On this day: July 21

1. 1979
   Victim Edward "Teddy" Smith · Atlanta child murders

   His case remains open; it was not attributed to anyone.

2. 1979
   Other Atlanta (victims whose deaths were never tried) · Atlanta child murders

   Children and young men disappeared across Atlanta and were found in woods, vacant lots, roadsides and rivers in and around the city. Twenty-two of these deaths were later attributed by police to Williams without a trial; the rest remain unresolved. Individual sites are not mapped.

3. 1988
   Court / trial Los Angeles Superior Court, downtown Los Angeles · Richard Ramirez

   Jury selection began in July 1988. On September 20, 1989, the jury convicted Ramirez on all 43 counts, including 13 murders; Judge Michael Tynan sentenced him to death on November 7, 1989.