Wayne Williams, prime suspect in Atlanta Child Murders, denied parole

Wayne Williams, suspected of killing more than 20 Black children in Atlanta from 1979 to 1981, was denied parole by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole.

Although Williams has never been charged with killing a child, he is serving two life sentences for killing two adults. Still, authorities have always considered Williams, 61, as the main suspect in the Atlanta child murders, which terrorized the nation at the time, according to WSBTV.

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For his part, Williams has always professed his innocence in the child murders.

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole said the primary reason why Williams was denied parole was “insufficient amount of time served to date given the nature and circumstances of your offense(s),” reported WSBTV.

The timing of the parole denial comes as there is renewed interest in the Atlanta child murders. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said last year that the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, along with Atlanta police, would revisit the cases.

Williams has people who believe in his innocence and told Channel 2 before his parole hearing that they expected him to be released.

“I don’t see why anyone would want to hold a man in prison if there is still lingering doubts that’s he didn’t do any of the things he’s convicted of,” Dewayne Hendrix, head of the Wayne Williams Freedom Project, told the station.

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Venus Taylor, mom of 12-year-old, Angel, who was killed in March 1980, said she knows Williams is not her daughter’s killer. Taylor claims that a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent even told her that they knew who did murder Angel but stated that person would never be prosecuted.

“Wayne Williams had nothing to do with killing my child,” Taylor said, adding that she wants authorities to release him from prison. “I think he’s done enough time.”

Williams’ next parole hearing has been set for November 2027.

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Reality star Charmaine Walker reveals she’s married and expecting a baby

Charmaine Walker of Black Ink Crew: Chicago fame announced major news over the past few days: she is pregnant and officially off the market.

Walker dropped by PEOPLE TV’s Reality Check on Monday to announce she is now married to Nick Bey. The news comes one day after Walker announced on Instagram that she and Bey would soon be parents.

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“My fiancé Nick is no longer my fiancé,” Walker told Reality Check. “We didn’t break up, we actually got legally married. We decided that we just wanted to be together. It was just kind of like we’re already engaged, so we’re obviously going to get married. Why wait? You know, obviously the cameras play a big part in our lives, so we just wanted to do something for us.”

They managed to pull it off well. Now divulging their news has Walker feeling “so great” and even more legit as a married woman.

“I feel like a wife,”  she said. “And now I feel like a mom.”

On Sunday, Walker took to IG to reveal she is pregnant with her first child, and the baby is due on March 12, 2020.

Walker uploaded an ultrasound video and captioned it: “Expecting Baby Bey March 2020. Shoutout to Momma Glenda. She was so excited. The night before she unexpectedly passed away she said: “I still can’t believe my baby is having a baby!” I’ll never forget those words. This has been an emotional roller coaster but I’m blessed to be bringing life into this world. #BabyBey.”

 

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Shoutout to Momma Glenda. She was so excited 🦋 The night before she unexpectedly passed away she said “I still can’t believe my baby is having a baby!” I’ll never forget those words. This has been an emotional roller coaster but I’m blessed to be bringing life into this world. #BabyBey

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Bey also announced the baby news on his IG account, by posting a video and photo of himself smiling while holding his wife’s tummy. In the video, he is singing to #BabyBey through mama’s tummy and in the pic he captioned, “Y’all think it’s a boy or girl?! #6months.”

 

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Baby Bey On The Way!!! 03/2020

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Y’all think it’s a boy or girl?! #6months

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 Walker added to Reality Check that she is 25 weeks pregnant which means “five-and-a-half months or six-and-a-half months, I haven’t figured it out.”

Ryan Henry, who also stars in Black Ink Crew, says he saw it coming.“I just kind of knew it was coming, so I wasn’t surprised. I knew how they felt about each other; I knew how their relationship was going and I knew how her family wanted a baby,” Henry told Reality Check, “so it wasn’t no surprise to me.”

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This happy news could not have come at a better time. Walker lost her mother, Glenda, last in October. Congrats to the happy couple.

Black Ink Crew airs on Dec. 4 on VH1.

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