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George Willingham

Case from Atlanta, GA dated Sep 13, 1986

Victim Details

George Willingham

Male

Black / African American

Atlanta

GA

1986-09-13

30

George

Willingham

07/28/2026

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On a September day in 1986, the body of George Willingham, a 30-year-old Black male, was found in a field near a freeway leading to Stone Mountain in Atlanta, Georgia. His clothes were in disarray, with his pants and underwear pulled down to his ankles and his shirt open, suggesting a sexual encounter had taken place before his death. An autopsy later confirmed this. The investigation into his death revealed a particularly brutal murder; Willingham had been shot three times in the head, with the ...
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