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Atlanta Child Murders — Part 24
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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.
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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 |
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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
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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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