HENRY LEE LUCAS

• Born: August 23, 1936
• Died: March 12, 2001
• Nationality: American
• Profession: Criminal

Henry Lee Lucas was an American serial killer whose crimes spanned from 1960 to 1983. He was convicted of murdering 11 people and sentenced to death for the murder of Debra Jackson, though his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1998. Lucas rose to infamy after confessing to more than 100 murders to the Texas Rangers and other law enforcement officials while in prison. He died of congestive heart failure in 2001.