since three of the bodies are recovered from rivers, police stake out several well-traveled bridges in hopes of catching the killer. the decision was made because victims had been placed in rivers after the information came out about the dog hair and fibers on the clothing of the victims. the killer eludes police, and from april to may, three more young men disappear. jimmy ray payne, william barrett, and nathaniel cater. payne and cater are in their 20s but otherwise fit the profile of the other victims, young, black and poor. surveillance around river bridges goes on for a month without a break. then in the still of pre-dawn darkness, a police recruit hears something. the night of may 22nd, 1981,
recruit, jumped to his feet down beside the chattahoochee river. i was really startled. it sounded like a body entering the water. he looked up at the bridge. and i saw brake lights of a car coming. i saw red lights. the car started slowly moving away from me across the bridge. campbell radioed the other team members up above him. i asked, did a car stop on the bridge? because i couldn t believe what i saw. and each person told me they didn t see it. 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 here turning around in front of me and started coming back across the bridge, coming back in my direction. this is that white station wagon. police followed it and stopped it nearby. fbi agent mike mccomas rushed to the scene. the driver was standing by the highway. he was talking with the officers. saw a black male. he had on a baseball hat. had on glasses. the young man was wayne wi
this was to be the last night, almost the last hour. i heard the splash. bob campbell, a police recruit, jumped to his feet down beside the chattahoochee river. i was really startled. it sounded like a body entering the water. he looked up at the bridge. and i saw brake lights of a car coming. i saw red lights. the car started slowly moving away from me across the bridge. campbell radioed the other team members up above him. i asked, did a car stop on the bridge? because i couldn t believe what i saw. and each person told me they didn t see it. 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 here turning around in front of me and started coming back across the bridge, coming back in my direction. this is that white statn wagon. police followed it and stopped it nearby. fbi agent mike mccomas rushed to the scene. the driver was standing by the highway. he was talking with the
stake out several well-traveled bridges in hopes of catching the killer. the decision was made because victims had been placed in rivers after the information came out about the dog hair and fibers on the clothing of the victims. the killer eludes police, and from april to may, three more young men disappear. jimmy ray payne, william barrett, and nathaniel cater. payne and cater are in their 20s but otherwise fit the profile of the other victims, young, black and poor. surveillance around river bridges goes on for a month without a break. then in the still of pre-dawn darkness, a police recruit hears something. the night of may 22nd, 1981, they staked out the james jackson parkway bridge over the chattahoochee river.
victims, most of them strangled. by may, 1981, the police and fbi were hiding in the brush beside and below the river bridges. this was to be the last night, almost the last hour. i heard the splash. bob campbell, a police recruit, jumped to his feet down beside the chattahoochee river. i was really startled. it sounded like a body entering the water. he looked up at the bridge. and i saw brake lights of a car coming. i saw red lights. the car started slowly moving away from me across the bridge. campbell radioed the other team members up above him. i asked, did a car stop on the bridge? because i couldn t believe what i saw. and each person told me they didn t see it. 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 here