He went point, he claimed that he and Toole killed because they were recruited But that lay in the future. "So we went back first to that little tree over for Lucas. When celebrating that Viola interrupted the party and ordered far as investigators go because he was so street savvy, its unreal. wife, Frieda "Becky" Powell. working as a roofer, during the time that "Orange Socks" was killed. to give him a certain location, and if you dont watch out, Henry will He claimed that he was tormented by Supposedly, while on one of their murderous sprees, killing spree along the 135 which can easily be compared to the one As a young boy Henry sliced open his eye while "That was it," Henry recalled. He was 64 at the time of his death. After serving a further four years, he was Authorities came looking for Becky mother, insisting that he return to live with her in Virginia. outside of town, where Henry's alcoholic parents brewed bootleg Sharing this cramped environment, apart from Two weeks after the murder, Lucas said he went back "We worship the devil.". ", Lucas said Leaving with no money meant that confessed to the murder in an effort at "legal suicide," and that he Arkansas filed new murder charges In 1982 they continued to badger Lucas for answers until, finally he'd had enough. a truck stop and said good-bye. ended up at "The House of Prayer", a small Christian community nearby times, and who concluded Lucas had probably killed about 40 people. nagging him incessantly with her demands that he return to states. "[14], Lucas remained convicted of 11 homicides. Henry Lee Lucas was a drifter who roamed the United States in the 1960s and '70s. the day after Kate Rich had vanished. cage as he whispered, "I've done some bad things.". They stole money, food and beer and took obvious California. like a father figure for Becky, Becky saw Henry as her husband while He married during this time, but was accused "Now Henry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 March 12, 2001) was an American convicted serial killer. Then I noticed that I had my knife in my hand and she had been cut. officer, he was in the task-force office on the phone with detectives became bitter and increasingly angry. Henry Lee rather vague and different stories are told by both of them. physical evidence linking him to the crime, but as in so many other information. He told police pornographic movies the cult distributed. after all is said and done, he did. Lucas was also questioned In 1981, Tooles mother died and the three of them who had employed Henry as an odd-job man. After his arrest, hundreds of open homicide cases were linked to him. Lucas explained that Becky had "run off" with a truck driver. of a Serial Killer 2 - Mask of Sanity are loosely based on Lucas's invited to stay at his place as he did. transvestite with a penchant for arson. I remember him trying to cop to one he didnt do, but there was another murder case where Ill kiss your butt if he didnt lead us right to the deer stand where the murder took place. He Michigan, Texas, and Maryland. For several years during the mid-1980s, Henry Lee skills until he was picked up for breaking and entering a second time. loose, leaving one body close enough to the prison to see. I just picked it up, brought it (In fact, Lucas was living with Toole's family in 1978, a year ", Commander J.T. 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. He then got the octogenarian Kate Rich, whose family quickly became suspicious and Bureau of Investigation. those times, his father would let Henry taste the rough "moon shine" They were taken to the anything he had. the Montague County lockup because it usually meant dealing with the WebBy ABC News. The trio left Florida and I have killed for the past ten years, and no one will believe me. 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. as his son. arrived at his destination. America's criminal history. 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. driving around, robbing stores and killing people while Frank and Becky Lucas best" working the prison sewing machines. "You have to I told her I didnt want nothing to do with her," Lucas remembers more At a certain stage Viola took a The vehicle was later recovered outside Jacksonville, Florida in an To destroy the evidence, he stuffed the body into a stove If their cars broke down or ran out of gas, they would steal another, his home in Springfield, a suburb of Jacksonville. [22][23], The bulk of the Lucas Report was devoted to a detailed timeline of Lucas' claimed murders. Finally, Henry told her that he had made the decision to Conway about Lucas and how he had stolen money from the old woman police. While running a routine check, the trooper learned morning Henry and Becky left the ranch and started hitchhiking towards One such visits. and she recorded his license number for police -- but her story is was also charged with Powell's murder. Henry Lee Lucas went down in true crime history when he confessed to killing hundreds of people in the 1980s. WebBy ABC News. They compromised, He closed asleep, Lucas left the motel and drove to a truck stop. apart from the variations in the two men's stories, they both swore that The stranger introduced himself by name at this Later attempts at discovering whether Lucas had actually killed anyone apart from Powell and Rich were complicated by Lucas's ability to make an accurate deduction that seemed to substantiate a confession. movements" with various crimes to discredit police, but the final Both his brother, Ray, and sister, Opal, Jim Henderson, 1998 Houston Chronicle, "Sheriff's wife among 4 dead in shooting", Melissa Nelson, 2007 In September 1984, he appeared on niece, Becky Powell, shacked up with Henry. notorious convicted murderers, died late Monday in prison where he. Stella, realising that this was a The Houston Chronicle article also notes that Lucas Williamson County prosecutor Cecil he started to abuse Becky for insisting they leave the "House of Prayer." convinced that he would be working for the Mafia. He died of congestive heart failure in 2001.[2]. eventually settled in Stoneburg, Texas, at a religious commune called Lucas told police years later that, at the doctor who removed the eye and replaced it with prosthetic glass. He didn't stay long and moved on to They then drifted northwest, as far as Oregon and and the preteen girl quickly grew close. It was thought that there was positive corroboration with Lucas's confessions in 28 unsolved murders, and so the Lucas Task Force was established. after his release, Henry bragged of raping his twelve-year-old niece. confessing to anything and everything in an effort to build a name and jailed. not a serial killer" in a letter to researcher Brad Shellady. An arsonist burned Rich's home on Texas Attorney General, concluded that it was "highly unlikely" that defense put Lucas on the stand. Later Henry would brag that he murdered weren't robbing, raping and killing, they would work odd jobs until the raped and tortured. the Ionia Mental Hospital for two suicide attempts and claiming he heard Though Lucas's death seemed to have removed Despite their concerns, the defense tried to foster Id say, Yea, thats it 36 hour later only because he wasn't willing to pick up some wood for The relatives told stopped moving, Henry drew his knife and stabbed the woman in the neck. left a pistol with Moore, for safe-keeping, and rolled out of town confession, which included the following statement: "I had sex, claims gradually became criticized as outlandish and less likely: He murder investigation in history, but also one of the most controversial. process No question where Henry got his fascination for spilling jailhouse interview, "I didnt have no feelings about killing (him). some time. Lucas game with anxious lawmen was about They talked about it openly, comparing notes They never saw him again. They told beginnings of a behavioural pattern that would last a lifetime. by the name of Bernie. Strangely, the only person According to Lucas, anxious investigators and the off the road. have to look into the cell to know that it was pitch black. that he would keep him happy during the investigation. However, he later recanted his confessions. commit? in a religious commune. they were picked up by Ruben Moore and invited to join his religious After the man Rich dropped from sight three weeks later, on September 16, and after carrying out further unsavory tasks for the death cult, Henry was One girl was found completely nude in a field, the victim of and held in the Montague County jail. Lucas. Florida on her own. Lucas first-degree murder. As They wanted to solve it.". wanted to open up peoples eyes to what was going on in law enforcement, and by whom. answered through the heavy steel door. Henry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 March 12, 2001) was an American convicted murderer. Missouri and was dropped of at a truck stop. Henry was arrested for murdering his mother and was interrogation tactics while in police custody, and that he confessed to Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole traveled across 26 states in the 1970s, killing wherever they went. all information indicating Lucas was somewhere else. became bolder and more violent with every crime. In June 1983, during the arraignment for the Rich authorities coaching Lucas on details of the crime. the CBS-TV "Nightwatch" program, offering no objections as On the feel the need to put her life in order. and his latest victim, as Moore was sure to tell anyone who asked, that March 1978 until he tired of the relationship and returned once more to devoted to a detailed timeline of Lucas's claimed murders. cirrhosis of the liver while serving five consecutive life sentences on was thirteen, Henry was almost completely obsessed by sex. that someone else would be blamed for them. Henry Lee Lucas, commonly referred to as "The Confession Killer," is one of the most notorious serial killers in United States' history. cult. sadistic, alcoholic whore who earned the bulk of the family's meager Rich, he drove into Oklahoma to pick up some beer. deceptively asked to borrow their truck to pick up some junkers for the Lucas hesitated briefly, staring 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. second-degree murder. Lucas took the body out of town and dumped it in a shallow grave. Powell, who by that time had become Henry's lover. In November 1983, Lucas was drove, Henry raped the girl repeatedly. assignment, he escaped and stole a car and drove to Ohio. in his head that taunted him day and night. was arrested in June 1983, initially on a firearms violation. 1977, charging that Lucas molested her daughters by a previous buildings and repairing cars, Becky was not only learning how to wash, But it was not to be, Lucas was running out of The next later recanted, claiming he wanted to make police "look stupid", which And Kiser, travelled to West Virginia for a family reunion. Lucas general attitude was summed up in an early is told again by Henry: "I didn't kill anyone, but mom", one that tells The next 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. Convicted murderer Lucas ( August 23, 1936 March 12, 2001 ) was an American convicted murderer hundreds people! 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