one whose story has changed back and forth over the years. so has wayne williams . at trial, williams testified he was home all evening sick in bed, when henry said he saw him holding hands with cater. now williams says he has a different alibi for that evening. yeah, i was at a place called hotlanta records in college park. williams says he drove to that office near the atlanta airport. he had taken photos for this poster the night before and went there to turn in this invoice to get paid. we delivered a bill and statement of services that we were cut a check for. and it was probably about 9:00 or 9:30 when i left that location. we reached hotlanta s owner, melvin ware, now living in los angeles. he called in advance and when he came, i went back and wrote the check behind the desk. that s where our checkbook was. but he said williams didn t stay that long, not as late as 9:00. it wasn t like five minutes
get paid. we delivered a bill and statement of services that we were cut a check for. and it was probably about 9:00 or 9:30 when i left that location. we reached hotlanta s owner, melvin ware, now living in los angeles. he called in advance and when he came, i went back and wrote the check behind the desk. that s where our checkbook was. but he said williams didn t stay that long, not as late as 9:00. it wasn t like five minutes or ten minutes. we already spent maybe a half hour or something like that. how did wayne get to the office? he drove. i think he had his dad s car, if i m not mistaken. wayne s father, homer williams, testified he had the station wagon until almost midnight that night. but chet dettlinger, an investigator for the defense, said wayne told him long ago this was a lie. he told me he had the car if
atlanta georgia. in all, more than two dozen victims. most of them strangled. by may, 1981, the police and f.b.i. were hiding in the brush beside and below theiver bridges. this was toe be the last niekt. almost the last hour. i heard the splash. reporter: bob campbell, a police recruit, jumped to his feet. i was really startled. it sounded like a body entering water. he looked up at the bridge. and i saw brake lights of a car. i saw red lights. the car started slowly moving away from me across the bridge. reporter: campbell radioed the other team members up above him. i asked did a car stop on the bridge. i couldn t believe what i saw. and each person told me they didn t see it. reporter: then, a policeman in a chase car hidden on the other side came on the radio. he just said the car is pulling in the parking lot. they re turning around in front of me and started coming back across the bridge. reporter: this is that white station wagon. police followed i
we reached hotlanta s owner, melvin ware, now living in los angeles. he called in advance and when he came, i went back and wrote the check behind the desk. that s where our checkbook was. but he said williams didn t stay that long, not as late as 9:00. it wasn t like five minutes or ten minutes. we already spent maybe a half hour or something like that. how did wayne get to the office? he drove. i think he had his dad s car, if i m not mistaken. wayne s father, homer williams, testified he had the station wagon until almost midnight that night. but chet dettlinger, an investigator for the defense, said wayne told him long ago this was a lie. he told me he had the car if daddy didn t have the car. but wayne said, i had the vehicle and i didn t want to corrupt the my dad s testimony in the eyes of the jury, so i lied about it and said i didn t have it on the stand.
so has wayne williams . at trial, williams testified he was home all evening sick in bed, when henry said he saw him holding hands with cater. now williams says he has a different alibi for that evening. yeah, i was at a place called hotlanta records in college park. williams says he drove to that office near the atlanta airport. he had taken photos for this poster the night before and went there to turn in this invoice to get paid. we delivered a bill and statement of services that we were cut a check for. and it was probably about 9:00 or 9:30 when i left that location. we reached hotlanta s owner, melvin ware, now living in los angeles. he called in advance and when he came, i went back and wrote the check behind the desk. that s where our checkbook was. but he said williams didn t stay that long, not as late as 9:00. it wasn t like five minutes or ten minutes. we already spent maybe a half hour or something like that.