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Atlanta Child Murders — Part 13
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Youglas Officials
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Checking Alibi
Of ‘Suspect’ In Dunean’s Death |
By Kea Willis
Constitution Start Writer
*. AD out-of-state man being
questioned in one of the 27
cases of Atlanta’s slain chij-
dren and young adults pro-
vided Dougias County author-
ities an alibi that was being
checked by investigators
Friday.
“When we were looking for
this man and thinking of him
a5 8 Suspect, we first thought
Was 3 10," said one source
amiliar with the investiga-
a. “Now we think he's a
as a possible suspect,”
said.
Douglas County Sheriff
Earl Lee disclosed earlier wus
week that his investigators
had located a man who
Tesernbled the person last
wiih Zi-year-oid Eddie
“Bubba” Duncan. The young
black male's decomposed
body was pulled from the
Chattahoochee
River ca
March 31.
He had disapppeared from
the Techwood Homes housing
a
“ : om!
project in Atlanta, where he
lived, on March 20.
of dis friends said
Duncan bad teld them that he
was going to help somebody
move to North Carolina or
South Carolina.
Several weeks azo, Dougias
County investigators de
veloped @ composite drawing
of the man seen with
Duncan — a Black male with
short hair. Douglas, FBI and
Atlanta authorities circulated
the composite around various
Atlanta) communities end
learned the identity of the
out-of-state person, the source
said
But that person told tnves-
Lgators that he had pot been
in Atlanta recently, and the
investigators were i
Friday to see if be bad been
Meanwhile Friday, State
Crime Lab Director Larry
Howard confirmed that an
FBI specialist has reviewed
the physical evidence found in
the cases of Atlanta's slain
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evidence that at least some of.
the chlidren pave deen slain
by the same killer or killers.
However, a pumber of
In another development,
Atlanta police issued
a
eneral-alarm lookout |
ld Crawford, a 22-
_ old black man — described
slightly mentally disturbed
| who disappeared from bis),
southeast Atlanta home 08
Monday. Crawiord’s mother
reported him misting 0
Wednesday night. He was de-
_ scribed as 6 feet, 1 inch tall
(Indicate page, name of
newspaper, ciiy and state.)
Atlanta Journal
—~— Weekend
Weekend
Tite: DOUgias
Officials Checking
Alibi of *Suspect'
in Bungan's ‘Besth
aracter:
or
Classification: 7A-1835
Atlanta
Dae: 9/23/81
Edition: Saturday
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