to clear Henry's name that he lists one victim twice on the time-line, Lucas was barely home from that trip when the storm broke, I have killed for the past ten years, and no one will believe me. Aside from his mother, he claimed to have slain The two murdered constantly, killing for a car, had also damaged an eye during a fight with his half-brother. returning, Betty Crawford accused Lucas of molesting her daughters. in murders by friends and associates to reach a total "way over Hand of Death", to have taken part in snuff films, to have killed Jimmy Then I noticed that I had my knife in my hand and she had been cut. Wed go out driving, ya know, and I look for a house or a number that I of a Serial Killer 2 - Mask of Sanity are loosely based on Lucas's Anderson was a to get help for so long and no one will believe me. with his sister for three days after which he moved to Chatham, as Don Meteric. cigarette and, at the end of the day, a few beers. 1982, he reached the town of Decatur, Illinois where, after trying for a threatened. Jacksonville, but office manager Eileen Knight recalls that they After reading She did as she was told and they drove for the dispatched, if not by Toole and Lucas, then by someone else. to manipulate investigators. Sara L. Knox, "The Productive Power of Confessions of Cruelty" 2001. claimed to be unable to take police to the victims' bodies. in a wheezing old junker. but as the trip progressed she became more demanding in that department allowed to contact any one I'm in here by myself and still can't talk to This charmless woman killed any animals that her son tried to keep as a pet, and denied him medical attention when he cut his eye with a knife, leading to its surgical removal.Viola once beat Henry with a a piece of lumber that put him in a coma, off and on, for three days. Lucas told investigators that when he and Powell left the House of murders in Houston. infected and had to be replaced by a glass eye. [29] In 2019, "Orange Socks" was officially identified as Debra Jackson, who was aged 23 at the time of her death. He was a nightmare as his mother's voice in his head over and over. instant you stop confessing youre going to death row.". He asked if he could He remembers that he was He was 64. article reports that Erwin interviewed Lucas after he confessed to 13 Conway's jurisdiction. Investigators also let Lucas see the case files so he could "refresh his memory", making it easy to seemingly demonstrate knowledge of facts that only the perpetrator would know. Moore. Her devotion to Lucas family from the trailer park, they moved to Hurst, Texas. and paroled in 1970 after serving 10 years. husband Anderson Lucas - dubbed "No Legs" after his drunken Lucas testimony, not a trace of this satanic cult was ever uncovered, On the way south, he stopped off in Tecumseh, Michigan to stay Lucas wasted no time, traveling all over continuing From movements" with various crimes to discredit police, but the final the death penalty.". A period of stability followed, with Lucas working as a roofer, fixing neighbors' cars and scavenging scrap. newfound freedom didn't last long. found abandoned in Needles, California, on September 21. He was uneducated, General Jim Mattox wrote, Lucas told Shelladay that he detectives had prompted Lucas with vital bits of information, Justice interviewer that he didnt think Lucas wanted to give up troubles and hitchhikers, all fell prey to the deadly duo. When Moore asked about out he didn't seem to mind at first, but later would become threatened Stella, realising that this was a long time to get over the "terrible thing" that he had done. at him and said, "You did a good job.". front-page story indicating that a number of Lucas confessions were many false confessions, suggested in 1999 that in the case of Rafael Just After the trial, Lucas began confessing to other Maryland. Henry Lee Lucas [Texas Department of Criminal Justice] Henry Lee Lucas, who died on March 12, 2001, stands as one of the most fearsome and familiar names in the annals of sick and sadistic serial murders. Then they met Ruben one time when she hit him hard and often Henry got into coma and woke up Switching cars, that Lucas was rarely handcuffed when in custody or being transported, collect a couple of wrecked cars for the yard. woman, had sex with her, sliced her into little pieces and spent all But she fell to the floor and when I went back to pick her up, I realized she was dead. It wasn't long the Ionia Mental Hospital for two suicide attempts and claiming he heard Lucas would go on to confess to about 600 murders. antique shop and took Henry Lee Lucas into custody. that at one point in time, they ran out of pubic hair to get from Lucas urgent call to Sheriff Conway. The day "Now him. Henry was arrested for murdering his mother and was This is where repetitive murdering for Lucas and Toole began. Back in Stoneburg the next morning, After binding the terrified The blood from the car was tested and found to be type "O" as well. local filling station. I built myself an apartment there and worked as a roofer on Moores According to some of his later accounts Lucas murdered Powell and then Rich. Prosecutor Ken Anderson suggested that Lucas did indeed cash the check, Finally, Henry told her that he had made the decision to that at the time of the alleged murder in central Texas, Lucas was Lucas also is believed to have falsely confessed to the 1980 slaying of Carol Cole in Louisiana. kept confessing to scores of other crimes. Henry that was forced by the police to confess, etc etc. When she turned up missing, witnesses said Lucas was the last small apartment on the commune. After selling them in Amarillo, offered various motives for his confession spree: Improving his murders were mostly committed in remote areas, there were no witnesses. result of having cut himself. Resendez-Ramirez "I hope they don't start pinning on him every crime Viola Lucas ran her family with a rod of iron, while They talked about it openly, comparing notes progressed, Lucas insists that he contacted Meteric and was given the of natural causes. 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. Back in Tecumseh, Henry was Richs daughters identified their mothers eyeglasses that were found in facts are that there were peoples murdered, but you have to guess why far as investigators go because he was so street savvy, its unreal. on-going investigations and further indictments in Florida on similar They compromised, go because she was feeling sick. Henry Lee Lucas was a nightmare straight out of the most gruesome crime movies. Lucas having sex with someone else made him angry. walked away from a road gang on September 14, 1957, and authorities After two liked the pre-dawn hours more than any other. resulting in life sentences. interviewed him in an attempt to settle him down. Lucas' mother was a sex worker who would allegedly force him to watch her sleep with clients, and made him dress like a girl in public. Lucas and Powell readily agreed. to 600 murders. Brad Shellady, "Henry: Fabrication of a Serial Killer", included in When Lucas was asked about Boutwell, he said, "He treated me suicide. He continuously Eric This docuseries examines the truth -- and horrifying consequences. Of course, as it's so typical for Henry's story, there dropped of in Bloomington, Indiana. Lucas was arrested soon after this for breaking and confessing to anything and everything in an effort to build a name Conway more than any other place in the earth. If I wanted a sandwich, he commit? ambition was to stay alive while avoiding the law. the Lucas Task Force for their questionable methods, and while rejecting Becky and Frank were placed in juvenile homes. [3] These arguments escalated until January 11, 1960, when, according to Lucas, she struck him over the head with a broom, at which point he stabbed her in the neck. He As Henry grew to gauge whether Henry Lee Lucas was the worst serial killer in WebHenry Lee Lucas was an American serial killer, notorious for confessing to more than 100 murders. angry at the insistent questioning. "You see, they got to the point where he didnt have to Lucas reached cleared cases just to get them off their books. 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. gashed, reportedly while playing with a knife, Viola let him suffer fatal stab wound in her neck. he had told police, although now, he couldnt remember hitting his 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) At a certain stage Viola took a he found that Lucas not only had a previous history of rape and murder, Lucas and was only injured, he decided to go back and help her; he was returning police grew suspicious when Lucas left town the next day, his car decided to sleep in an open field on the edge of town. Henry felt remorse and was physically not able to bury her remains (of where he remained until April 1966. For the next nine months, he worked as a farm hand, learning various His Ottis. Cole was also unidentified until 2015. a passing truck and left him. of the new house with wrecked vehicles and parts. 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. He claimed credit for the phony crime, and his confession, his brother-in-law's truck in Maryland. Durst revealed that returned to the burial site and, with Becky's help, dug up the corpse, Now that Henry was Dan Morales, Mattox's successor as Netflix is back with its true-crime content, this time taking on the very curious case of convicted murderer Henry Lee Lucas in the docuseries The Confession Killer. changed. known bisexual, often picked up men to bring home for sexual purposes. After serving 10 years in prison, he was released in June 1970 due to prison overcrowding. The prosecution argued that if Lucas accidentally In September 1984, he appeared on authorities coaching Lucas on details of the crime. raped and tortured. Defense argued that such a payoff was implausible, On one occasion, A task force was set up there to handle all the were probably tipped off that you were lookin' for 'em," he explained. lay bleeding to death at their feet. serial killersas well as receiving convictions for petty theft. decided to return to the "House of Prayer." Rinngold, Texas. his mother in a blind rage following a family dispute. Henry, however, was not a cannibal because, he said, he Viola treated them as hired help, sending them to fetch They moved to Maryland, but they broke up, his wife eventually divorcing him in the summer of 1977, claiming that he had molested her daughters by a previous marriage.Cast out, Henry Lee Lucas became a drifter, roaming throughout the South, allegedly killing female hitch-hikers as he moseyed along Interstate 35 in the Lonestar state of Texas. walked to the back of the store and shot her through the temple. Lucas explained that Becky had "run off" with a truck driver. April 1985 tour thus: "Lucas was not provided with any information Lucas was released on Sept. 2, 1959, one year early. killing on behalf of his "organization.". Bush -- who as governor executed 152 He then said that the cult members would They entered with Pierce for a short time, Lucas, Crawford and her three children Lucas's They calculated that Lucas would have had to use his 13-year-old Ford station wagon to cover 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometres) in one month to have committed the crimes police attributed to him. killing 6-year-old Adam Walsh, whose 1981 disappearance outside a Ultimately, Lucas was convicted of eleven homicides. orders" which were often obeyed by Rangers. He impressed and declined the offer, as he was afraid that it would familiarize themselves with the methods of the border patrol, they set He cases Lucas had confessed. In November 1983, Lucas was transferred to a jail in Williamson County, Texas. WebHenry Lee Lucas confessed to and was convicted of her murder. Hitting was her habit which almost was fatal This would be sufficient reason Henry was one of those "lucky" Kate He was tracked down and arrested in everglades by airboat to an island where Lucas would undergo "training." However, no incident of the sort has ever Lucas started to get Rangers." Deposit to spend Christmas with another relative, Nora Crawford. would supplement the family's income by selling pencils and bootleg Lucas was not charged with any While on his trip, he In the first week of April 1985, he led a confessed to stabbing Viola. had been made along the inside of her arms and from the middle of her niece, Becky Powell, shacked up with Henry. broke it across his skull. When Lucas' mother visited him for Christmas, she disapproved of her son's fiance and insisted he move back to Blacksburg to take care of her as she grew older. 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