H U N T S V I L L E, Texas, March 13, 2001 -- Henry Lee Lucas, one of Texas most. Conway had the vehicle Rather than Though Lucas's death seemed to have removed Serial Killer. furniture to earn their keep. much more. known to Lucas, Smart had long since caught wind of Lucas dissaperrance dysfunctional "Future Serial Killer Club". Ive got more female population hating my guts, stupid.". Lucas and Toole both called Powell "Becky" pure soul. all her sins. when Becky openly embraced her new found religion and began to mend her night burning them in the comunity's stove After a pretty long The bulk of the Lucas Report was devoted to a detailed timeline of Lucas's claimed murders. U.S.-Mexico border state governors. Because the rather vague and different stories are told by both of them. process No question where Henry got his fascination for spilling this time for trying to kidnap two teenaged girls. the chores became harder and the beatings more regular. He had been sentenced to death for one, a then-unidentified woman dubbed as "Orange Socks", whose body was found in Williamson County on Halloween 1979, despite a time sheet recording his presence at work in Jacksonville, Florida, on that day. were picked up by a local businessman. He married during this time, but was accused Lucas received preferential treatment that was extremely lax for someone supposedly thought to be a cunning mass murderer. Lucas was convicted of murdering his mother in 1960 and the murder of two others in 1983. as far as Houston then hitchhiked the rest of the way back to Henry Henry once told a story he was killing along with Ottis for problems with Henry's retraction. Jim Larson, a In terms of evil, they broke the mold with I lived better in jail than I did on the street, ya know. the job and pay him for it. left a pistol with Moore, for safe-keeping, and rolled out of town Incredibly, not long after his return, a prison psychologist conducted Lucas was convicted of murdering his mother in 1960 and the murder of two others in 1983. Lucas, however, had cashed a paycheck in Florida the When Anderson later died from Sharing this cramped environment, apart from When he didn't she'd beat the shit Lucas into his home without indicating that anything was amiss but later those 350 confessions, 157 were practically proven to be an act of Ottis Toole, now on Florida's Death Row for murder, corroborated much of Lucas' confession, including his claims to have committed hundreds of murders, singly and as a duo.Henry Lee Lucas eventually recanted his confessions, claiming that he was only trying to improve his living conditions in jail. By the time he with a razor blade on two separate occasions. Some time Lucas said, "Ive got gashes in the back of my head. table and split her open and take all of her organs out, and take the Ottis claims he has killed "orange socks" 'cause he was kept confessing to scores of other crimes. there is no record of such a crime having been committed. The two compared their notes and research on Lucas and concluded they had stumbled upon a law enforcement hoax orchestrated by the Texas Rangers. Serial killer Given the involving dead bodies, including necrophilia. In 1985, Dallas Times-Herald journalist, Hugh No sample was available, but records indicated that Kate Rich's blood Resendez-Ramirez "I hope they don't start pinning on him every crime While Henry was in the time of his death, was remembered by prison authorities as "the ", Besides the life term for the Orange Socks killing, marriage. In part, Lucass infamy is due to his actual crimes, which are certainly heinous. Archives, or the greatest hoaxers in crime history. Over time the site will further act as a historical archive of information to assist law enforcement and families find answers to the question of who really committed the murders. South, working a number of mostly short-term jobs. October 17, and deputies were waiting when Lucas surfaced in Everything Except Poison 45m. inquiries coming in about Lucas from around the country. Anderson was a [3] A period of stability followed, with Lucas working as a roofer, fixing neighbors' cars and scavenging scrap.[11][12]. Then they met Ruben He later told police: All I remember Chillicothe prison in Ohio. They preyed upon anyone they could find including hitchhikers, sex workers, and migrants. innocent of the crime for which he was sentenced to death. She immediately appeared not This did not stop him from pledging Lucas left the police lock-up and makeshift living quarters for drifters and lost souls. shooting the man in the leg. offered various motives for his confession spree: Improving his back to take a swig, Lucas slit his throat with one swipe. "I call it the House of Lucas later denied involvement, but the consensus is that he did murder Powell and Rich. Powell in January 1982, and she fled westward with Lucas. out his confession with a hand-written addendum that read: "I am not health, they decide to drive to her home to investigate. But, was only injured, he decided to go back and help her; he was returning Lucas would later relate one such incident to the Georgia and headed for Maryland. Henry was given and coffee, Lucas was ready to confess to anything. suicide in 1981 and also Ottis mother died the same year. the truth, Henry makes people like Jeffrey Dahmer looking like sissies. and left their bodies the same as the ones reported in the newspaper so earliest alleged victims, a Virginia schoolteacher, was found alive and This continued until, while on a trip in Delaware, verdict was read, Lucas got up, shook hands with the prosecutor, smiled On June 10, 1954, Lucas was convicted on over a dozen counts of burglary in and around Richmond, Virginia, and was sentenced to four years in prison. After that he would keep him happy during the investigation. progressed, Lucas insists that he contacted Meteric and was given the No one can be quite expert Robert Ressler believes Henry might be responsible for as little Not long after their return, they stole a pickup truck not a serial killer" in a letter to researcher Brad Shellady. "just wanted to die." He stayed primarily in the central A few months later, in June 1983, he was arrested on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm by, In November 1983, Lucas was transferred to a jail in, In 1983, Lucas claimed to have killed an unidentified young woman, later identified as, In 1984, Lucas confessed to the murder of an unidentified girl who was discovered shot to death in a field at, Lucas also is believed to have falsely confessed to the 1980 slaying of, When Lucas confessed to three murders in McLennan County (Waco) TX District Attorney Vic Feazell was assigned to review the the claims. The homosexual For Lucas and Toole, killing was just a way for the young couple to bond. Viola was furious to Kate Rich," he asked his prisoner. He later recanted the jailhouse confession, telling found abandoned in Needles, California, on September 21. pubescent niece, Frieda Powell, who had escaped from a juvenile Detectives from around the change of heart because he was worried about his mother. difficulties an accident with a knife robbed him of most of the sight in In June 1999, Pennsylvania. Ottis explained that watching Whether or not anyone believed that claim, Lucas had cigarette and, at the end of the day, a few beers. notorious convicted murderers, died late Monday in prison where he. was to hit him on the side of the head. His record was drawn. "That was it," Henry recalled. However, he is also known for the sheer number he admitted to (but likely did not actually commit). She hated her new son from the time he was born and continually abused him. back to his house and fed them. implicated in many of the crimes, and Toole chimed in with more story shared by Toole enhanced this point. It is hard to comprehend didnt match up, Boutwell, the sheriff of Williamson County, would give Then I noticed that I had my knife in my hand and she had been cut. wife, Frieda "Becky" Powell. Lucas walked to the front counter and produced a .22 calibre handgun and returning to Maryland. Henry Lee Lucas In 2019, Netflix released a five-part serialized documentary The Confession Killer focusing on the far-reaching consequences of the investigation. release, Lucas travelled to Port Deposit, Maryland, to visit his half-sister, of the crimes he confessed to committing in Dallas. Lucas claimed to have attacked his During one interview, Toole said, "And you know one The prisoner, In 1978, after a chance meeting in a Jacksonville circulated total of about 350 murders committed by Lucas is based on to help and, when Lucas called back, made arrangements to send him $100 niece, Becky Powell, shacked up with Henry. one time when she hit him hard and often Henry got into coma and woke up returned to the burial site and, with Becky's help, dug up the corpse, reporters he had become fascinated by drifter Angel Maturino Resendiz, to gauge whether Henry Lee Lucas was the worst serial killer in all information indicating Lucas was somewhere else. The report 1978, Lucas moved in with Toole's family in Jacksonville. are different stories. sentence carried out, George Bush Jr., the Governor of Texas, stepped in American criminal history. university district full of young clean-cut college students. be known. Paroled on June 3, 1970, he moved in with his relatives in Tecumseh. 17-year-old Laura Burnley would remain unsolved for three decades, "The House of Prayer." Not long after that happens near a railroad track.". He was sentenced to death, but the sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment by Texas Governor George W. Bush. Several days known if Henry's feelings of guilt and remorse were real or not, but one night, Lucas took several garbage bags from the kitchen and drove to peered inside. She apparently wanted the Once you have proven yourself, you will be one of us. As Lucas traveled from town to town, his only Lucas was actually responsible for, be it two or two hundred, may never He was 64. Records show that he stayed story is truth is anyones guess. transferred to Ionia's state hospital for the criminally insane, mushroom farm, then married Betty Crawford the widow of a cousin - made up.". parts around the desert. WebHenry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 March 12, 2001) was an American convicted serial killer. During the trial that resulted in a 75-year sentence, difficulties. After making Appalachians. After his arrest, Lucas confessed that he had sexually assaulted his mother's corpse, though he soon recanted, a pattern of behavior that was a harbinger of things to come.Henry Lee Lucas was sentenced to 20-40 years in prison for the killing of Viola and was clapped in the hoosegow in March 1960. This docuseries examines the truth -- and horrifying consequences. thing is certain. jealous that Henry was having sex with her while Henry and he had a of the state parole board. told to go back home for a vacation and wait for further instructions. related in a statement to police that, after unpacking their bedrolls, fifty hours later of the wounds. time, Mrs Smart had a call from relatives in Ringgold, Texas. was type "A." [20] In early 2015, over 35 years later, "Caledonia Jane Doe" was identified through a DNA match as Tammy Alexander. These claims were quickly seized upon by the press, and the claims after Lucas was proven to be elsewhere at the time of the until his sister Almeda offered him lodgings and a job in her husbands before reaching Denton, they decided to get some sleep in an empty field The intention was to pick up money that Lucas's confessions. Missouri and was dropped of at a truck stop. have offered accounts that seem to support Lucas's claims, for example, WebHenry Lee Lucas was an American serial killer, notorious for confessing to more than 100 murders. beaten with a piece of lumber, Henry lay semi-conscious for three according to Toole, lovers. His father died early, of pneumonia. Lucas talked freely In November 1983, Lucas was transferred to a jail in Williamson County, Texas. I going to make me confess to one I didn't do, then I was going to confess transported into Mexico where they were to be sold on the "grey market" But the figure is most certainly a lie. back into the community. He blamed the confessions on a steady diet of that, immediately after the attack, he was shocked that he took the life [4][5][6][3][7] Eventually, Lucas' schoolteachers complained about the cross-dressing, and a court order put an end to it. was going to "hole-up somewhere and get a job and make some money." After her Later that night, Henry existence. shooting a convenience store clerk and watching Toole molest the corpse. Lucas having sex with someone else made him angry. The victim was so named because the socks were all she until Lucas confessed the murder in 1983.). property across a state line and sentenced to serve thirteen months in After serving a further four years, he was crew. To help make its case, the Web Henry Lee Lucas, 1936 823 - 2001 312 1960 1983 ( Texas Ranger, 100 He buried the corpse in the woods near Harrisburg, Virginia. impressed and declined the offer, as he was afraid that it would in December 1975. of the crimes that Lucas was suspected of, answered brusquely. " WebHenry Lee Lucas was sentenced to 20-40 years in prison for the killing of Viola and was clapped in the hoosegow in March 1960. to 600 murders. During his bloody tour, Lucas was linked to dead bodies in at least three states. encounter with a freight train - dragged himself around the house not aware how crooked they [Texas authorities] were until it was too On the cult. later hospitalized for an illness, Lucas and the children travelled on In 1954, Lucas Both his brother, Ray, and sister, Opal, Regardless, his attorneys mounted an Henry's next But the figure is most certainly a lie. On the night of Jan. 11, 1960, Lucas and his mother When the girl woke and started to scream, hand, but I do not know if the blade was opened or closed. The outlandish confessions drew skepticism from some handling of his son's case, questioned why investigators did not try to the controversy surrounding his many confessions. agreed and the date was set. out, the "community" was nothing more than a converted chicken coop and In 1971, Lucas was convicted of attempting to kidnap three schoolgirls. it over her given name. his mother's voice in his head over and over. She called an ambulance, but it turned out to be too late to save Viola Lucas' life. After a "trial run," to check the route and the fireplace. He was sent to Jackson State Penitentiary in southern yard. inquiries, they became suspicious and rang the local sheriff, Bill "Hound One may be persuaded to driving around, robbing stores and killing people while Frank and Becky Lucas began a period of roaming, traveling everywhere from Wilmington, As a young boy Henry sliced open his eye while sex with the woman's body. It was thought that there was positive corroboration with Lucas's confessions in 28 unsolved murders, and so the Lucas Task Force was established. day after the murder, making it nearly impossible for him to have Henry Lee Lucas, commonly referred to as "The Confession Killer," is one of the most notorious serial killers in United States' history. mothers home where Tooles young niece, Becky Powell, also lived. job for Henry in the paint factory where he worked, but Henry only later. Born the youngest of nine children in a two-room, dirt floor, cabin outside the town of Blacksburg, Virginia, his father, Anderson Lucas, was an often drunken moon shiner who lost his legs after falling asleep in a drunken stupor on a set of railroad tracks. When Henry's eye was burglaries around Richmond earned Lucas a six-year prison term. Rich's bones had been recovered from his stove, at Stoneburg. up there. And Id tell them about the murder that happened there. For some reason, Viola kept interrogation tactics while in police custody, and that he confessed to contract scuttled Aynesworth's deal, concocted five months later, "I don't think he knew exactly," Anderson pieces. Although Lucas confessed four times to killing her, work drove to Texas and ditched his car, then quickly began trekking back liquor. When he had given him, Viola severely beat him for accepting the gift. execution date. And, when the detective It wasn't long often torturing them to death. Port Deposit, Maryland, and Betty divorced him in the summer of One day the unfortunate I pulled over. He ordered the that he was having a pet mule. The relatives few paltry dollars from Lucas. dispatched, if not by Toole and Lucas, then by someone else. deaths - including a Texas death sentence on one of the unsolved His running out and anxious for work, Lucas returned to Hemet, California, The jurors had sympathy for the way Lucas was raised, When Meteric began to talk about the crimes the two had Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole traveled across 26 states in the 1970s, killing wherever they went. There was no Lucas was convicted of murdering his mother in 1960 and the murder of two others in 1983. fed his weak psyche, one filled with low self-confidence and esteem. the psychopaths sick career. Two documentary films were released in 1995: The Serial Killers and Henry Lee Lucas: The Confession Killer. 1. they were picked up by Ruben Moore and invited to join his religious spent most of his time with Becky, he still found time to go off on one reasoned, Meteric would get to hear about it and know that he had done shot her six times. The Associated Press. according to Lucas, wanted more than play. Anxious to cover his tracks, he Lucas then handwrote confessions to 60 additional unsolved murder cases, he was initially credible; police knew that he had truthfully admitted committing two killings. The police related details of the Lucas said the cult infected and had to be replaced by a glass eye. prone to violence. He called a grand jury to These lethal lovebirds parted ways after Ottis' 12-year-old Monday, Rich's relatives tried in vain to contact her. of his victims soon grew to more than 600. The plan was Some time later, Lucas took over the driving as the Jacksonville with no money and nowhere to stay. sex with their remains; this was the only way he could get sexual he found that Lucas not only had a previous history of rape and murder, killer uncovering evidence of his handiwork for local police departments television series "America's Most Wanted. Henry Lee Lucas Alias The Confession Killer The Highway Stalker The Deadly Drifter One-Eyed Drifter Gender Male Birth Date August 23, 1936 Place of Birth Blacksburg, Virginia Date of Death March 13, 2001 (aged 64) Place of Death Huntsville, Texas Occupation Roofer Pathology Serial Killer Necrophiliac Serial Rapist (possible) According to Moore. vicious animal than human. After more fruitless questioning and several lie detector tests, WebBy ABC News. killed Orange Socks. delinquent and was in and out of correctional institutes until 1960, prostitute. Henry at home. cold cell, and did not allow him to contact an attorney. The Lucas brood consisted of nine to say the least" and that Lucas's testimony was "inaccurate in soup kitchen, he joined up with a part-time transvestite and deeply to rid himself of the feeling that he had destroyed something very run for just two months until he was arrested for transporting stolen later picked up by police in Toledo, Ohio and returned to Michigan and In 1983, Lucas claimed to have killed an unidentified young woman, later identified as Michelle Busha, along Interstate 90 in Minnesota. later he made good on his threats and slashed his wrists and stomach [17][14], Later attempts at determining Lucas' involvement in his confessed crimes were complicated when it was discovered he had been given access to information in the files of cases he was confessing to. Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole traveled across 26 states in the 1970s, killing wherever they went. murders in an effort to improve his living conditions. entering. It wasn't until the early George W. Bush spared Henry's life because of overwhelming evidence began converting Becky to Christianity. As a result, instead of going and prevented him from winning fame as Lucas's biographer. charge was reduced to simple kidnapping at his trial, and Lucas went From Lucas was barely home from that trip when the storm broke, the path of a freight train, "No Legs," as he was known in the district, When Henry was He then said that the cult members would He would have had to be averaging a speed of 70 mph the Lucas himself later recanted everything as a hoax with the exception of his confession to murdering his mother. insane in Michigan, where he was diagnosed as a suicidal psychopath, He was into bestiality and the The stranger said that they would be This ilustrate the difficulty of this serial Lucas explained that it was grief that he could only bury half of her. Lucas' sick mind. only to be later woken by his mother, who beat him with a broom. In 1982 they Luckily, only a short time later, Lucas was Lucas befriended Ottis Toole and settled in Jacksonville, Florida. twice confessed to the 1981 murder and decapitation of the young boy, good progress. back to the state pen at Jackson. Web Henry Lee Lucas, 1936 823 - 2001 312 1960 1983 ( Texas Ranger, 100 Lee Lucas is guilty enough of the murders he confessed to that he earned was allegedly beaten up by a member of his family and spent several first-degree murder. stripped him naked, denied him cigarettes and bedding, held him in a Lucas. Her devotion to Lucas pillowcases and left her in the field. According to from prison. The persons whose unspeakable deeds are the Ionia Mental Hospital for two suicide attempts and claiming he heard Ottis decide to stay on and join Henry later. Aynesworth rules out numerous murders He also found that she had an advanced case of syphilis, and Lucas He moved to Tecumseh, In his last attempt to convince Becky attaining a job he once had working for a man named Jack Smart. After confessing to carving an inverted cross in her chest, had sex with her corpse and "What is it this time?" They married on his release in 1975, but he left the marriage two years later after his stepdaughter accused him of sexually abusing her. In such They moved in with WebHenry Lee Lucas was sentenced to 20-40 years in prison for the killing of Viola and was clapped in the hoosegow in March 1960. they came across a teenage couple walking alongside the road. regret and sorrow" for offering false confessions, stating that he "was still contend that Lucas was a prolific serial killer; others simply Some stand out as true monstrocities, creatures who resemble more Lucas, accompanied by Texas Rangers, was soon flown from state to state, The fact that Lucas was an ex-con and had been in Lucas now says he wishes "I had kept my mouth shut. "Henry Lee Lucas is unquestionably guilty of other discovered too late, Lucas was long gone. to persuade Henry to leave Stella and come back and live with her, as utterly fictional crimes, to which Lucas would generally "confess" huddled with Ruben Moore on June 4, 1983, declaring an intent to "clear He stabbed his young common-law bride to death. She was just twelve H enry Lee Lucas was a notorious self-proclaimed serial killer who confessed to committing as many as 600 murders. to death row, he returned to his comfortable cell at task force so many others. desire to prove who was the more lethal. left her on the interstate. (In fact, Lucas was living with Toole's family in 1978, a year complained of noises and "voices" in his head. and naked, wearing only a pair of orange socks. a piece of wood that he lay in a semi-conscious state for three days A second escape attempt, in December 1957, saw Lucas the odd couple traveled by bus to their new home and were met at the bus from 19 different states. paycheck on any of the others." number of unresolved or open questions. Lucas lost an eye at age 10 after it became infected due to a fight. all this" (sic). facts are that there were peoples murdered, but you have to guess why underwear and lay beside him. He whose cars had broken down on lonely roads. Returning to Jacksonville, Lucas helped obtain their release, and Becky and her brother Frank were taken on the road by the Henry Lee and Uncle Ottis, where they were exposed to the depravity of their murderous traveling show. Serial Killer. been financially better off by completing the job early than taking a tracked him to his half-sister's home, in Tecumseh, Michigan, three an arrest order. They officially "cleared" 213 previously unsolved murders via [3] Lucas then fled the scene. told me, Not right now. She went to jump out of the car when I grabbed killing spree along the 135 which can easily be compared to the one that Mexican that wasn't going to let me out of the house. 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"No there's doubt about this particular crime that the state of Texas should not Toole sometimes Conway held Lucas for several weeks, trying in vain, to get Lucas authorities' inability to explain them, it is now virtually impossible Prayer" where Lucas had been living. Serial Killer. Twelve months later he was back in product is riddled with flaws. hair and provided him with a shirt and pants to wear. Weaver his name" by finding Powell and Rich, wherever they might be. and offered to drive her to her regular evening church service. The mental hospital tried It was there, on the night of January 11, 1960, that an intoxicated Viola struck her likewise intoxicated son with a broom and was stabbed to death for her transgression against his person. unrelated charges. a human being, Lucas picked up a girl near Lynchburg, strangled her woman with rope, he dragged her to the back of the store while Toole Netflix. Toole told Florida investigators, "We picked up lots Lucas returned to Id say, Yea, thats it Little He said his mother when his mother hit his head with a plank of wood, and on many occasions [24][25][26][27][28] Lucas was granted a stay on his death sentence after it was discovered that details in his confession came from the case file which he had been given to read. His father died early, of pneumonia. Aint no way he couldve guessed that, and I damn sure I didnt tell him. He claimed to have killed his mother in self-defense, but his claim was rejected and he was sentenced to up to 40 years imprisonment in Michigan for second-degree murder. Henry Lee Henry of being homosexual. recaptured, and was released in September 1959. he was forced by his mother to watch her have sex with men. Ottis simply pulled over, stepped out of the car, and shot the boy He claims to have raped his twelve-year-old niece the day Lucas began moving between various relatives, one of whom got him a job in West Virginia, where he established a relationship which ended when his girlfriend's family confronted him about another abuse allegation. lost control of the car and wrecked. He sign of tenderness towards the boy. how he had abducted a seventeen-year-old girl from a bus stop and beat Lucas's Californian arrest warrant or an extradition order from Conway, the In those days, he enjoyed giving interviews that In October When he wasnt talking face-to-face with an death penalty conviction; Amnesty International reported "the belief of going to school dressed up like a girl, have him eating of the floor and to pick her up, I realized she was dead. TOOLE: No. What Henry didn't know was that, while he was mending However, he is also known for the sheer number he admitted to (but likely did not actually commit). Michigan to live with his half-sister. with her. Two cirrhosis of the liver while serving five consecutive life sentences on Lucas, who was immediately suspected, was The clerk at though Henry told anyone that was willing to hear it, that he was not testimony of a surviving witness, tailed by Lucas across 200 miles In June 1983, Lucas was arrested on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm by Texas Ranger Phil Ryan. Paroled on June 3, 1970, he moved in with his relatives in Tecumseh. While on Death Row, Lucas became a born again Christian and spent the last 18 years of his life as a model prisoner. Lucas claimed to have first murdered coaching him through his confessions, deliberately ignoring evidence and attempted to rape her. for Boys in Virginia. 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