On this day: May 22

1. 1921
   Victim Anna Brown · Osage murders

   An Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart's sister.

2. 1981
   Victim Nathaniel Cater · Atlanta child murders

   Wayne Williams was tried and convicted of his murder in 1982.

3. 1981
   Other Chattahoochee River bridge stakeout · Atlanta child murders

   Around 3 a.m. on May 22, 1981, officers watching a bridge over the Chattahoochee heard a splash and saw a station wagon cross; they stopped it about half a mile away. The driver was Wayne Williams. Sources differ on which bridge (James Jackson Parkway or South Cobb Drive).

4. 1983
   Victim Martina Theresa Authorlee · Gary Ridgway
5. 2008
   Court / trial Superior Court, Rutland · Brian Rooney

   The trial was moved about 70 miles from Burlington to Rutland because of publicity. The jury convicted Rooney of aggravated murder, and Judge Michael Kupersmith sentenced him to life without parole.