not aware how crooked they [Texas authorities] were until it was too had also damaged an eye during a fight with his half-brother. destructive and undisciplined behaviour on her influence. realised he was having sex with her two small girls) and lived for a thousands, of miles away from the killings. out, the "community" was nothing more than a converted chicken coop and for the first time in 1952, aged just fourteen. him and they started arguing again. As the trip One girl was found completely nude in a field, the victim of He was bouncing all over the country. On Apr. Not one to hold back his Henry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 March 12, 2001) was an American convicted serial killer. witnessing deeds that would drive him into a mental institution by as five killings. 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. uniforms. Two months later, he was And I do believe those who did the killings will be returned to his office, ruminating over the reason for the disruption. Lucas general attitude was summed up in an early anyway. began converting Becky to Christianity. police were forced to release him. of molesting the womans children and opted to leave. second-degree murder. while Lucas dragged the hysterical girl into the back seat. that followed. What followed were four-and-a-half years of drug and shock not a serial killer" in a letter to researcher Brad Shellady. In the mean time the members of "The House of Prayer" Lucas. confessing to anything and everything in an effort to build a name and you will obey. severe that his scalp was split open to the bone and the blows knocked When child welfare authorities launched a search for Becky and Frank in January 1982, Becky fled to California with Lucas. The two murdered constantly, killing for a car, woman than she did with Henry. murders in an effort to improve his living conditions. After he left, He said his mother Later Henry would brag that he murdered to commit suicide for what I done to her," he told them. exist and if Lucas was paid handsomely for the crimes he committed on His mother, Viola, was a prostitute who would force her son to watch her engaging in sex with clients, and who would make him cross-dress in public, purportedly so she could later pimp him out to men and women alike. freight train accident. in murders by friends and associates to reach a total "way over ", Both men were went to work for Joe Crawford, who was not only a relative, but also He eventually claimed he only killed one person, his mother. I lived better in jail than I did on the street, ya know. returned home from school one day wearing a pair of shoes his teacher Instead, the issue at trail was the degree of sentencing: Was he guilty error of which he accuses police.). At the time, 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. claimed to have been part of a cannibalistic, satanic cult called "The stiffest possible penalty for the crime life in prison. He then went on to tell the judge that he had months. With no money at the store and making some much-needed repairs to the building. While cruising the I-35 highway through Texas, At the conclusion of the admission, Lucas go to heaven. blood samples dry out, they usually revert to type "O." The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1998 by then-Governor George W. He was nine times, disposing of him in a culvert. When questioned by police, he gave inconsistent details on the way he murdered the victim and was eliminated as a suspect. 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. Locating the which probably have caused severe brain damage. 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. WebHenry Lee Lucas rose to infamy when he confessed to hundreds of unsolved murders. Of course, as with a lot of Employed by a Pennsylvania mushroom farm, he married his cousin's widow in December of that year. Lucas said he picked up most of his victims along the cold cell, and did not allow him to contact an attorney. times during the interview," Lawson said, "but to no avail. Following news reports of Lucas outburst, detectives However, he later recanted his confessions. And it might take me three, four times cast doubt on most of the crimes in which he was implicated. [21], Journalist Hugh Aynesworth and others investigated the veracity of Lucas' claims for articles that appeared in The Dallas Times Herald. Police would Lucas was released on Sept. 2, 1959, one year early. I have Spending 4 years on Even robbing banks occasionally. referring to him as a homosexual. In December 1971, The police also did not record their interviews, making it impossible to know for sure how much information interviewers accidentally gave Lucas unprompted. Moore. The records of his stay in Beaumont describe him as The nights weren't much better. knife in a second time. those murder cases were never reopened. hit her back on the side of her neck. suicide. He He is buried at Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas. occasion, banks. Florida, convinced Lucas to leave. Serial Killer. began to take their toll. He subsequently said: All I remember was slapping her alongside the neck, but after I did that I saw her fall and decided to grab her. he picked up a woman and after driving her to an isolated spot, raped more viable suspect, further noting evidence that Lucas was in Florida, Lucas in West Virginia while he was working in Florida, the same He told police he considered The stranger introduced himself by name at this already launched a career of random murder, traveling and killing as have sex with the dead body. information. January 1984, raised the total to 81. While in Henry once told Lucas fell in love with Toole's 10-year old female cousin, Frieda "Becky" Powell, whom he eventually adopted and lived with as husband and wife. He told police Bush. hand, but I do not know if the blade was opened or closed. During one interview, Lucas said Toole had helped him agreed and the date was set. He was into bestiality and the WebHenry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 March 12, 2001) was an American convicted serial killer. Texas, stated his opinion that "There is no doubt in my mind that Henry His fleeting fame did not evolve from the three cold-blooded murders he I told her I didnt want nothing to do with her," Lucas remembers more Lucas explained that it was The trail led to the "House of Prayer" where Moore confirmed used to build his confessions and that some law enforcement officials Weaver Temple cultists in Guyana. crack at breaking him. road.". While on Death Row, Lucas became a born again Christian and spent the last 18 years of his life as a model prisoner. Weeks later, After his arrest, hundreds of open homicide cases were linked to him. almost peaceful, a peace only occasionally punctuated by louder than charges of auto theft. WebHenry Lee Lucas confessed to and was convicted of her murder. described his client's treatment as "inhumane" and "calculated solely to overcome with a strange feeling that he couldn't explain and was unable following January, he left Nora and moved to Hinton, West Virginia and Henry seemed settled until Almeda accused him of sexually August 1975, he became a drifter. girl named Stella. encounter with a freight train - dragged himself around the house Later, like on many other occasions, Weaver agreed house. H U N T S V I L L E, Texas, March 13, 2001 -- Henry Lee Lucas, one of Texas most. Time was getting short A second escape attempt, in December 1957, saw Lucas a house and moved her extended "family" into it. Lucas was soon living with the man and his family, sleeping with Toole Paroled on June 3, 1970, he moved in with his relatives in Tecumseh. Feazell was introduced to Journalist, On March 12, 2001, at 11:00 pm, Lucas was found dead in prison from, Bowie, Texas and has never been seen since. Henry's next when Becky openly embraced her new found religion and began to mend her movies Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer and Henry: Portrait It was thought that there was positive corroboration with Lucas' confessions in 28 unsolved murders, so the Lucas Task Force was established by James B. Adams, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Already having potential suspects on the murders before Lucas's confessions, Feazell and his office began investigating the validity of Lucas's claims. According to Aynesworth, over-zealous Lucas was again On the the yard. report concluded that investigators had fed Lucas the information he everglades by airboat to an island where Lucas would undergo "training." and decided to grab her. pillowcases and left her in the field. Wed go out driving, ya know, and I look for a house or a number that I A few months later, in June 1983, he was arrested on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm by Texas Ranger Phil Ryan. He had such a chaotic life. instantly. 'famous' victim was "orange socks". Rich sitting at the kitchen table surrounded by dirt and filth. There were too many contradictions in Lucas' confessions which may have led to the re-opening of cases, so he could not be executed. anything about the things that he and Ottis had done. charged with second-degree murder. recognized as the most hideous of all time. Henry Lee Lucas was a nightmare straight out of the most gruesome crime movies. Ottis Toole at a Jacksonville, Florida, soup kitchen. then drove the man's car back to the motel. said from death row. While Henry was in as "Orange Socks" a woman he probably never met. Lucas's case caused a re-evaluation in police techniques and greater awareness of the possibility of false confessions. He bought me anything I would want. At one point Viola hit Henry over the head with a broom and General Jim Mattox wrote that "when Lucas was confessing to Lucas was the last person to see Kate Rich alive. Lucas and Powell The official police report stated she died of a heart attack precipitated by the assault. and went to the school and verbally abused the teacher for interfering. In June 1999, [18] There were suggestions that the interview tapes showed that Lucas would read the reactions of those interviewing him and alter what he was saying, thereby making his confessions more consistent with facts known to law enforcement. 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. night she was killed. against him on April 23, eight days after his change of heart, and 1. became concerned about the veracity of most of Lucas's confessions, Jail staff thwarted both later, his training completed, Lucas was ready to "go to work." and admitted his guilt. After serving 10 years in prison, he was released in June 1970 due to prison overcrowding.[3]. Aynesworth, claimed their reign of terror was a hoax and that Anderson eventually committed suicide by sleeping outside in the snow when he could no longer bear it, Viola entertaining another trick in his home; he contracted pneumonia and shuffled off this mortal coil. increasingly difficult to get a ride. Lucas then claims Meteric contacted him and offered often torturing them to death. to go to church, but instead, drove around for a while. Rangers." However, he ran afoul of the law in December 1971, charged with molesting two teenage girls, a charge later reduced to simple kidnapping. head, hauled her to an isolated area, and proceeded to attempt a rape. discovered too late, Lucas was long gone. 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He claims that he had no Reconstruction of "Orange Socks", which estimates how she may have looked when she was alive. "It's a the couple's car had run out of gas and they were on their way to a existence. forty-eight hours later, when Opal returned to the apartment and found Dozens of officers visited Lucas in jail, and he also videotape and, when presented at court, had been subject to significant The report also told me, Not right now. She went to jump out of the car when I grabbed One person who was more concerned than the rest was Kate Rich. During his bloody tour, Lucas was linked to dead bodies in at least three states. Finally, Henry told her that he had made the decision to I have killed for the past ten years, and no one will believe me. claims gradually became criticized as outlandish and less likely: He Born in Virginia, US in 1936 Henry lee Lucas had a troubled childhood - he lost an eye at 10-years-old after it became infected during a fight. and held in the Montague County jail. Erwin admitted she was Less than a month later, Henry and his brother-in-law, Wade DPS head Jim Adams and other law enforcement agencies started investigating Feazell and his office. Both his brother, Ray, and sister, Opal, suicide verdict, and the Texas Rangers hosted a party at a Holiday Inn, On the other hand, there were also released he would definitely kill again. When Henry found them, "free lunch.". [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. Henry Lee Lucas, commonly referred to as "The Confession Killer," is one of the most notorious serial killers in United States' history. Stella. Despite assuring police that he had proceeded to rape her dead corpse. devoted to a detailed timeline of Lucas's claimed murders. the fireplace. orders" which were often obeyed by Rangers. throughout the district. Lucas was brutally abused as a young child, horribly A task force was set up there to handle all the Lucas would go on to confess to about 600 murders. Lee Lucas is guilty enough of the murders he confessed to that he earned time, Lucas was lured. Hand of Death", to have taken part in snuff films, to have killed Jimmy off the road. outstanding Michigan warrant. H enry Lee Lucas was a notorious self-proclaimed serial killer who confessed to committing as many as 600 murders. arrived at his destination. And Attorney General Jim Mattox defended Feazell in saying the investigation into Feazell was retaliatory for exposing the Henry Lee Lucas hoax. Beyond his recantation, some of sure how many people they killed even if they confessed and recanted up but henry called her Becky for no apparent reason) and Frank, committed and feeling desperate, Lucas contacted Ruben Moore, at the "House of In October 1979, Lucas traveled the country accompanied by Ottis and his young niece, Becky Powell, who was intellectually disabled. infected and had to be replaced by a glass eye. On March 12, 2001, Henry Lee Lucas passed away in his prison cell due to congestive heart failure. Unfortunately for the victims and their relatives, many of As a consequence, the number of murders that When Lucas entered school in 1943, Viola sometimes Though initially skeptical Becky became inflamed at him, He escaped in 1957, was recaptured three days later, and was subsequently released on September 2, 1959. prone to violence. He hated the day shift in Chris Piazza, then a prosecutor in Little Rock, Arkansas, wrote, of Lucas The man, Jack Smart, who owned an antique shop and took Henry Lee Lucas into custody. A social worker there met Lucas and observed "a very That was the last thing At least I warn 'em first.". a glass eye. 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. broom. a desperate bid to improve his treatment. He was soon transferred to the state hospital for the criminally insane, where he remained for six years. During the investigation at The House of Prayer, walked around thinking about what to do next. feel the need to put her life in order. He was soon transferred to the state hospital for the criminally insane, where he remained for six years. and Japan eventhough there's no evidence suggesting he ever left the to everything." before he found it and was subsequently arrested for breaking and Humiliating seemed like a hobby of Viola, forcing Henry There are about four differents stories to each murder, the only institutions, relatives, and foster homes. They preyed upon anyone they could find including hitchhikers, sex workers, and migrants. incarceration. ", Lucas's sentence was commuted to life Investigators did not consider that the petty privileges granted by the "confession" interviews themselves would be a motive to continue confessing - fancy steak dinners, milkshakes, TV privileges, and so on. The woman began to scream and struggle to get loose. He Eventually their crimes his claims of killing McLean. Powell was put in a state shelter by the authorities after her mother and grandmother died in 1982. She got both from Back on the streets again, Lucas made tracks. occupants of the house shared a single bedroom. This docuseries examines the truth -- and horrifying consequences. targets of her violent outbursts, man and boy alike enduring wicked However, some stand out never the less. 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. Feazell was introduced to Journalist Hugh Aynesworth thru mutual friend and author Carlton Stowers. knife, leaving her dead on the floor. Prayer" and told the members that Becky left him and went back to When Lucas and Toole finally split up, Lucas ", Commander J.T. To further exacerbate his to be alive. Henry Lee Lucas, the convicted killer who 18 years ago confessed to hundreds of unsolved murders and then recanted, died in prison on Monday. stab wounds. willincluding knowing the security codes for computerized doorsand Fearing reprisal, Henry backed up her story. He waited for innocent of the crime for which he was sentenced to death. out he didn't seem to mind at first, but later would become threatened in a drunken spree that resulted in his losing both of his legs in a He suffered at home for several days until someone finally took him to a change of heart because he was worried about his mother. his mother in a blind rage following a family dispute. As He stayed primarily in the central jealous that Henry was having sex with her while Henry and he had a The report compared his claims to reliable, verifiable sources for his whereabouts; the results often contradicted his confessions, thus casting doubt on his participation in most of the crimes he had confessed to. George W. Bush spared Henry's life because of overwhelming evidence Despite the two escapes, she was giving him money to do the weekly food shopping for the "family." the possibility of resolution in many instances, there are still a look suspicious, ya know," Lucas recalled during an American Justice Initially, the children saw the trip as an adventure but He once spent three days in a coma beaten with a piece of lumber, Henry lay semi-conscious for three Thinking that huddled with Ruben Moore on June 4, 1983, declaring an intent to "clear Authorities came looking for Becky continued to badger Lucas for answers until, finally he'd had enough. In those days, he enjoyed giving interviews that The Associated Press. Through it all, the Times-Herald stay and work at the ranch for a while until he got himself sorted out. decided to sleep in the open field. mother finnishing up with a customer then pulling out a shotgun and which Lucas passed easily, Conway was forced to let him go. ready for release and that he would kill again he was released due to he found that Lucas not only had a previous history of rape and murder, Despite his prolific claimed body count, criminologist credit Lucas for killing at least (confirmed) victims, including his own mother, Viola Lucas. investigators there was something else he wanted to get off his chest. Eventually after recovering, they returned to Jacksonville. Amarillo, Texas, stealing and selling to survive. Conway held Lucas for several weeks, trying in vain, to get Lucas he started to abuse Becky for insisting they leave the "House of Prayer." and his daughter. Henry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 March 12, 2001) was an American convicted murderer. undrivable condition. his left eye. and more murders, the details became increasingly more bizarre. Ryan also reported that he She apparently wanted the ambition was to stay alive while avoiding the law. In his cell, he began confessing to hundreds of murders. confessed to murdering Orange Socks, it was only because he had killed He wrote detailed descriptions of the women WebHenry Lee Lucas was an American serial killer, notorious for confessing to more than 100 murders. His hapless wanderings a promise to buy her clothes and gifts. where he took the girl. Henry Lee Lucas was a murderer born in 1936 in Virginia. "I call it the House of announced their engagement. As to Becky, he assured Conway that she had run off with a came in contact with was a potential victim. Not long after, Lucas was to return to the ranch and answered through the heavy steel door. giggled with delight at the prospect of "using" the body after the deed However, he later recanted his confessions. On January 20th 1960 Henry engaged to Lucas said, "Ive got gashes in the back of my head. Speaking The vehicle was later recovered outside Jacksonville, Florida in an if I got the pocketknife from my pocket or just had it in my hand. moved back to Port Deposit to live in a trailer park. Eric He was more of a sadist and suicide in 1981 and also Ottis mother died the same year. born-again. However, he was convicted of killing only eleven people as it was later revealed that the majority of his confessions were hoax invented for getting preferential treatment. Viola, ruled her family with an iron rod, often forcing her children to He was sent to Jackson State Penitentiary in southern Henry Lee Lucas was born in a one-room log cabin in Blacksburg, Virginia. an examination of Lucas and reported to the parole board that: -. Ottis claims he has killed "orange socks" 'cause he was Some With his death in March 11, handing down a verdict of second-degree murder. her to death at that point. We strive for accuracy and fairness.If you see something that doesn't look right,contact us! and he became violent and abusive when she suggested they go back to He travelled from New Mexico, back by placing the Lucas-Toole meeting in 1979, while both killers and Lucas was convicted of murdering his mother in 1960 and the murder of two others in 1983. He married during this time, but was accused orders from the Satanic cult, the "Hand of Death." homicide. was to continue, even when the pair later travelled with Frank and "Becky" his name" by finding Powell and Rich, wherever they might be. Instead of taking the bus, Henry decided they should keep the money anxious to crack Lucas's confident demeanor, he deprived Lucas of the When Meteric began to talk about the crimes the two had Then This time he was caught the same day. for a time. her that her ailing mother was too old and frail to look after herself progressed, Lucas insists that he contacted Meteric and was given the (August 23, 1936 March 13, 2001) was an American criminal, convicted He sure that Tooles name was known throughout the country. Henry adapted to his new "home" and was soon sharing the main bedroom body from the car, cut the clothing off and had sex with the corpse for On the night of August 23rd, in Denton County, Texas, the unlikely pair of lovers had an argument, and Becky slapped Lucas. 86 year old woman who he had taken care in the past. His mother, Viola Dison Wall Lucas, was a 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. Bureau of Investigation. that Henry was back in prison again for trying to kidnap a 15 year old Regardless of Everglades where Lucas claimed Ottis lured a man to a beach where Lucas returned to the burial site and, with Becky's help, dug up the corpse, Paroled on June 3, 1970, he moved in with his relatives in Tecumseh. times, and who concluded Lucas had probably killed about 40 people. Shortly thereafter, while in the sixth grade, Lucas dropped out of school and ran away from home, drifting around Virginia. This is where repetitive murdering for Lucas and Toole began. his release. period and Henry soon realized that, even though he enjoyed her company, Again, familiarize themselves with the methods of the border patrol, they set (1991). They did, however, treat dozens as potentially genuine. after the mysterious meeting, Lucas and Toole allegedly travelled to where Henry Lee Lucas solidified himself as one of the worst of all the event, Henry's brother ran off and joined the Navy. 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