40 Years After I Covered The Atlanta Child Murders Trauma And Doubt Remain Opinion
Police searching the scene later discovered the body of another black child nearby, Alfred James Evans, 13. The cause of death was later determined to be “probable asphyxia.” By November 1980, 12 more bodies had been found and another four black children were missing. A pall settled over the city, and as the killings continued and increased in frequency, concern spread across the country. Then-President Ronald Reagan dispatched Vice President George H....