Wayne Williams of Atlanta, Georgia is known for a series of murders that across Atlanta in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In a span of three years, from 1979 to 1982, nearly thirty adults and minors of African American descent went missing. The cause of death for all victims recovered were predominately a result of assault, as well as asphyxiation. Asphyxiation occurs from limited oxygen reaching the brain, most likely the result of suffocation. Investigators from both the federal and state levels became increasingly involved in the case as more and more bodies were found to have similar analysis results. One of the largest links between each victim was the continuous findings of fibers on each body. Williams was nearly caught disposing of
