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FD-518 (12-2-77) Copy to: l- USA, Atlanta, Georgia Lb r, Ce Eee eee Report of: SA ba 9 po 41:9 memo Office: Atlanta Date: June ’ Field Office File#: 7A-1835 (MC 30) Bureau File#: = JA-18251 .- Narrative of Offense: This investigation was initiated upon receipt of a letter of November 6, 1980 from then U. S. Attorney General, Benjamin R. Civiletti, directing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to initiate an immediate preliminary investigation to determine if any of the victims in this case were being held in violation of the Federal Kidnaping Law, Title 18, United States Code (USC), Section 1201. On November 17, 1980, the Atlanta Office of the FBI commenced a Major Case investigation into the murdered/missing children. starting in July, 1979 and continuing through May 25, 1s8i, 26 black males and 2 black females, ranging in age from 8 to 27 years old, have been found murdered in Atlanta, Georgia. The majority of the victims have died from asphyxia, caused by either ligature or manual strangu- lation, or suffocation. Up until February, 1981, the victims had been: found on deserted roads, off well travelled roads. Starting in February, however, eight of the last nine victims have been stripped of their clothing, except of their under- shorts in some cases, and dumped in rivers. In an effort to apprehend the individval {s} responsible, eurveillance of certain tos Fe | Ce ee ee Ee a ee ee ee ee ee eT selected bridges considered prime locations for the dumping of a body was conducted by members of the Atlanta Bureau of Police Services (ABPS) and the FBI. At 2:52 a,m., on Friday, May 22, 1981, William Bertram Williams was stopped near the James Jackson Parkway bridge, after an officer positioned under the bridge heard a loud splash in the water and noted the lights of a car stopped on the bridge above. Williams, at the time of the stop and in subsequent interview later that day, made statements about his presence on the bridge at that time. These state- ments could not be corroborated, Bo 228 mot toy ra. 7 rf Thies document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. it is the property of the FBI and is joaned to j your agency; it and ite contents are not to be distributed outside your. agency. eaisods