New memorial is erected in park,to honor the 29 victims of Atlanta serial child killer Wayne B. Williams,granite monument will of course serve to immortalize and honor Wayne himself
Joe1orbit
I'm finding lots of cool news items today, folks. Over in Georgia, the one
and only Wayne B. Williams, suspected of being a PROLIFIC serial child killer
back in the early 1980's, officially credited with 29 murders of male children
and young men, even though he was only convicted of TWO murder, is getting a
new round of media attention, as a granite monument was unveiled yesterday to
"honor" the 29 victims that Wayne supposedly killed. Personally, I think it is
OUTRAGEOUS that Wayne was convicted of even the two murder counts that he was,
since ALL of the evidence against him was purely circumstantial. At the same
time, I do also feel that Wayne PROBABLY is a serial killer, just a gut feeling
on my part. Doesn't change the fact that he DESERVED to be acquitted and freed,
based upon the fact that prosecutors totally failed to prove Wayne Guilty
beyond a reasonable doubt.
Now, I'm sure that the intention of erecting this granite monument is to
honor the 29 victims, but the fact is, the momument REALLY honors Wayne. After
all, were it not for Wayne committing these killings, no monument would exist.
For decades and CENTURIES to come, whenever anybody comes to look at this
memorial, the ONLY natural question they will have is: "Who are these 29 people
and why are they listed here on this memorial?" The only ANSWER that can be
given will be: "They were all killed in the early 1980's by a serial child
killer named Wayne B. Williams." And so it is undeniably clear that this
memorial has served and will serve to honor and PROMOTE Wayne, his serial
killing spree, and to GREATLY increase his fame and name recognition. See
folks, your NARROW minds cause you to engage in pointless and
counter-productive behavior. Worshipping a non-existent god is one prime
example. Erecting this type of a "victim monument", that in reality honors and
perpetuates the legacy of Wayne, rather than his victims, is another example of
the effects of narrow-minded thinking.
Of course i HOPE that Wayne knows about and appreciates this memorial,
realizing that it does increase his fame, even as he continues to FIGHT to get
his two murder convictions, and the LIFE prison sentence that was imposed,
reversed on appeal.
Right now, the granite memorial is BLANK, the gal who spearheaded it's
creation and placement in the park, says that police have FAILED to give her
the 29 NAMES of the victims, because some of the cases are still open and
"archived". So I assume the names will be etched into the granite at some point
in the future. What a ridiculous excuse, just because the cops are too addled
to find a file that contains the 29 names, does not mean that it's hard to get
the names from alternative sources, such as newspapers. Wayne's name will of
course NOT be anywhere on the memorial stone, but is that a MAJOR problem? No.
Every single person who comes to gaze upon the memorial and does NOT already
know all about Wayne, will naturally have his/her curiousity peaked over WHY
and HOW these 29 children/young men were killed, and thus LEARN all about
Wayne. And you can bet that a few of the people who come to this memorial WILL
be enraged societal victims, either thinking about, planning, or already
committing, acts of violent vengeance against their fellow humans.
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of the 9/6/99 online edition of The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution newspaper:
Murdered children in Williams case honored
20 years later: Granite monument for 29 young victims unveiled in Grant Park
ceremonies.
Joshua B. Good - Staff
Monday, September 6, 1999
It isn't easy remembering murders from 20 years ago.
It isn't easy even when those murders were the Atlanta missing and murdered
children cases.
Sunday, Renee "Sunshine" Lewis, an Atlanta woman whose father searched for the
bodies of slain children 20 years ago, attempted to memorialize those killings
with a service in Grant Park.
She unveiled a granite monument for the slain children. It was blank. Atlanta
police, she said, could not provide the names of murder victims in time for
Sunday's service because the cases were archived. Wayne Williams was convicted
of two of the 29 homicides in 1982, though his appeal still goes on. His
conviction closed 22 other child murder cases. Five cases remain open.
Lewis got a list of the dead children and young people from reading old
newspaper articles and plans to have the tombstone-like monument engraved
later.
None of the family members of those killed between 1979 and 1981 attended
Sunday's service, Lewis said.
But other parents of children more recently killed did attend. The memories for
them were fresh, but no easier to recall.
During Sunday's event, Roger Thomas Sr., 40, and Yvonne Brown Thomas, 39, were
there because their son, Geno, 13, was shot and killed as he came out of Martin
Luther King Jr. Middle School April 23. He was at the school for a recital.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas wore T-shirts decorated with their son's picture and sat on
a park picnic table watching boys nearby dribble a basketball.
"It's hard," Roger Thomas said. "You can look around and see other kids
playing, playing basketball. That's what our son liked to do. It's like we're
missing a part of us."
They watched Terrezza Jones, 2, release a red helium-filled balloon. She cried
when it soared out of sight. They watched families eating. They watched people
sing and pray. It reminded them of Geno.
"Life must go on," said Kimala Searcy, 33, another attendee of Sunday's
service.
Her son, Brandon, 8, was murdered April 15, 1997, near his bus stop. The killer
was a neighbor.
Life going on means it is easier for Kimala Searcy to talk about her son's
death. Prayer helps. And so does caring for her daughter, Algeerica, 5.
Kimala Searcy pulls Algeerica close and hugs her. The girl squirms to get away.
Two years after her son's death, fear is still very real for Kimala Searcy, as
it was Atlanta parents 20 years ago.
"I was protective of Brandon, but I'm really, really, really protective of
her," Kimala Searcy said. "You have to be. You don't know who is out here
watching."
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