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Were killed by williams. most were children. among them, clifford jones and youssef bell. without trials, the mothers were left without a verdict. one way or the other, in the deaths of all of the children. camille bell. >> even if it takes 30 trials, i dont care. you know, prove it. >> the prosecutors answer? it would serve no purpose. >> you can only serve one life sentence. >> just ahead, a new alibi that backfires. >> he was out that night. no question in my mind. he was not at home. he was ...

>> he delivered a bill and statement of southwests, and we were cut a check for it, and it was probably about 9:00 or 9:30 when i left that location. >> we reached hotlatntas owner, melvin wear, now living in los angeles. >> he called in advance, and when he came, i weblt back and wrote the check. thats where my checkbook was. >> he said williams didnt stay that long. want as late as night. >> how did wayne get to the office? >> he drove. i think he had his dads car, if im not mistaken. >> wayne...

Murders began, and none at all with bodies left in rivers or by the roadside since that night wayne williams was stopped leaving this bridge. sfroo they were convinced that the crimes have stopped because wayne had been arrested. >> i think what happened is people stopped looking and stopped counting. >> reporter: murders have continued in atlanta. shootings of black men, stabbings of black women, and strangulations -- not black youths dumped far from where they were killed. detective welcome ha...

The verdict? guilty on both counts of murdering the two adults, kader and pane. wayne williams was sentenced to serve two life terms. >> people only wanted to look at the negative side because they wanted in their heart for this case to be over and for wayne to be -- they wanted closure at any cost. >> leaving court homer williams walked by the prosecutors table. >> he looked at us and called us sons of bitches. >> still to come, no verdict in the deaths of any of the children. >> even if it tak...

Seen again. >> could have been the murder weapon as far as i know. >> reporter: yet, fbi supervisors decided to let wayne williams go that night. >> first, we didnt have a body. secondly, there was no one who saw wayne williams outside of his car. there was no one that saw him throw anything overboard. >> reporter: two days later only a mile downstream from that bridge another body. after two years one suspect now. wayne williams. >> when we come back, the lie detector test. >> it surprised him ...

Killer? >> i knew that was it. you know, i had made hundreds and hundreds of comparisons to carpeting and various suspects before and nothing was even close until that night. >> did you stand up from your microscope and scream, hallelujah, weve caught the guy? >> i literally did just want to say, oh, my god. >> still, wayne williams was allowed to go home that night. >> and i make a couple of other errands. i was in the area. >> in the morning wayne williams called in reporters and tv crews who ...

Kader was wayne williams." our producer confronted henry with that affidavit. his signature is at the bottom. >> this man -- >> whose words are those? >> theyre not mine. >> whose words are they? >> i would rather not say. >> in the summer of 1986 henry was in prison here when he said an associate of wayne williams came to see him and told him what to write. >> wayne said i could not id the face of wayne williams as a man i saw with nathaniel kader. are those your words? >> those are words i was...

That i worked for them. i simply said -- >> that was splitting hairs. were you takened -- were you train snd. >> thats all ill going to say. >> were you trained in these techniques? >> thats all im going to say. >> he did acknowledge it was cia training, but said no more. so is this true, or only a fantasy in his mind? the mind of a man the courts have found to be a killer. well leave that question with you. >> the verdict is now yours to decide in your own mind. again, the choices, guilty, inno...

Hell off. >> finally, on fathers day evening 1981 detectives arrested wayne williams for the murder of nathaniel kader. once he disappeared in the back of this police car, williams would never be free again to this day. >> ahead, the trial and a blow-up on the witness stand. >> i was probably my own worst enemy. i could see almost the shock in the jurors faces. >> when he said you want the real wayne williams? youve got him. i think the jury understood that. ]dc(ñqgñ/twg

>> that morning he was a complete different person. immediately he started attacking. he came out of the chute like a bull. when he said you want the real wayne williams? youve got him. i think all of us, the jury, understood that, yeah. >> i was probably my own worst enemy. i was an arrogant, buzz-headed idiot at the time, and i played right into these peoples hands. i could see almost the shock in the jurors faces. they said, my god, is this the same wayne that was up here yesterday? i could s...