At one time he denied totally any involvement in any murder, but the evidence was against him. He was convicted of 11 murders and confessed his involvement in about 600 murders.
Lucas is regarded as one of the top serial killers in America. His mother was a prostitute and father was an alcoholic. Henry Lee Lucas was born to Viola Dixon Waugh and Anderson Lucas on Augand died of heart failure on Maat the age of 64. Toole was convicted of six murders, and he confessed to four more before dying in prison. He confessed to many murders, rapes, and was suspected for having committed many unresolved murder cases. Toole has been considered a serial killer, cannibal, and necrophile. His grandmother used to call him the ‘Devil’s Child.’ He was gay and also suffered from epilepsy. Toole had a disturbed childhood and was sexually abused by many close relatives. on Maand died of liver failure while serving a death sentence commuted to life imprisonment. Ottis Elwood Toole was born in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. Usually, a serial killer repeats the pattern of killing. Occasionally, the purpose behind such killings is to spread terror in certain communities.
The serial killer, contrarily, remains dormant during a hiding period following a killing and plans the next cold-blooded murder. Serial killers are distinguished from the mass murderers and spree killers in that the latter kill in a continuous event which may take place in two or more different sites with a notable period between the killings. But according to the FBI, the predominant motives behind serial killing are: ‘anger, thrill, financial gain, and attention seeking.’ In serial killings, the mode of murder and the type of victims have something in common with them. It is mostly on account of some sort of sexual satisfaction sought by the killer.
However, the FBI defines a ‘serial killer’ as ‘a killer who has committed a series of two or more murders, committed as separate events usually but not always, by one offender acting alone.’ In most of the cases, the motive behind the killing was attaining some sort of psychological satisfaction. Conventionally, a ‘serial killer’ is an individual who has killed more than three persons at different times usually with an inert period between the killings.