doing that, i d be throwing them off the bridge. fbi agent mike mccomas grew up along a river in tennessee. he knew if something were to float on downstream, it had to be dropped in the middle of a river. mccomas suggested the bridge stakeouts. we looked at remote places, dark places. we believed it would be at nighttime as opposed to daytime. the fbi and police began night watches at 14 bridges over the chattahoochee and south rivers. the stakeouts were to last four weeks. nothing until the very end. we at that point were ready for that to be our last night. and wayne williams showed up. that night. just before 3:00 a.m., the station wagon drove onto the bridge. had he waited a couple more hours we might not have been there. otherwise, we would have missed him.
this photo for the atlanta world newspaper. on june 3rd, the fbi brought wayne in for a long night of questioning. wayne agreed to a lie detector test. he was as composed and calm as you can get. got 26 bodies out there in the woods and rivers and he s sitting there in total control. richard radcliff was the fbi polygraph examiner. i said i don t care what you threw in the bridge, i don t care what you threw in the water, you won t defy this test. he told williams in advance what he would ask him. did you kill him that night that you were on the bridge and did you throw nathaniel cater into the cat hoochy river. when i ran that test, i was like, wow, this is it. wayne williams flunked all three questions. i said, well, this test reflected that you did kill nathaniel cater and it was his body you threw off the bridge that night. the polygraph measures sweating, the heartbeat, blood pressure, all rise with tension.
wayne in for a long night of questioning. wayne agreed to a lie detector test. he was as composed and calm as you can get. got 26 bodies out there in the woods and rivers and he s sitting there in total control. richard radcliff was the fbi polygraph examiner. i said i don t care what you threw in the bridge, i don t care what you threw in the water, you won t defy this test. he told williams in advance what he would ask him. did you kill him that night that you were on the bridge and did you throw nathaniel cater into the cat hoochy river. when i ran that test, i was like, wow, this is it. wayne williams flunked all three questions. i said, well, this test reflected that you did kill nathaniel cater and it was his body you threw off the bridge that night. the polygraph measures sweating, the heartbeat, blood pressure, all rise with tension. you breathe a little faster. you have a hard time getting your breath. you sweat a little more.
off the bridge. fbi agent mike mccomas grew up along a river in tennessee. he knew if something were to float on downstream, it had to be dropped in the middle of a river. mccomas suggested the bridge stakeouts. we looked at remote places, dark places. we believed it would be at nighttime as opposed to daytime. the fbi and police began night watches at 14 bridges over the chattahoochee and south rivers. the stakeouts were to last four weeks. nothing until the very end. we at that point were ready for that to be our last night. and wayne williams showed up. that night. just before 3:00 a.m., the station wagon drove onto the bridge. had he waited a couple more hours we might not have been there. otherwise, we would have missed him.
you knew that they had the killer? i knew that was it. and i you know, i had made hundreds and hundreds of comparisons to carpeting in various suspects environments before and nothing was even close. until that night. did you stand up from your microscope and scream, hallelujah, we ve caught the guy? i really did just want to say, oh, my god! still, wayne williams was allowed to go home that night. and make a couple of other errands so i was in the area. in the morning wayne williams called in reporters and tv crews who agreed not to show his face. he asked what was dropped in the river? nothing. he acknowledged he failed a lie detector test. then asked about the victims, wayne williams said this. some of these kids in places they don t have no places being at certain times of the day or night.