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Atlanta Child Murders — Part 24

145 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Dec 7, 1968 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: Atlanta Child Murders · 141 pages OCR'd
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/ AT 7A-1835 He noted that SA | professional expertise in the examination of the evidentiary fibers in this case contributed substantially to the conviction of subject Williams. Further, that the FBI Laboratory in general provided immeasurable service in the retention and examination of evidence in several of the victims having been formally charged to Williams during the Fulton County trial. ——______} The FBI Laboratory should that sioning jurors in captioned matter disc losed that the two greate st items of impact during the trial were the interviews of subject Williams conducted by FBI personnel and the abundance of fiber comparisons attributed to known sources from the Williams residence and his vehicle and those items recovered from various victims. Mr. Miller indicated that SA Sy >: the 4-9 Behavorial Science Unit, who was present in the courtroom during much of the trial and all of the defense presentation , provided | lh et Rede meee SK OC ee oe en the prosecution with numerous insights into witness cross-exam- ination and provided a definitive strategy as to how best interview subject Williams under cross-examination. Mr. Miller pointed out that the strategy furnished to Assistant Fulton County D. A. Jack Mallard was in fact utilized in the cross-examination of Williams towards the close of the trial. Sustained aggressful interrogation of Williams on the stand covering a period of two separate days managed to expose a segment of his personality which heretofore the jurors had not been exposed to. Following the strategy laid out by sa a «=. Mallard was able to elicit a hostile, “| aggressive, and insulting aspect of Williams' character which had an affect on the jury. _« A polling of the jurors disclosed that during the initial phases of the trial they were unable to picture subject Williams as being the killer in captioned matter. Having witnessed Williams in a hostile, aggressive disposition in court revealed : aa to several of the jurors the true personality of Wayne Williams. The above information being furnished to the FBI Laboratory and to the Behavioral Science Unit, Quantico, Virginia, for information,
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