FROM OUR ARCHIVES: Atlanta’s Tragedy: An Update

Presented here, in full, is the special report “Atlanta’s Tragedy: An Update,” which ran in the combined June 28, 1981, Journal-Constitution Sunday edition. Included is the original front page story and the story package from the Perspective section.

READ THE ORIGINAL SPECIAL REPORT BELOW: To zoom in on the story, click the three bars at top right. Then click “Original Document (PDF).”

ONLINE EXCLUSIVES: Main story | Victim profiles | Case chronology | Interactive map | Complete coverage

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As the Atlanta Braves prepare to find their next sprinting mascot, Nigel Talton is enjoying his new career coaching high school athletes at McEachern High.