UtahColdCaseCoalitionNov 5, 20201 minLucas and TooleHenry Lee Lucas mythology was that Lucas and were his companion Ottis Toole were lovers. In a private 1984 interview with a writer,...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionApr 7, 20201 min"the number of confirmed murders rose impressively"On March 26, 1985 - 3 weeks before the Lucas hoax was exposed - Sgt. Jay Via of the Oachita (La.) Parish Sheriff's Dept. explained to a...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionMar 31, 20201 minYosemite Summit Meadow Jane DoeThe one National Park victim attributed - almost certainly in error - to Henry Lee Lucas. Unidentified and unsolved.
UtahColdCaseCoalitionMar 25, 20201 minArtist in residenceLike many notorious prisoners, Henry Lee Lucas started offering his original 'artwork' to make some money. "I did this to show that life...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionMar 21, 20201 min"If you can solve the door, you can solve the case" (the Whatleys)In 1976, John and Fay Whatley disappeared from Bastrop County, Texas. Police found a bullet hole in their bedroom window and fragments...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionFeb 23, 20201 minPage 16Page 16 of a 45-page presentation we (Utah Cold Case Coalition) created to persuade Provo P.D. that Henry Lee Lucas's confession was...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionFeb 10, 20201 minBad combinationNotorious Oklahoma forensic chemist Joyce A. Gilchrist, who was lying to get convictions, finds the man of her dreams: a man who was...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionJan 29, 20201 minNow when was that? In 1985, the Texas Attorney General wanted to confirm when Henry Lee Lucas left prison in Michigan. Unfortunately, Michigan only kept...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionDec 27, 20191 min"A mockery to the Lord"?When Henry Lee Lucas began recanting his confessions in April 1985, the McClennan Co. (Tex.) District Attorney and Lucas's spiritual...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionDec 23, 20191 minGloria Stephan (1982 Tex.) - open and shut and reopened caseGloria Stephan's 1982 murder in Magnolia, Tex., was closed in 1984 by one of Henry Lee Lucas's hundreds of confessions. It is now...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionDec 8, 20191 min"Microscopally different"Carol Ann Lane, Norfolk, Va., found stabbed to death in Curriteck Co., N.C., October 12, 1976: A hair sample from Henry Lee Lucas "could...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionDec 4, 20191 min"Check that travel log"Testimony from Texas Ranger Clayton Smith illustrates how eager some agencies were to "close" cases with Henry Lee Lucas. Note that...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionDec 1, 20191 minIt wasn't always law enforcement......who gave Henry Lee Lucas information he needed to "take" a murder. Several times, attorneys fed information to Lucas so he would let...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionNov 30, 20191 minRock starsTexas officials reached near-celebrity status in 1984 as the pile of Henry Lee Lucas confessions grew, before it all started unraveling. )
UtahColdCaseCoalitionNov 29, 20191 minMarla Scharp's case reopenedIn 1984, Henry Lee Lucas "confessed" to killing Marla Scharp in 1978 in Provo, Utah. As with many others, the confession does not hold...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionNov 29, 20191 minSo much detail, so little truthAn example of (part of) a Lucas confession with persuasive detail. His companion Ottis Toole's confession to this murder was even more...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionNov 16, 20191 minGot a "Henry Lee Lucas" case?Our Cold Case Coalition (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit) can help. We have researched Henry Lee Lucas confessions extensively, because we believe...
UtahColdCaseCoalitionNov 16, 20190 minPerceptive notes about Henry Lee Lucas from an Oklahoma detective
UtahColdCaseCoalitionNov 13, 20191 minHenry Lee Lucas changes his story on whether Ottis Toole killed Adam WalshIn 1983, Henry Lee Lucas said his companion Ottis Toole could not have killed Adam Walsh two years earlier. In 1996, as his execution...
