The Life of Mass Murderer, Henry Lee Lucas Essay -- Biography Biograph

The Life of Mass Murderer, Henry Lee Lucas "Henry Lee Lucas enjoyed holding the title of 'the most infamous man on death row.' His fleeting fame did not evolve from the three cold-blooded murders he did commit, but from hundreds of murders he did not." (Bonnie Bobit) He confessed to hundreds of murders to prove several points, as well as to delay his death sentence. Lucas lived through a childhood of abuse and neglect. If there is a case that proves a person's childhood is reflected in their later actions this could certainly be one. He was never taught that life had any value and perhaps this led him into a life of crime. (killer index) Henry Lee Lucas was born on August 23, 1936, in Blacksburg Virginia. Lucas's mother was an abusive prostitute who forced both her disabled husband and son Henry to watch her performance of sexual acts on strangers. Henry's father was missing both his legs from a accident; he sold pencils on a street corner to earn an income for their family and to feed his alcoholism. Henry came from a large family of eight brothers and sisters, they all lived in a two-room dirt floor cottage. (Killer index) As well as being forced to watch his mother's sexual acts, Henry's mother severely beat him. Henry and one of his brothers were carrying on one day and Henry's eye was stabbed out. It was days before someone took Henry to the doctor. He was in excruciating pain for days. (Bonnie Bobit) One time Henry's mother beat him so hard with a wooden stick that he "lay in a semi-conscious state for three days' before he was taken to the doctor. (Serial killer index) Viola, Henry's mother also used to dress him up in a dress, curl his hair and send him off shoeless to school. She beat him once because he came h... ...//www.amnesty.org/ailib/aipub/1998/AMR/25101098.htm Amnesty International. United States of America: Death Penalty in Texas: Lethal Injustice. March 1998. http://crimemagazine.com/lucas.htm Bobit, Bonnie. Crime magazine an encyclopedia of crime. http://www.detnews.com/1998/nation/9806/26/06270008.htm Holmes, Michael (Associated Press) Texas governor grants death chamber reprieve to confessed serial killer. The Detroit News Friday June 6 1998. http://www.houseofhorrors.com/lucas.htm House of Horrors. Henry Lee Lucas portrait of a serial killer. http://detnews.com/menu/stories/18493.htm Pressley, Sue Anne, Washington Post. Executioner awaits for Henry Lee Lucas, criminal superstar of '80s. Detroit news October 2, 1995 http://www.mayhem.net/Crime/serial1.html Serial Killer Hit list http://www.crass.com/killer/lucas.html Serial Killer index.