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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 harris would stay on the police force another 25 years. we asked him how many more children were kille...

It's hard to convey that considering the devastation, the damage, the deaths, all that. you make into consideration and then you talk to these people and, you know, it's just as if they've gone through it before and it's about taking the next step forward and not so much thinking about what happened. >> well, the good thing i see there behind you, nick, is blue sky over your head, which is a welcome sign there. but you know, a lot of electricity out. a lot of damage across the very large swath of the country. what are people looking for right now? what's the immediate need? >> absolutely. and ...

>> it was more this way and that way and that way and that way and that way. and they were angry-looking. and when i looked at him, the first words out of my mouth was, "oh, wayne, what happened? that looks awful." and he said he had fallen into a bush. >> 15-year-old terry pue died late that january. his body dropped by the roadside in a rural county 20 miles from home. he had been strangled. his mother -- >> whoever killed him, he had to tussle with him because he had scratches all over him. >> it gives me chills down my spine still. >> to this day, kathy andrews does not believe wayne's exp...

Because he might have been. >> during the trial, medical examiner robert stivers told the jury there had been very few strangulations of black males in the years before these 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. >> they were convinced that the crimes had stopped because wayne had been arrested. >> and i think what happened is people stopped looking and stopped counting. >> murders have continued in atlanta. shootings of black men, stabbings of black women. but not strangulations like before...

Back of the studio and he had horrible scratches on his arms. >> deep and painful, crisscrossing both arms. >> it was more this way and that way and that way and that way and that way. and they were angry-looking. and when i looked at him, the first words out of my mouth was, "oh, wayne, what happened? that looks awful." and he said he had fallen into a bush. >> 15-year-old terry pue died late that january. his body dropped by the roadside in a rural county 20 miles from home. he had been strangled. his mother -- >> whoever killed him, he had to tussle with him because he had scratches all ove...