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Earl Lee Terrell was a 10-year-old African American boy who became one of the victims in the series of killings known as the Atlanta Child Murders, which terrorized the city between 1979 and 1981. Earl was last seen on July 31, 1980, sitting outside the South Bend Park Pool in Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, he was a third-grade student at Lakewood Elementary School. His disappearance occurred during a period when numerous young Black children were vanishing under suspicious circumstances, prompt ...Read More
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Earl Terrell
Male
Black / African American
Atlanta
GA
1980-09-12
10
Earl
Terrell
11/27/2025






