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The Attorney General On 6/21/81, Wayne Williams was arrested by Fulton County District Attorney Office investigators on a warrant charging hin with the murder of Nathaniel Cater. On 7/17/81, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Wayne Williams for the murders of Jinny Ray Payne and Nathaniel Cater. On 8/27/81, Pulton County Superior Court Judge Clarence Cooper issued a judicial order prohibiting all injividuals involved in this case, both defense and prosecution, from making comnents or statements to the news media. The order restricted anyone affiliated with law enforcement from making such remarks. ° On 1/6/82, the trial of Wayne Williams convened in Fulton County Superior Court. During the trial, the jury heard testimony from numerous FBI representatives. . On 2/21/82, Wayne Williams was found guilty of the murders of Jimny Ray Payne and Nathaniel Cater. Judge Clarence Cooper immediately sentenced Williams to consecutive life sentences for these murders. Judge Cooper, following the guilty verdict, lifted his 8/27/81 judicial order. On 3/1/82, a meeting was held at the Atlanta Police Task Force Heaiquarters with representatives fron all affectei law enforce~ ment and prosecutorial agencies present. It was concluded that Wayne Willfans could be linked to twenty-three of the Task Force victims, which included victims Cater and Payne. District Attorney Lewis Slaton has recomnended to the District Attorneys who have jurisdiction over these cases that they be officially closed. The remaining seven cases were turned over to the appropriate local jurisdictions. It was unanimously agreed upon that the Task Force be disbanded effective 3/8/82. The FBI has concluded its major case investigation into the murdered and missing children at Atlanta, Georgia: however, the services of the Identification and Laboratory Divisions remain available to the local Atlanta jurisdictions as concerns the remaining seven cases. 1 - The Deputy Attorney General NOTE: This memorandum was prepared pursuant to the Director's desire to provide the Attorney General with a final ATKID briefing as concerns FBI investigative involvement. APPROVED: Adm Servs. fh -3- Crim Iv. vectors oe) a Exec. AO-Agm.____ ident._ y € fxec. AD-Inv Inspection_____ ney) Be Exec. rou 7 Wntelt,