A lot of faith is placed upon the airline itself. The FAA has never and will never have enough resources to completely monitor the airlines.

There was also eyewitness testimony placing Williams with different victims blood stains from victims matching blood in Williams's car and testimony that he was a pedophile attracted to young black boys (although none of the victims were sexually assaulted). FBI tried to find Cheryl Johnson from the address and phone details given but were unable to find her. Douglas added that he believes that law enforcement authorities have some idea of who the other killers are and that "It isn't a single offender and the truth isn't pleasant.

In 1982 he was tried and convicted of killing two adult men and sentenced to life imprisonment. After his conviction the Atlanta police announced that Williams was responsible for at least 23 of the 29 child murders but he has never been formally indicted nor tried for any of them. His guilt has been disputed by multiple parties and Williams himself continues to maintain his innocence.