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Criminal Divisg . Avi L hi ry ri 4 (ov: wy : Assistant Attomey General FEDERAL GUVEbm-8t Winston, D.C. 20530 Be Ge 7- / Is / OCT 18 1982 DLJ: JBS:swr 10/14/1982 typed Dr. Mildred Glover tas 735 Lawton Street, S.W. fire L A Atlanta, Georgia 30310 Dear Dr. Glover: On August 5 at your request we met with a number of the mothers of Atlanta's murdered and missing children. During the meeting, as you recall, several mothers of the slain children expressed concern about the manner in which the Atlanta Task Force conducted its investigation into the deaths of these children and about the apparently unresolved status of some of the cases. The tragic loss experienced by each of these families and the Atlanta community was apparent from the emotion and depth of concern fram which they spoke. Following the meeting, the concerns expressed by these women were brought to the attention of the Attorney General; in addition we reviewed the status of each of the cases assigned to the Task Force for investiga~ tion. As you are aware, Wayne Williams was convicted for the murders of _ Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne, and has been sentenced to two con-” , secutive life terms. Furthermore, evidence which linked Mr. Williams to), / the deaths of ten other young men, whose cases had been assigned to the i Task Force, was introduced by the prosecution at the Cater~Payne trial. In addition, the Task Force developed evidence related to other deaths of children, whose cases were assigned to the Task Force, which was consist- ent with Mr. Williams responsibility for such deaths but was insufficient to support his prosecution for such homicides. Of those cases assigned to the Task Force, there remain seven deaths, including those of two young girls, about which the investigation has not developed sufficient evidence to make any reliable judgment of ae Georgia author- ities continue to investigate these unsolved Bases. dela) 7 f= As we emphasized during the course of meeting, the statute of limitations never bars murder prosecutions, and unsolved homicide inves- tigations are always subject to new investigative efforts based upon new- ly discovered evidence, even though active investigation may be suspended when all existing leads have been exhausted. You can be assured that in these cases, as in others, if and when new evidence is developed, such evidence will be brought to bear on those unsolved cases. We also empha- size that the primary responsibility for investigating and prosecuting these cases rests with the Georgia authorities. If there is gignificant -> new evidence which has not yet been explored, you should make that infor- ~ Attorney General John Russell, OPA Daniel Nee Tor CRD ~ Records Stephens (2) John sch#eihex Get / Gr Jensen chron enneth Starr, OAG bolle ¢