George Willingham was 30 when his body was found in a field near a freeway leading to Stone Mountain in Atlanta, Georgia, on a September day in 1986. His clothing was in disarray, with pants and underwear pulled down to his ankles and his shirt open; an autopsy confirmed a sexual encounter had taken place before his death. He had been shot three times in the head, including a fatal shot to the back of the skull, stabbed multiple times, and his body mutilated.

Willingham was one of six young Black men killed in a series between December 1985 and October 1986 whose bodies were often left nude from the waist down and abandoned in isolated locations. Michael Devern Terry was arrested and confessed to all six murders, saying disputes over payment after sexual encounters preceded the killings. Terry said he shot and stabbed Willingham after an argument over money; prosecutors sought the death penalty for Willingham’s killing but the jury did not unanimously impose it and Terry received a third consecutive life term. He later pleaded guilty to the other cases and is serving six consecutive life sentences.

Does anyone have additional information about Willingham’s life or where he spent time in Atlanta in 1986?