The 3-Hour documentary "The Atlanta Child Murders" from Investigation Discovery was a catalyst in reopening the 40-year-old case. The documentary chronicles the Atlanta Child Murders, a string of kidnappings and killings that occurred between 1979-1981. HBO’s Latest True-Crime Documentary Is Driven More by Twists Than the Truth Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered is better than Atlanta Monster, but that’s not saying much. “The question will be, who what when and why. But it’s difficult to say whether the renewed efforts will yield any significant closure for the families and the city at large. The Atlanta murders case is also poised to become the subject of a documentary produced by HBO. In the middle of 1979 the 14-year-old and 13-year-old boys disappeared.

The murders ended following the arrest of Wayne Williams. In the meantime, investigators are revisiting the real case, scanning and examining every bit of evidence available. The first two murders associated with the Atlanta child murder case were Edward Hope Smith and Alfred Evans.