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Since July of 1979, 21 black children frm the Atlanta metropolitan area have disappeared, Twenty of them wore subseouently found murdered and one is still missing. Nine of Ube victim! bodies were found within the geographical boundaries of the City of Atlanta, four in the City of East Point, two in Fulton County, three in Dekalb County, one in Cobb Cminty, ani one in Rockdale County. In July of 1940, the Atlanta Department of Public Safety established a Special Task Foros for the sole mopose of investigating the cases of the missing and slain children. Presently, the following agencies have assigned investigators to the Special Task Force on Miseing amd Murdered Children: ‘ 1) Atlanta Burean of Police Servias:, 2) Clayton County Police Department, 3) Dekalb County Folice Department, 4) East Point Police Department, 5) Pulton County District Attormey's Office, €) Fulton County Police Departent, 7) Gorgla Bureau af Investigation, 8) Fockdale County Sheriff's Depertment, and 9) Cobb County Police fepartment. Because of the miltijurisdictional involvement in these cases, it {@ necessary to establish clearly defined guidelines for the operation of the Special Task Forte. This conclssion is based upon the mliective agreament of all agency hexis involved after they reached the conclusion that the Task Forve is the hest way to proomed in handling the cases of the missing and murdered children, To that end, this domment represents an official agrendment between the 12 law enforcement agencies Listed hereafter: