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Atlanta attorney Mary Welcome known as Wild Mary defends Wayne Williams on a murder charge in a high profile case linked to a series of 28 black slayings since July 1979. A former Atlanta city solicitor, Welcome built a reputation for aggressive prosecutions of downtown bathhouses and massage parlors.
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Suburban police probe Williams in other Atlanta killings
Atlanta investigators say freelance photographer Wayne B Williams is being checked as a suspect in 15 of the 28 black slayings dating back to July 1979. Williams, 23, is jailed for murder in Nathaniel Cater’s death, with fiber analysis and a May bridge encounter cited as grounds for the charge. District attorneys in DeKalb and Rockdale counties say Williams remains a serious suspect in connected cases across multiple jurisdictions including Douglas and Fulton counties and East Point.
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Detonator Sets Off Car Bomb In Hinsdale
A remote-control detonator in a stolen Buick triggered a bomb under a 1978 Mercedes-Benz driven by Michael P. Cagnoni of Hinsdale, killing him on a ramp to the Tri-State Tollway. A nearby Buick and a black 1974 Buick held the detonator. Dynamite particles were found. police say the device was a low-frequency transmitter.
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Earl Krebs
William L. Schmitt
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