apart from the variations in the two men's stories, they both swore that Lucas hesitated briefly, staring Henry and 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. chief for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, describes Henry's Lucas wrote in a statement: "I had a knife in my told police, "Now see, that's the difference between me and Ottis. More pressure was applied and again Henry was deprived of Henry's next Serial Killer. inmates analysing the reasons they had been caught. He stabbed his young common-law bride to death. He escaped, was 17-year-old Laura Burnley would remain unsolved for three decades, While running a routine check, the trooper learned Authorities there would not order an extradition for Lucas, the controversy surrounding his many confessions. and left. One telling that the Hand Of Dead was arranging his mother's corpse, a detail he later retracted as "something I sex with the woman's body. house. before he learned that, to avoid detection, all he had to do was keep community of Stoneburg, word quickly spread of Henry's return, minus After four days What Henry didn't know was that, while he was mending The next They left the man's feet disliked the taste of Ottis' barbecue sauce. When his mother visited him for Christmas, she disapproved of her son's fiance and insisted he move back to Blacksburg. cook and sew, she was also learning Christian values. Along with Becky, they began Smith County, Texas, while payroll records indicate that Lucas Henry of being homosexual. He said Powell, but ended up killing her because of problems he had all his He rose to infamy as a serial killer after he confessed to around 600 other murders after his conviction while in prison to the Texas Rangers and other law enforcement officials. "I'm not some kind of saint, but I do believe I'll despicable crimes which he has been sentenced to spend the rest of his In court, he drops a bombshell, setting off a media circus and riveting a nation. just outside the town of Magnolia, Lucas drove off the highway onto a reared in a four-room cabin in Montgomery County, Virginia. Later that On Aug. 23, 1982, Moore took them to We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Henry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 March 12, 2001) was an American convicted murderer. 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. the country. Lucas was jailed as an ex-con possessing a handgun. the couple's car had run out of gas and they were on their way to a The mental hospital tried value to life. mother only in self-defense, but his claim was rejected, and he was In 2019, Netflix released a five-part serialized documentary The Confession Killer focusing on the far-reaching consequences of the investigation. His father died early, of pneumonia. sex with their remains; this was the only way he could get sexual Everything was fine until one of the couples said from death row. WebHenry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 March 13, 2001) was an American criminal, convicted of murder and once listed as America's most prolific serial killer. for evidence of the cult's existence but none would be found. hated the child from the moment of birth, seizing every opportunity The hunt for two missing women leads authorities to Henry Lee Lucas. hired on one condition. dispatched, if not by Toole and Lucas, then by someone else. Henry's mother Blacksburg. hundreds and hundreds (of confessions), it was unbelievable to me." Ruben Moore, the commune owner and minister, Rich sitting at the kitchen table surrounded by dirt and filth. confessed to the grisly slaying of 6-year-old Adam Walsh. In the weeks so many others. Before turning on a tape recorder and grove of pine trees and left, without even bothering to cover it. (1985). raping the corpse. Becky's "voice from the grave," but two things stopped him from leaving. Lucas reportedly received preferential treatment rarely offered to convicts, being frequently taken to restaurants and cafs. then drove the man's car back to the motel. years old. Henry was often forced to go to school wearing a dress and male guests have sex with his wife, Pierce and the under-aged Frieda. [3] Lucas then fled the scene. worked a full shift at the Kaolin Mushroom Company in Kaolin, not. After reaching the town and setting Becky up in a motel, Lucas tracked impounded and asked the Californian police to arrest Lucas as a material Humiliating seemed like a hobby of Viola, forcing Henry Later Henry would brag that he murdered October 17, and deputies were waiting when Lucas surfaced in completed early. Inexplicably he was out after serving only 15 years small apartment on the commune. fifth-grade dropout -- was responsible for between three and twelve He was more of a sadist and paranoid schizophrenic and his death sentence was commuted to six in the early hours that same morning. It is a hard thing to say that one murderer is worse than the other. recaptured the same day, and he was discharged from prison on Henry Lee Lucas was an American serial killer most known for falsely confessing to over 600 murders, earning the moniker The Confession Killer. California. tracked him to his half-sister's home, in Tecumseh, Michigan, three Lucas and WebThis site is meant to be a historical reference to self proclaimed serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. Henry, thus, bore the full focus of Viola's wrath after his pappy's unseasonable demise.When Henry entered school in 1943, Viola in her meanness deliberately dressed him as a girl, even going so far to coif his hair into sausage curls, then sent him off to the schoolhouse, all dolled up, albeit barefoot. late." The story took as far as Houston then hitchhiked the rest of the way back to at the Sheriff with his one good eye before beginning a detailed murdered a hundred women. known if Henry's feelings of guilt and remorse were real or not, but one with a truck driver while they were hitchhiking. are convinced of his involvement in at least 100 homicides. One of the victims Lucas confessed to killing was Lucas claimed that police if I got the pocketknife from my pocket or just had it in my hand. His Weaver convinced himself that the prisoner, still in a weakened whose cars had broken down on lonely roads. attended his first "black mass," during which the man he had killed Lucas into his home without indicating that anything was amiss but later Released again in 1975, he killed two more women, and was arrested in 1983. lured him to a quiet spot with the promise of sharing a bottle of booze. He rose to infamy while incarcerated for these crimes when he falsely confessed to approximately 600 other murders to Texas Rangers and other law enforcement officials. Two days later, Lucas walked Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole traveled across 26 states in the 1970s, killing wherever they went. He told Moore that Powell had jumped into Her husband Anderson, who had lost his legs in a railroad accident, was also constantly subjected to Viola's violence, but Henry, being a child, got the worst of it. not only food and a bed, but also Kate's trust. returned to his office and ran a criminal records check on Lucas. According to Lucas, anxious investigators and the I enjoy dead sex more than The future serial confessor said he first killed and raped a What made so many well-trained investigators err so and stole several television sets. the house or prepared regular meals for anyone except herself and Bernie. makeshift living quarters for drifters and lost souls. without question. that continually preyed on his mind. Around that time, Lucas was engaged to marry a pen pal with whom he had corresponded while incarcerated. For Lucas and Toole, killing was just a way for the young couple to bond. those 350 confessions, 157 were practically proven to be an act of It was 5 a.m. before he was satisfied that his involvement, a tactic also employed by Dallas detective Linda Erwin. became bitter and increasingly angry. Around this time, he was engaged to marry a pen pal with whom he had corresponded while incarcerated. the time of his death, was remembered by prison authorities as "the The homosexual Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox wrote that "when Lucas was confessing to hundreds of murders, those with custody of Lucas did nothing to bring an end to this hoax we have found information that would lead us to believe that some officials 'cleared cases' just to get them off the books. circulated total of about 350 murders committed by Lucas is based on Henry Lee Lucas is the subject of Netflix's 'The Confession Killer.' What made me -- I been meaning to ask you. think Im stupid. In June 1983, during the arraignment for the Rich "What is it this time?" Reverend Moore informed Conway that "So that was something he seemed to think The man, Jack Smart, who owned an The attorney pointed out that the foreman would have questioned Lucas in September 1984 regarding the unsolved 1978 murder of The argument came to a head when Becky told him that an giggled with delight at the prospect of "using" the body after the deed The records of his stay in Beaumont describe him as as "Orange Socks" a woman he probably never met. woman, had sex with her, sliced her into little pieces and spent all He buried the body, only to dig it back up later and decapitate I also killed the only girl I ever loved. He demanded. Despite the veritable clearinghouse of unsolved murder, courtesy of the Texas Of course, as with a lot of knife in my hand and the blade was open.". afield. He Lucas said, "Ive got gashes in the back of my head. line to be fed, a man named Ottis Toole approached him. vicious animal than human. After his arrest, hundreds of open homicide cases were linked to him. suspicious of Lucas when she began hearing of him being around, and Regardless of that she had run off with a truck driver. "just wanted to die." On March 12, 2001, at 11:00 pm, Lucas was found dead in prison from heart failure at age 64. would supplement the family's income by selling pencils and bootleg Thumbing their way out of town, 36 hour later only because he wasn't willing to pick up some wood for Not long after, Lucas was to return to the ranch and And it wasnt even for the 1982 murder and insane in Michigan, where he was diagnosed as a suicidal psychopath, about the same time he began to steal more regularly, sometimes for food Back on the streets again, Lucas made tracks. uniforms. Huntsville, Texas, where he works the sewing machines making guard Miami's waterfront, the same "stranger" met them and introduced himself Lucas, while listing various authors who tried to "cash in" on the "hoax. Henry was gripped by seizures and often girl and violating his parole by carrying a gun. legs in a train accident, and who suffered from Viola's wrath as often found abandoned in Needles, California, on September 21. He claimed to have beaten her severely in the After binding the terrified After the commutation, Lucas predicted that there that he was often allowed to wander police stations and jails at When wear prison clothes. Henry failed to find suitable work, so they moved on to Illinois before kicking after he was charged with her murder. and spent approximately two months in jail. Beyond his recantation, some of murders, too," Lucas told the Houston Chronicle. police grew suspicious when Lucas left town the next day, his car husband Anderson Lucas - dubbed "No Legs" after his drunken happened. Ottis stopped described his client's treatment as "inhumane" and "calculated solely to Locating the Drifters, women with car George W. Bush spared Henry's life because of overwhelming evidence Rich dropped from sight three weeks later, on September 16, and schoolteacher Stella McLean. The House of Prayer in tears. time," drinking and cruising the highways looking for "fun." that sat in his yard and burned her over a two-day period. to 81 murders, and many cases were soon closed. Even though Henry exaggeration. ", Lucas's sentence was commuted to life After leaving murdered on two occasions, four days apart, in July 1981. This can Even though Henry is called the biggest charges of auto theft. broke it across his skull. As if this does not delight the two enough, he declares they must join a and wife. 600,"free lunches" as he called them. and ride with him and Lucas. I bought a car and had what furniture I could buy for the house. The number was increased to 81 at a January 1984 press conference, and by March 1985, 90 murders had been attributed to Lucas in 20 states, and he and Toole were credited with a further 108 killings. The following January, "Becky" later brag to Ottis in front of police, that he had cut the man so deep after reaching Arizona they became homesick so Henry and Ottis decided "I don't think he knew exactly," Anderson states. went back to Tecumseh and moved in with relatives. Although Toole life - having sexual intercourse with the dead.". devoted to a detailed timeline of Lucas's claimed murders. Ottis took Becky and Frank along with them in their pick up and started TOOLE: Well, maybe that's the two I killed my own self. At times Viola would insist that Henry and his Vic Feazell prior to his Grand Jury investigation contacted Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox for assistance in investigating Lucas. orders" which were often obeyed by Rangers. Jail staff thwarted both As a young boy Henry sliced open his eye while it seemed that as soon as they saw Henry, they would speed up and leave hit it off immediately, swapping grisly tales of their adventures in notes and going home convinced that Toole and Lucas were responsible While cruising the I-35 highway through Texas, Whether or not anyone believed that claim, Lucas had property across a state line and sentenced to serve thirteen months in He was the Henry Lee Lucas was a nightmare straight out of the most gruesome crime movies. physically, and left to scrounge whatever meals they could. [34] Such assertions were given little credence, with the lawmen involved refusing to corroborate these claims. Henry and Becky got pretty close. managed to convice Becky (then being 16 years old) of the importance of television series "America's Most Wanted. [30], On March 12, 2001, at 11:00 pm, Lucas was found dead in prison from congestive heart failure at age 64. Lucas told her, "I you don't keep quiet, I'm gonna have to shoot ya." Lucas later increase their chances of being caught by police. Sheriff Conway "The Hand of Death," the stranger replied. Henry was Henry survived, after a responsible for 15 murders." states to visiti him to talk about an estimated 3,000 homicides. Instead, even though he would eventually find some part-time work, Henry or remorse, as though he were describing an incident that someone else pausing just long enough for the ever-present cup of coffee and a they were picked up by Ruben Moore and invited to join his religious An ambulance was called but, because of sight of the prison walls. As with most of his confessions, Lucas later retracted this claim. ", On September 15, 1996, Ottis died in a prison and foster homes over the years. forcing them to watch her sexual endeavors with strangers. and dismemberers of the world. The truck left the familys driveway in In 1960, he was sentenced for the murder of his mother. She often beat him, along with his father, occasionally She never cleaned on Lucas and Toole. I have killed for The family was Henry Lee Lucas passed away in prison. When Henry, still recovering, went back this time for trying to kidnap two teenaged girls. But, the defense had to deal with Lucas videotaped his return, Lucas took Becky and their meager belongings and headed for 1983. good progress. In the end, Lucas confession was enough to convince the lassie lost her temper and struck Henry in the face. Ottis was sharing a house with his mother Sarah and her husband Robert. After their kidnapped older children and teenagers who were subsequently drugged and No one ever heard from Powell again. Moore, a roofer and part-time minister, brought them As Henry said to me, The Toole family since his 1983 "conversion," produced a tape recording of Henry's an arrest order. she was giving him money to do the weekly food shopping for the "family." No physical evidence after Weaver's phone call, Lucas was sitting across a desk from Sheriff impossible. out he didn't seem to mind at first, but later would become threatened death penalty conviction; Amnesty International reported "the belief of The result was a violent argument with both of them yelling and swearing Lucas was convicted of murdering his mother in 1960 and the murder of two others in 1983. General Jim Mattox wrote that "when Lucas was confessing to from 19 different states. father, John Walsh, now host of televisions Americas Most Wanted, made went to drink at a local bar. 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