From the summer of 1979 to the summer of 1981, at least twenty-eight people were kidnapped and killed during a murder spree in Atlanta, Georgia; these murders would become known as the Atlanta Child Murders. While the victims of the murders were people of all races and genders, most of the victims of the child murders in Atlanta were young African American men. These murders created great racial tension in the city of Atlanta, with the black population believing that these murders were the work of a white supremacist group. (Bardsley & Bell, n.d., p. l) However, when police finally apprehended a suspect in this case, they discovered that it was neither a white supremacy group nor a white person at all; he was a 23-year-old African-American man named Wayne Williams. ("What are", nd)Wayne Williams was born in Atlanta on May 27, 1958, to Homer and Faye Williams, school teachers; Williams' parents were overly supportive to the point of coddling, having apparently "spent every penny they had to support his entrepreneurial ventures." (Bardsley and Bell, nd, p. 22). Williams graduated from high school with honors and attended college for a year before dropping out (Bardsley & Bell, n.d., p. 22). After leaving school, Williams would become a talent scout and producer for local Atlanta artists, although he never achieved much success in this endeavor. Williams developed a reputation as a pathological liar, did not have many friends, and was known for impersonating a police officer, before eventually being arrested for it (Bardsley & Bell, n.d., p. 23). Williams eventually became a suspect after police officers monitoring a bridge near where previous bodies were found heard a splash in the water and stopped his vehicle...... in the middle of a case of paper ......c, and that the stress due to these factors as well as his antisocial personality made him want to kill people to have some sense of control. I believe Williams targeted primarily young African Americans in his assassination due to feelings of resentment toward his peer group and those who had failed to make his business successful. Works Cited Bardsley, M. and Bell, R. (nd). Child murders in Atlanta. Atlanta Celebrity Child Murders and Wayne Williams - Setting the Stage - Crime Library on truTV.com. Retrieved December 3, 2013, from http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/williams/index_1.html What are child murders in Atlanta?. (nd). Atlanta Child Murders. Retrieved December 3, 2013, from http://cases.laws.com/atlanta-child-murdersSiegel, L.J. (2011). Criminology: The Core (4th ed.). Belmont: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.