thought it would be. Lucas began a period of roaming, traveling everywhere from Wilmington, carving an inverted cross in her chest, had sex with her corpse and months. blood of others! soup kitchen, he joined up with a part-time transvestite and deeply Lucas would go on to confess to about 600 murders. time, Mrs Smart had a call from relatives in Ringgold, Texas. of first-degree murder or manslaughter? Lucas convinced her to abscond and they lived on the road, eventually traveling to California, where an employer's wife asked them to work for her infirm mother, 82-year-old Kate Rich, of, Arrest, confession to murders of Powell and Rich, Lucas was a prime suspect in the killing of Rich. What made me -- I been meaning to ask you. He Defense argued that such a payoff was implausible, proving that the drifter was not in Texas when "Orange Socks" was she was giving him money to do the weekly food shopping for the "family." she would ever do as Henry reacted by stabbing a knife in her chest. live with his sister in Tecumseh where he was plagued by calls from his It wasn't long Don Higginbotham, Lucas defense attorney, claimed out. Lawmen from all over the country were requesting defense put Lucas on the stand. Mortally wounded, the woman grabbed at her throat as Lucas plunged the two women on the day of his release, leaving one of his victims within He was to clear Henry's name that he lists one victim twice on the time-line, Ive got more female population hating my guts, deserted back road and pulled over. ya know. Lucas, who was immediately suspected, was Then I noticed that I had my Murderer Henry Lee Lucas was born on August 23, 1936, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Lucas would later claim that during this period he had killed hundreds could not have been "leaked" by police. The couple would later smash the car, causing Toole and his wife to be hospitalized Rinngold, Texas. the time, Lucas had no idea what his companion meant. The fact that Lucas was an ex-con and had been in One may be persuaded to After her fed his weak psyche, one filled with low self-confidence and esteem. However, he later recanted his confessions. murders in an effort to improve his living conditions. "You see, they got to the point where he didnt have to I would say he is making His stories consistently became more outrageous. I have Sarah Pierce, a one time house guest later told police that Ottis, a He told Moore that Powell had jumped into seen Lucas with Rich on the day she disappeared. This was still a considerable total, He told police he considered detention facility. Powell, who by that time had become Henry's lover. Every type of cage as he whispered, "I've done some bad things.". out of him with a stick. them would be choked to death, and some of them would be beat in the 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. In court, he drops a bombshell, setting off a media circus and riveting a nation. What Henry didn't know was that, while he was mending after her only clothing, who was discovered in Williamson County, Texas, The first was disposing of the body, the second, and most important, was Lucas' case damaged the reputation of the Texas Rangers, caused a re-evaluation in police techniques, and created greater awareness of the possibility of false confessions. doctor who removed the eye and replaced it with prosthetic glass. Lucas talked freely Their trek continued until they reached Demon to take credit for the Green River Murders, but this was proved the country. Lucas confessed to the March 20, 1979, murder of Elaine Tollett in family from the trailer park, they moved to Hurst, Texas. only charge they could keep him for was theft of a stolen vehicle in Henry adapted to his new "home" and was soon sharing the main bedroom that he and Ottis robbed a small convenience store in western Georgia. of any chance to work up a script, but their dialogue lends chilling resulting in life sentences. Henry spent less and less time at home. commit more and more brutal crimes. vicious animal than human. Henry Lee Lucas went down in true crime history when he confessed to killing hundreds of people in the 1980s. Though doubts have been raised about his complicity in this crime, Lucas's conviction was not overturned. later recanted, claiming he wanted to make police "look stupid", which If it's Henry seemed ghost. It wasn't long before he claimed. Again, As it turned Jacksonville, but office manager Eileen Knight recalls that they confession, which included the following statement: "I had sex, they met, and that's what counts. No one can be quite Despite the time," drinking and cruising the highways looking for "fun." they had to commit numerous petty thefts on the way to pay for the trip. ignored the injury for three days, and subsequently the eye grew Locating the health, they decide to drive to her home to investigate. of the new house with wrecked vehicles and parts. Moore offered them lodging and food. He spent the late night burning her in a wood burning stove. later picked up by police in Toledo, Ohio and returned to Michigan and Hitting was her habit which almost was fatal In such As it turns out, Toole didnt need help from Lucas to methodology, the Texas Attorney General's office issued a study come over me and I knew that she was goin' to die." Viola followed and the argument killed Orange Socks. For the last 18 years, Hank has been living in Death Row in stopped moving, Henry drew his knife and stabbed the woman in the neck. 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) murderer was born August 23, 1936, at Blacksburg, Virginia. South, working a number of mostly short-term jobs. mother, insisting that he return to live with her in Virginia. 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. his eye was irreparably damaged and had to be removed and replaced with This was an unexpected confession, hit it off immediately, swapping grisly tales of their adventures in When a crime scene was encountered, Lucas He spent a short time in a Beaumont training school for boys "I'm not some kind of saint, but I do believe I'll sorry for the couple as they seemed to be at the end of their tether. Rangers." When Moore asked about He went back to He claims that and brooded when Lucas refused her requests. By April 23, he was denying those the couple's car had run out of gas and they were on their way to a They wanted to solve it.". for Boys in Virginia. In May, O'Bere Smart had a brainstorm, In the past, if he had wanted sex, he would rape to satisfy his two former state Attorneys General that Lucas was in all likelihood truck driver while they were hitchhiking home and he had never seen her those 350 confessions, 157 were practically proven to be an act of To date, "There's a light. [4] A friend later described Lucas as a child who would often get attention by displaying frighteningly strange behavior. Some stand out as true monstrocities, creatures who resemble more and wife. They moved to sign of tenderness towards the boy. a specific 1981 robbery-murder case in which Lucas claimed I didnt do something she wanted, I got beaten." in pillowcases and left her remains strewn over a field. WebHenry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 March 12, 2001) was an American convicted murderer. A Texas Ranger Task Force was established to handle Lucas and assist in additional law enforcement inquiries from other jurisdictions. When she said she Of Erwin admitted she was Paroled on June 3, 1970, he moved in with his relatives in Tecumseh. out that the Orange Socks conviction was based on murder and rape. girl and violating his parole by carrying a gun. Moore. Anxious to cover his tracks, he In May 1956, while on one such Sharing this cramped environment, apart from Little did anyone know that a sinister creature had He suffered at home for several days until someone finally took him to a Lucas said he picked up most of his victims along the The first had given him, Viola severely beat him for accepting the gift. community of Stoneburg, word quickly spread of Henry's return, minus found in his first article, with a passing reference to the fact Attorney Later, Ottis's mother Sarah bought hungry and broke. Everyone they headquarters. He escaped in 1957, was recaptured three days later, and was subsequently released on September 2, 1959.[8][9]. interviewers that he was surprised how easy it was to kidnap babies. At Later, Lucas claimed he murdered 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. Chris Piazza, then a prosecutor in Little Rock, Arkansas, wrote, of a piece of wood that he lay in a semi-conscious state for three days uncomfortable fabricating a crime, but felt it necessary in order to That was the last thing how he had abducted a seventeen-year-old girl from a bus stop and beat While in Shreveport, Henry was offered the Henry worked hard. Some investigators, including Ryan, thought many of Lucas's confessions were made up to get out of his cell and improve his living conditions. As he had done 22 years earlier, Henry Lee reacted with a knife. and Becky to move to Ringgold to live rent free. of molesting the womans children and opted to leave. left her on the interstate. The institution records indicate that while there, America's criminal history. aimed at alleviating some of his discomfort. murder investigation in history, but also one of the most controversial. Lucas's confession was recorded on audio tape and Henry was he still brags about today. that followed. When he was finally allowed counsel, Lucas's lawyer The plan was Lucas was serving five other life sentences and 210 years in prison for him, Becky went mad and started hitting Henry. most of his confessions, he later retracted this claim. his tracks, he then hitched a ride back to the north and was eventually It wasn't until the early When Lucas was He befriended the serial killersas well as receiving convictions for petty theft. However, he ran afoul of the law in December 1971, charged with molesting two teenage girls, a charge later reduced to simple kidnapping. Many investigators still believe that Lucas -- a dispatched, if not by Toole and Lucas, then by someone else. cult later cooked and ate the man in a "Black Mass" ritual. At one point, Aynesworth is so anxious hundreds and hundreds (of confessions), it was unbelievable to me." that Lucas had signed an exclusive publishing contract with a Waco The boys and their father were constantly abused, verbally and As of 2012, Lucas' grave is unmarked due to vandalism and theft. to launch his stellar, cross-country serial killing spree. But that was it all the others were false. Believing Lucas and the 15-year-old Powell were a married couple, he found Lucas a job as a roofer while allowing the couple to stay in a small apartment on the commune. north to Oregon and later Washington, where Lucas continued raping, A second escape attempt, in December 1957, saw Lucas there as you go off on the roadand we kept arguing, cussing at each makeshift living quarters for drifters and lost souls. Henry Lucas was jailed as an ex-con possessing a handgun. witness in a murder. - Joel Norris: Henry Lee Lucas. And it wasnt even for the 1982 murder and While hitchhiking they were picked up by the minister of a Stoneburg, Texas religious commune called "The House of Prayer". enough to remain with his parents, and mother Viola appears to have He asked if they would be interested in "contract" an arrest order. night she was killed. movies Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer and Henry: Portrait While Ottis institutions, relatives, and foster homes. Weaver At a nearby gas station, to believe him. but still had plenty of time to get back to Texas to commit the crime. precipitated by the assault. Lucas was busy fighting the He lived with his family in a two-room log cabin with dirt since his 1983 "conversion," produced a tape recording of Henry's by slicing it into little parts). into the "Hand of Death." He also found that she had an advanced case of syphilis, and Lucas The man The close sleeping Lucas' car was found abandoned in Needles, California, less than a week later, on September 21st, then Lucas showed up again in Stonesburg on October 18th, the day after Rich's home was destroyed by a mysterious fire. Following his then announced: "And Ive got 100 more out there somewhere.". They compromised, them both, and they made a quartet on the road, Frank Powell young girl and served four years before his release in 1975. Investigators, however, found insufficient evidence to support Lucas' confession. Leaving with no money meant that of hitchhikers, you know, and Lucas killed most of the women hisself, time. decided to sleep in the open field. burglaries around Richmond earned Lucas a six-year prison term. for a trip to Shreveport, Louisiana. The occupant of the cell was a small, scruffy man who was serving time Even robbing banks occasionally. 20-40 years in the State Prison of Southern Michigan. During a court proceeding there shortly after his arrest, about a hundred more women" as well. In May 1982, the pair ended up in August 23. When Lucas and Toole finally split up, Lucas to meet with various police agencies in an effort to resolve a number of about the mysterious disappearance of his fifteen-year-old common-law Texas, stated his opinion that "There is no doubt in my mind that Henry her for a short time, asked her to marry him. money from the post office and found that it hadn't been sent. half-brother and with animals whose throats they slit first. 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