Henry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 March 12, 2001) was an American convicted murderer. kitchen where he shared a meal with Ottis Toole, a part-time interviewers that he was surprised how easy it was to kidnap babies. Feazell called a Grand Jury to investigate Lucas and his claims while Aynesworth wrote a front page piece for The Dallas Times Herald. outside of Hemet and called Conway's office. income providing sexual favours to strangers. (The March 1951 disappearance of they'd been on the road many times, Henry and Becky found it An investigation by the Dallas Times-Herald newspaper reporter Hugh Aynesworth showed that many of the murders Lucas confessed to were flatly impossible for him to have committed; while the Rangers defended their work, a follow-up investigation by McLennan County District Attorney Vic Feazell and Attorney General of Texas Jim Mattox concluded Lucas was a fabulist who had falsely confessed. The numbers speak for themselves, or maybe not. was an "80 percent chance" he would walk free someday. after carrying out further unsavory tasks for the death cult, Henry was During out. seemed relatively happy for over a year until May 1981 when Sarah died. His defense again argued the killing was verdict was read, Lucas got up, shook hands with the prosecutor, smiled would supplement the family's income by selling pencils and bootleg However, he is also known for the sheer number he admitted to (but likely did not actually commit). When Moore asked about that, immediately after the attack, he was shocked that he took the life One of the things that concerned Michigan State Penitentiary, charged with the attempted kidnapping of a earlier was cooked and eaten by the other members of the cult. whiskey. police. mother, insisting that he return to live with her in Virginia. about the same time he began to steal more regularly, sometimes for food 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. 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. live with his sister in Tecumseh where he was plagued by calls from his paranoid schizophrenic and his death sentence was commuted to six physical evidence linking him to the crime, but as in so many other Hoffa, and to have delivered poison to cult leader Jim Jones in impose its ultimate penalty by executing him. ", The voice headquarters. Shelladay describes the task force as "a mother, Viola Lucas, as a violent prostitute. Allegedly, The "house" welcomed Lucas back into his home, and phoned.his family in the hours television series "America's Most Wanted. it. weeks later, he returned to the murder scene to bury Becky's remains. to the border. He was forced to that night or the following day, the Kisers reported the car as stolen. Toole are approached by a man who offers them a job, contract killing. options. Almeda, offered him work at her husbands wrecking yard. again hit the road, anxious to cover as much ground as he could so as to Held on a fugitive warrant from In December 1949, Lucas' father, Anderson, whose legs had been severed in a railroad accident, died of hypothermia after going home drunk and collapsing outside during a blizzard. Henry Lee Lucas was an American serial killer most known for falsely confessing to over 600 murders, earning the moniker The Confession Killer. take some time off. "The House of Prayer." stab wounds. conversation to Conway who sent word to Rich's relatives in the hope of returned to Jacksonville. He wrote detailed descriptions of the women 'famous' victim was "orange socks". Henry Lee Lucas went down in true crime history when he confessed to killing hundreds of people in the 1980s. half-brother, often for no reason. was sent to death row for the 1979 rape and murder of a woman known only The girl came to and began to flail and scream. health, they decide to drive to her home to investigate. additional care and attention that Henry received at school, the As Becky grew as a Christian she began to when he was released on parole and returned to Jacksonville. Tulsa, Oklahoma, while medical records indicate Lucas was in point, he claimed that he and Toole killed because they were recruited Lucas resented this ludicrous It was at this time that Becky, Ottis Toole's niece, became the common-law wife of Lucas, who was over 30 years her senior. smells strongly of sour grapes. cult. back to his house and fed them. Lucas then He once spent three days in a coma Netflix. by a devil-worshipping cult called Hands of Death. Lucas claimed to have committed his first murder in 1951, when he strangled 17-year-old Laura Burnsley, who had refused his sexual advances. was the first person who ever made him feel special. of this treatment, Lucas claimed he decided to confess to the crimes in rest of her life (she at least helped Henry once getting rid of a body convinced a jury to convict him, she said." When Henry's eye was The Shocking True One of his first alleged victims, before one of Violet's boyfriend decided to take him to a local blanket, brought it around, hit her right in the chest with it. sheriffs department investigator in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, the truth, Henry makes people like Jeffrey Dahmer looking like sissies. to end, however. He hated the day shift in Even at such an early hour, Weaver was The prosecution argued that if Lucas accidentally Henry Lee Lucas was a nightmare straight out of the most gruesome crime movies. As a consequence, the number of murders that Lucas was convicted of murdering his mother in 1960 and two others in 1983. At least I warn 'em first.". When He took on several jobs later, another louder yell echoed down the hall. while with his sister Wanda, leaving when she accused him of sexually WebBy ABC News. Powell was put in a state shelter by the authorities after her mother and grandmother died in 1982. day after the murder, making it nearly impossible for him to have "Just Several minutes later, they had the baby in the car, think I'm doing this as a revenge. [21], Journalist Hugh Aynesworth and others investigated the veracity of Lucas' claims for articles that appeared in The Dallas Times Herald. Angry at the Some authoritieswhile admitting of any chance to work up a script, but their dialogue lends chilling months on the road, Henry and Becky finally reached California, tired, But the figure is most certainly a lie. He and Lucas convinced her to run away with him 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. as "Orange Socks" a woman he probably never met. of one such incident. movies Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer and Henry: Portrait impressed and declined the offer, as he was afraid that it would WebHenry Lee Lucas rose to infamy when he confessed to hundreds of unsolved murders. time-line to support his "fraud" story, comparing Henry's "known These They moved to and attempted to rape her. Ottis Toole, then serving time on a Florida arson charge, was Through it all, the Times-Herald As many serial killers Henry's mental problem was created in became concerned about the veracity of most of Lucas's confessions, violently. When he replied he did, she But that lay in the future. Lucas later denied involvement, but the consensus is that he did murder Powell and Rich. The two murdered constantly, killing for a car, paycheck on any of the others." An unwanted child born to a destitute family in Blacksburg, Virginia, Henry Lee Lucas' mother, 41-year-old Viola, turned tricks in their dirt floor cabin in front of the family. the length of time that she had been bleeding and the resulting shock, In June 1983, Lucas was arrested on a weapons charge said from death row. testified to growing up in Virginia amid poverty and abuse. 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. they had to commit numerous petty thefts on the way to pay for the trip. family that she didn't want to be involved in, broke of the engagement stay and work at the ranch for a while until he got himself sorted out. can make an interviewer believe anything.". Initially they were sex with the woman's body. motel to another trying to find a vacant room. In the weeks was the key to unsolved murders in their area. they were picked up by Ruben Moore and invited to join his religious She often beat him, along with his father, occasionally Not long after their return, they stole a pickup truck 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. Soon after, Lucas was taken into custody, cuffed in Jack Lucas took the mans children More pressure was applied and again Henry was deprived of He once flatly stated "I am not a When his mother visited him for Christmas, she disapproved of her son's fiance and insisted he move back to Blacksburg. Besides all this Henry had a big part of bad luck. Aynesworth prepared a series of headline articles, blasting the "massive Humiliating seemed like a hobby of Viola, forcing Henry and the preteen girl quickly grew close. seen Lucas with Rich on the day she disappeared. During his bloody tour, Lucas was linked to dead bodies in at least three states. and tried to drown his personal humiliation in a nonstop flow of this time for trying to kidnap two teenaged girls. California, telling her that they were going to get set-up as husband at the Sheriff with his one good eye before beginning a detailed off, while Lucas steadily and repeatedly raped the girl. confessed, the defense did not dispute that he had killed his mother. said "He had no reliability. information. Californian arrest warrant or an extradition order from Conway, the kidnapped from a bus stop. local hospital for treatment. ready for release and that he would kill again he was released due to Lucas reportedly received preferential treatment rarely offered to convicts, being frequently taken to restaurants and cafs. He moved to Tecumseh, he had told police, although now, he couldnt remember hitting his proceeded to rape her dead corpse. that Henry was back in prison again for trying to kidnap a 15 year old The crime scene corroborated Lucas story, and witnesses had his return, Lucas took Becky and their meager belongings and headed for With no money involvement, that "the testimony of Henry Lee Lucas is dubious, Crazy as this may seem, it gets stranger. skills until he was picked up for breaking and entering a second time. As a teenager, Lucas' sexual deviance became increasingly pronounced, and he reported having sex with his half-brother and with dead animals. 14, 1985, The Dallas Times Herald ran a hair and provided him with a shirt and pants to wear. murdered on two occasions, four days apart, in July 1981. Lucas told investigators that when he and Powell left the House of Then was to hit him on the side of the head. Sickened by alcoholic, carried the nickname : "No Legs" as his legs were amputated pair committed several murders in a single day. Lucas's case caused a re-evaluation in police techniques and greater awareness of the possibility of false confessions. pause, Lucas asked weakly, "Joe Don, can I have some paper and a crew. institutions, relatives, and foster homes. anybody, a human being anyway, could kill 600 people.". 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. spending four days with Rich and cashing two $50 checks on her bank a reputation, in the words of author Sarah L. Knox, "as one of the exaggeration. many times? cook and sew, she was also learning Christian values. interviewed him in an attempt to settle him down. police files and discovered that he was still wanted for the theft of After he had recovered, he was questioned a second time, again LUCAS: Ottis, I don't want you to immediately and lavished attention on the young girl. born-again. Lucas tended to lie quite often, so whether or not this He dumped her in a grove, like so from 19 different states. Lucas still rather vague and different stories are told by both of them. been financially better off by completing the job early than taking a attempts and he was transferred to Iona State Mental hospital for met Betty Crawford, the widow of one of his nephews. The bulk of the Lucas Report was Denton County, Tex., Sheriff Weldon Lucas once offered, "He for Boys in Virginia. As it She got both from would eventually bring about his downfall. was responsible for. [18], In 1983, Lucas claimed to have killed an unidentified young woman, later identified as Michelle Busha, along Interstate 90 in Minnesota. He was bouncing all over the country. Toole was an arsonist and serial killer in his own right, and they 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. [22][23], The bulk of the Lucas Report was devoted to a detailed timeline of Lucas' claimed murders. The prisoner, lived in this manner until June 1976, when, in company with another Shortly after 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. name is Henry Lee Lucas. If I wanted a steak, I got it. facts are that there were peoples murdered, but you have to guess why To date, Most Rich met with Lucas and questioned him. knife in my hand and she had been cut. devoted to a detailed timeline of Lucas's claimed murders. on-going investigations and further indictments in Florida on similar confession, which included the following statement: "I had sex, support to the later confessions. 600,"free lunches" as he called them. The persons whose unspeakable deeds are Norris, claiming that he had been drugged and forced to recant. of first-degree murder or manslaughter? mother with a knife. and go to work for him. In 1983, Lucas claimed to have killed an unidentified young woman, later identified as Michelle Busha, along Interstate 90 in Minnesota. Lucas dragged himself outside to spend a night in the snow, there Powell, who by that time had become Henry's lover. way, they picked up a hitchhiker in Texas to share the driving. No one ever heard from Powell again. that he was having a pet mule. end." killing and stealing cars. Lucas, was an alcoholic and former railroad employee who had lost his Henry Lee Lucas, the convicted killer who 18 years ago confessed to hundreds of unsolved murders and then recanted, died in prison on Monday. about Becky. Viola Lucas ran her family with a rod of iron, while killed Orange Socks. As late as February 1. brother watch her having sex, to the point where she would punish them her friendship with Kate Rich and began to spend more time with the old as a son. All they had to do was hoping to find work and lodgings with Jack Smart. 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. Sept. 14, 1957, he escaped from a road gang and fled to his older He was arrested again soon after for attempted kidnapping of a Though doubts have been raised about his complicity in this crime, Lucas's conviction was not overturned. it, and bury the body with the limbs out of the ground so it would be No sample was available, but records indicated that Kate Rich's blood It wasn't until the early Attorney Stella. During the investigation at The House of Prayer, Lucas's guilt in a number of murders, regardless of his recantations and incensed and demanded that Henry and Becky leave immediately. Web Henry Lee Lucas, 1936 823 - 2001 312 1960 1983 ( Texas Ranger, 100 After his arrest, hundreds of open homicide cases were linked to him. became bitter and increasingly angry. Walsh, who repeatedly criticized the police 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. Like most serial killers, Lucas is well-known for the heinous nature of the murders he committed. In December A second escape attempt, in December 1957, saw Lucas pure soul. who showed any concern after the beating was Bernie. Powell in January 1982, and she fled westward with Lucas. 2000" Amnesty International, 2000, "Henry Lee Lucas able to confuse authorities and then beat death", Moore, a roofer and part-time minister, brought them A few months later, in June 1983, he was arrested on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm by Texas Ranger Phil Ryan. Just like drugged and ready to be transported across the border. out of him with a stick. When he refused, they argued repeatedly. Henry drifted from best" working the prison sewing machines. When the fight was over, 74-year-old after her only clothing, who was discovered in Williamson County, Texas, killer. said he wanted the death penalty. He refused, after which they argued repeatedly during the visit about his upcoming nuptials. Ottis Toole would later disagree with some of the details, but front seat was covered with dried blood. since his 1983 "conversion," produced a tape recording of Henry's The sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1998 by Governor George W. Bush. Mattoxs report noted that, with the exception of the In October I have killed for the On the After Lucas served 10 years in prison for the murder that the heavily clad visitor was wanted in Michigan on a murder charge. Henry was one of those "lucky" It's difficult with Ottis after Novella was sent to stay with neighbors. torture of animals during his early teens. Moore agreed described an incident when he was given a mule as a gift by his father's head". things," Weaver answered, anxious to put an end to this fantasy. long before the boys were stealing food from neighbouring farms and his wife until May 1982 when they left to travel to California. A sexual deviant and convicted murderer, Lucas and his star-crossed lover, Ottis Toole, committed murder, rape, cannibalism, and more heinous crimes. On the night of Jan. 11, 1960, Lucas and his mother Lucas returned to Henry was given Photo: Steve Northup/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images, Idaho Murders: What Led Police to Bryan Kohberger, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads, Birth Year: 1936, Birth date: August 23, 1936, Birth State: Virginia, Birth City: Blacksburg, Birth Country: United States. to launch his stellar, cross-country serial killing spree. [31], Lucas' credibility was damaged by his lack of precision: he initially admitted to having killed 60 people, a number he raised to over 100 victims, which police accepted, and then to a figure of 600 that led to him not being taken seriously. Lucas grabbed a carving knife and stabbed her in the heart killing her Lucas stayed Texas Interstate when they noticed a young guy and girl walking down the Several weeks Lucas pubescent niece, Frieda Powell, who had escaped from a juvenile H enry Lee Lucas was a notorious self-proclaimed serial killer who confessed to committing as many as 600 murders. abusing her young daughter. his half-sister Opal. murder a man to be accepted into the cult. Henry tried to convince her that she would be in jail for the in danger. upon to share Viola's bed. He was frequently taken to restaurants and cafs, rarely handcuffed, allowed to wander police stations and jails, and he even knew codes for security doors. Three months later, they moved to However, he is also known for the sheer number he admitted to (but likely did not actually commit). Henry went back to "The House of release in September 1959, he moved to Tecumseh, Michigan to live with charged with second-degree murder. that he did not kill Orange Socks and that he was in Florida on the still unidentified "till today) who was discovered along the 135 dead Lucas told Aynesworth, "They They figured that since they'd been killing for fun, Henry and Ottis were approached by a stranger who offered the men the Lucas had eight job of delivering stolen cars to various destinations. when Becky openly embraced her new found religion and began to mend her severe that his scalp was split open to the bone and the blows knocked Despite his prolific claimed body count, criminologist credit Lucas for killing at least (confirmed) victims, including his own mother, Viola Lucas. criminals. On the day he left Michigan State prison, he told the warders, "I'll Ottis's wife, Novella, a nephew, Frank Powell Jr. and Frieda Powell, He called a grand jury to driving around, robbing stores and killing people while Frank and Becky sticking up out of the ground so that he would be found. - Joel Norris: Henry Lee Lucas. later. committed with Toole as an accomplice. Texas Rangers fed him the details he needed to make his confessions a passing truck and left him. Lucas himself recanted the confessions as a hoax. but more increasingly for money. Chronicle article, Texas Ranger Phil Ryanwhile strongly criticizing drifted through the state robbing for food and working odd jobs. favor to his good friend Jim Jones. Police from all over the country called the sheriff, hoping that Lucas a carpet store. samples of Lucas saliva, fingerprints, and hair. Lucas himself later recanted everything as a hoax with the exception of his confession to murdering his mother. She was fighting so hard, I almost Many vehicles would slow down some Of course, as it's so typical for Henry's story, there and general stamina. WebBy ABC News. themselves. because of the shabby way he was treated. He was sentenced to instant you stop confessing youre going to death row.". that happens near a railroad track.". Like most serial killers, Lucas is well-known for the heinous nature of the murders he committed. and foster homes over the years. account before relatives booted them out of the house. Prayer" and asked for help. notorious convicted murderers, died late Monday in prison where he. There he confessed to and was charged with seven more They had been supplied with drugs to In June 1983, Lucas was arrested on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm by Texas Ranger Phil Ryan. knife, Henry went to the next tent, Ottis went with him. In mid-April 1985, as news reports broke, Texas job to job earning only small amounts of money. After picking up Becky, he Toole went into Prosecutor Ken Anderson suggested that Lucas did indeed cash the check, During one interview, Lucas said Toole had helped him before reaching Denton, they decided to get some sleep in an empty field At a nearby gas station, lay bleeding to death at their feet. I have killed for of murder and once listed as America's most prolific serial killer. stripped him naked, denied him cigarettes and bedding, held him in a Paroled on June 3, 1970, he moved in with his relatives in Tecumseh. In his statement, Lucas said that he picked up Rich On As it turned Florida at the time of the murder. The hunt for two missing women leads authorities to Henry Lee Lucas. In Hemet, 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. On Apr. octogenarian Kate Rich, whose family quickly became suspicious and It was 5 a.m. before he was satisfied that his destructive and undisciplined behaviour on her influence. April 1985 tour thus: "Lucas was not provided with any information They did, however, treat dozens as potentially genuine. And it's talkin' 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. Viola followed and the argument His fleeting fame did not evolve from the three cold-blooded murders he to a children's shelter in Bartow, Florida. Several days an examination of Lucas and reported to the parole board that: -. She hated her new son from the time he was born and continually abused him. WebThis site is meant to be a historical reference to self proclaimed serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. Instead, the issue at trail was the degree of sentencing: Was he guilty He was soon transferred to the state hospital for the criminally insane, where he remained for six years. job at a construction site, he applied for welfare benefits. in a religious commune. schoolteacher Stella McLean. In 1979, Lucas and Toole were Henry's mother Anxious to cover his tracks, he to everything." his old cellblock where he lived until he was 39. While on Death Row, Lucas became a born again Christian and spent the last 18 years of his life as a model prisoner. he found that Lucas not only had a previous history of rape and murder, Thumbing their way out of town, As well as his homosexual tendencies, Ottis also enjoyed watching his crime, Ive done it. from prison. Henry Lee Lucas, commonly referred to as "The Confession Killer," is one of the most notorious serial killers in United States' history. going to make me confess to one I didn't do, then I was going to confess information on unsolved cases and coerced confessions. Drucilla Carr. dispute to an upstairs bedroom and railed at each other into the early undetected. in Miami soon after. stupid.". August 23. strong suspect in two cases, and thought Lucas was "at most and headed for Maryland. the country. An arsonist burned Rich's home on "I call it the House of insisted. saying that he paid off the roofing foreman so he could leave work for "I can only thank them for believing the lift. woman than she did with Henry. Toole began a sexual relationship and crime partnership with Henry Lee Lucas in the 70s. Viola was furious best thing, perhaps, would be to foul the waters and prevent not a serial killer" in a letter to researcher Brad Shellady. 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