bike. eric was found the next morning a few blocks away lying beside his bike in a pool of blood. >> i mean theyre messing with our kids, man, and there aint nothing we can do about it. >> i feel its very sad. something very wrong. >> its scary. >> the medical examiner determines that eric...

>> 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 mat...

>> 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 matter of when. >> some 30 years after wayne williams trial and conviction, there is still debate and some doubt. this t...

do you want 50% more cash? no you got talent. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus its the card for people who like more cash. whats in your wallet? i usually say that. the second day after wayne williams was seen on the chattahoochee river bridge, the body washed up downstream. he was a down on his luck drunk. 28 years old, but small, weighing under 150 pounds. again, the medical examiner said he could have been killed with a choke hold, ...