HENRY LEE LUCASSarah Strauss

AKA: The Confession Killer, One-Eyed Drifter

WHAT MAKES A SERIAL KILLER? Medical injuries when younger Most have an unstable home as a child Might be abused when young Did not have a stable home as a child No conscience and has no remorse Lacks love and nurturing

WHAT IS EVIL? Profound immorality, wickedness, and depravity,

esp. when regarded as a supernatural force. Is the intention or effect of causing harm or

destruction, usually specifically from the perception of deliberately violating some moral code

Evil acts include: rape and murder Henry Lee Lucas is a Moral Evil He enjoyed the transient feeling of power it gave

to him

EVIL CONT…

Moral Evil Natural Evil

harms perpetrated by some agent

Want to hurt someone

harms resulting from natural disasters, disease, or other agentless causes

BACKGROUND

He was born on August 23, 1936, in Blacksburg, Virginia

Born a Christian One of nine sibling Raised by alcoholic parents who were

abusive He murdered his mother Spent 3 days in a coma He enjoyed cannibalism and necrophilia Lucas claimed that he first practiced

bestiality and zoosadism By June 22, thanks to a front page story,

Henry Lee Lucas had become a nationally famous serial killer.

EARLY LIFE

When he was ten his brother accidentally stabbed him in the left eye. His mother just ignored the injury and the eye became infected so it had to replaced by a glass

Ran away from home As a teenager, his sexual deviance became

increasingly pronounced He reported having sex with his half-

brother and with dead animals His teen years were spent in and out of jail Engaged to pen pail while incarcerated In and out of juvenile detention Convicted of petty theft He was in a coma for 3 days

Suffered headaches Dizzy spells Black outs

PROFILEProfile of Henry Lee LucasBorn: August 23, 1936 in Blacksburg, VirginiaDied: March 11, 2001 of natural causes (massive heart failure), Huntsville Prison, TexasNumber of victims: 3-3000Once known as: "Most infamous man on death row" and "the greatest monster than ever lived"Active: 1947-1983Victim Profile: Random people, primarily hitchhikers Location: Michigan, Florida, & Texas (possibly 20 more states)

ABNORMAL Since he was raised by abusive parents and was

hurt at a young age he recanted and became a serial killer because he was raised wrong.

He started having sex at a really young age which might have led him to become one

He also had a standard IQ which is weird because a lot of serial killers are really smart

He believes someone like Satan is telling him to do the murders

TARGETED VICTIMS AND MOTIVE Usually killed the girls or women he'd picked up, because he

preferred sexual contact with a corpse Lucas generally used a knife or strangled them, but he was

an advocate of trying different methods so as not to leave a pattern that police might link together.

There is no accurate number of how many people Henry killed The estimate is between 100-3,000 (many different

websites offer) The first attack was Lucas’s mother on January 11, 1960 The victim’s ages range from 12 to 82 years The killings took place around the country He directed the police to a number amount of bodies

TARGETED VICTIMS CONT….

The first murder was of his mother

He killed a lady in Texas only wearing orange socks

WHAT TYPE OF KILLER IS LUCAS? Lucas was a power and control serial killer He also is a Hedonistic Since he was beaten when younger it might have

lead to his killings He killed women because he like to be sexual with

them “a live woman ain't nothin” a quote from him

COURT AND VERDICT “The defense also used work records to show the

Lucas had been in Florida on October 31 and had cashed a check on November 1, and they tied it all up with psychiatric testimony to show that Lucas was insane. Psychologist Tom Kubiszyn said that Lucas had an IQ of 84, a desire to feel important, a feeling of inferiority, and a belief that he could not direct his own actions. He also had schizophrenia.”

He was diagnosed as a psychopath Was sentenced 20 to 40 years in prison He was sent to Jackson State Penitentiary in

southern Michigan, but after two attempted suicides, he was admitted to Ionia State Mental Hospital.

He was paroled in 1970 after serving 10 years.

MEDIA ATTENTION

Lucas did not seek attention to the media. He was trying to avoid it.

There are several books and movies made about him.

Back then when President George W. Bush was a governor of Texas he got involved.

Lucas in prison

AN INTERVIEW

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS HENRY? He was sentenced to death, but the

sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment by Texas governor George Bush. While on Death Row, Lucas became a born again Christian and spent the last 18 years of his life as a model prisoner. He died on March 12, 2001 of natural cause at the age of 64.

Lucas flanked by prison guards.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://www.biography.com/people/henry-lee-lucas-11735804

http://www.houseofhorrors.com/lucas.htm http://

www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/henry_lee_lucas/13.html

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/henry_lee_lucas/3.html