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Jared Preston Desadier, 44, of Monroe, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to a charge of deprivation of rights under color of law announced Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division; U.S. Attorney Brandon B. Brown of the Western District of Louisiana; and Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Williams of the FBI New Orleans Field Office.

Mr. nathaniel cater. >> police will also link and charge williams with the murder of jimmy ray payne. >> there was a perceptible sigh of relief that finally somebody has been arrested. although, there was concern that maybe they were arresting a black man just -- instead of a white man, just to get the pressure off. >> six months after his arrest, wayne williams goes to trial for the two murders. >> my client is innocent. he did not kill anyone. >> the defense argues that williams was in the wrong place at the wrong time the night police spotted him on the bridge and that authorities made a ru...

All of which indicate he is not telling the truth. then, williams surprises everyone by calling a news conference claiming his innocence. while his name and face would soon be known worldwide, in an effort to protect his identity, williams asked the news media not to show his face on television. >> did you know that at the time you were crossing that bridge, you were not far from where one of these previous bodies had been found? >> no, i didn't. >> but with the evidence all pointing in williams' direction, authorities arrest him at his home on the afternoon of june 21st, 1981. >> at approxima...