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Henry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 – March 12, 2001), also known as the Confession Killer, was an American convicted serial killer.Lucas was convicted of murdering his mother in 1960 and two others in 1983.
Henry Lee Lucas confessed to her murder and was convicted. Although doubts have been raised about his complicity in this crime, Lucas's conviction was not overturned. His death sentence was commuted by Texas governor George W. Bush in 1998, and Lucas died in prison in 2001.
The Confession Killer is a 2019 American true crime documentary miniseries directed by Robert Kenner and Taki Oldham. The plot revolves around the 1983 case of Henry Lee Lucas, who confessed to over 200 murders in the United States.
Notorious serial killer Henry Lee Lucas confessed to the murder, but the detectives wondered if he was lying. A hand was found in 1983 in Yosemite. TV series tells how ‘Jane Doe’ murder victim ...
The characters of Henry and Otis are loosely based on convicted real life serial killers Henry Lee Lucas [5] and Ottis Toole. The film was shot in 1985 but had difficulty finding a film distributor. It premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1986 and played at other festivals throughout the late 1980s.
Henry Lee Lucas confessed to committing hundreds of murders, which would have made him one of the most prolific serial killers ever. However, his confessions started to unravel.
Later, his niece told John Walsh that he made a deathbed confession to Adam's murder. [12] [25] His confession was viewed as unreliable, as he and Lucas confessed to or implicated themselves in more than 200 homicides. [26] Most of Lucas' confessions were later revealed to have been false, having been coerced by the Texas Rangers. [27]
During his time in office he was involved in the investigation and prosecution of the 1982 Lake Waco murders and also several crimes to which Henry Lee Lucas had been linked. Feazell currently resides in Waco, Texas, and is an attorney with his own firm. He is known for his commercials sporting the "Drive Laid Back" slogan. [1] [2]