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Carl "Coral" Eugene Watts is considered the most prolific serial killer in the United States. He confessed to killing 12 women but it is believed that he is responsible for the death of 100 women. He killed women in Texas, Michigan and Canada and they ranged in age from 14-44. He was able evade police with his savvy and street smarts.

References:

Evil Eyes by Corey Mitchell

https://texaspolicenews.com/default.aspx?act=NewsLetter.aspx&category=News+1-2&newsletterid=34265&menugroup=Home

https://abc13.com/coral-eugene-watts-serial-killer-killed-nine-women-timely/5456125/

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/22/us/22watts.html

https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/evil-eyes-6388157 https://kfmx.com/sunday-morning-slasher-the-serial-killer-texas-almost-set-free/

https://murdervictims.com/case/coral-watts-serial-killer/

References:

Evil Eyes by Corey Mitchell

https://texaspolicenews.com/default.aspx?act=NewsLetter.aspx&category=News+1-2&newsletterid=34265&menugroup=Home

https://abc13.com/coral-eugene-watts-serial-killer-killed-nine-women-timely/5456125/

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/22/us/22watts.html

https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/evil-eyes-6388157

https://murdervictims.com/case/coral-watts-serial-killer/

Carl "Coral" Eugene Watts is considered the most prolific serial killer in the United States. He confessed to killing 12 women but it is believed that he is responsible for the death of 100 women. He killed women in Texas, Michigan and Canada and they ranged in age from 14-44. He was able evade police with his savvy and street smarts.

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William Lewis Reece attacked and killed young women throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He is one of the only men tied to the Texas Killing Fields to be convicted of his crimes. DNA from a crime scene in Oklahoma linked him to three cold cases in Texas and led to his conviction.

Sources:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/william-reece-serial-killer-highways-texas-oklahoma-murders-timeline/

https://www.newsweek.com/william-reece-today-texas-killing-fields-serial-killer-netflix-1763569

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/william-reece-serial-killer-texas-oklahoma-killing-fields-murder-confessions-48-hours/

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/2022/william-reece-murders-timeline/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/serial-killer-posed-good-samaritan-27584787

https://abc13.com/serial-killer-william-reece-texas-women-killed-teens-famous-cold-cases/11633297/

https://nypost.com/2022/06/30/serial-killer-william-reece-pleads-guilty-to-cold-case-murders/

https://interactives.dallasnews.com/2016/portrait-of-a-serial-killer/

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/serial-killer-william-reece-pleads-guilty-to-3-texas-girl-murders

In 1885, a man dubbed the Servant Girl Annihilator by the press brutally attacked young servant girls in their beds. The man was never caught and some authorities in London even wondered if the man from Austin could have left Texas and gone to London and was actually Jack the Ripper. The crimes were very similar and the time frame makes sense. What do you think?

Sources:

The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth

www.servantgirlmurders.com

https://www.pbs.org investigations

https://austin.culturemap.com news

https://www.kvue.com news local

http://genealogytrails.com travis

https://www.historicmysteries.com servant girl annihilator murders of austin tx

In 1885, a man dubbed the Servant Girl Annihilator by the press brutally attacked young servant girls in their beds. The man was never caught and some authorities in London even wondered if the man from Austin could have left Texas and gone to London and was actually Jack the Ripper. The crimes were very similar and the time frame makes sense. What do you think?

Sources:

The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth

www.servantgirlmurders.com

https://www.pbs.org investigations

https://austin.culturemap.com news

https://www.kvue.com news local

http://genealogytrails.com travis

https://www.historicmysteries.com servant girl annihilator murders of austin tx

In 1885, a man dubbed the Servant Girl Annihilator by the press brutally attacked young servant girls in their beds. The man was never caught and some authorities in London even wondered if the man from Austin could have left Texas and gone to London and was actually Jack the Ripper. The crimes were very similar and the time frame makes sense. What do you think?

Sources:

The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth

www.servantgirlmurders.com

https://www.pbs.org investigations

https://austin.culturemap.com news

https://www.kvue.com news local

http://genealogytrails.com travis

https://www.historicmysteries.com servant girl annihilator murders of austin tx

In 1986, Donna Jester thought she was doing something nice for a down on his luck guy.  She didn't realize that she had invited the devil into her home in Lancaster, TX.  David Martin Long brutally killed Donna, her mother Dalpha, and Laura Lee Owens with a hatchet.

Sources:

https://the cinemaholic.com/who-were-david-martin-longs-victims-how-did-the-texas-axe-murderer-die/

https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1991/69781-4.html

https://serialdispatches.com/serial-killer-david-martin-long/

https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l1/long-david-martin.htm

https://www.upi.com/amp/Archives/1986/10/01/Police-investigating-the-hatchet-slayings-of-three-women-issued/4131528523200/

https://www.mytimes.com/1999/12/09/us/texan-who-took-overdose-is-executed.html

On May 4, 1986 three friends set out for a ride around Lake Hawkins, a popular hangout for teens and young adults.  Suzanne, Gena, and Bryan were good kids from Hawkins, TX, the type of small town where nothing ever happens. Residents of the small town didn't know there was an "animal" that had been released from prison living right near the lake but when the three friends didn't return home it started a manhunt that would shock and traumatize everyone in the tight knit community.  

Sources:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-02-08-8701100399-story.html

https://www.thecinemaholic.com/who-were-jerry-walter-mcfaddens-victims-is-the-animal-dead-or-alive/

http://apnews.com/article/cda6372b700defb0507687bb712fef8

https://www.foxnews.com/us/dna-links-oregon-womans-40-year-old-cold-case-murder-to-executed-killer

https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/a-town-in-terror-how-jerry-mcfaddens-1986-crime-spree-stole-the-lives-of-hawkins/article_3b5bf742-020d-5a91-88a...

https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/a-town-in-terror-part-ii-hawkins-mourns-three-young-victims-as-law-enforcement-searches/article_10cfe93c-dbae-5...

https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/a-town-in-terror-part-iii-accused-murderer-jerry-mcfadden-takes-hostage-escapes-jail-and/article_fa91f0e9-c18e-5b...

https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/a-town-in-terror-part-iv-a-look-into-the-legal-challenges-that-freed-serial/article-a7df011e-8058-57dc-9245-a714e85...

On June 23, 1965, police were called to a home in the Montrose area of Houston.  They thought it was a routine welfare check requested by the nephew of an elderly couple.  The nephew said that he hadn't been able to get in touch with his aunt for several days and he was concerned about her and his uncle.  When police arrived, it seemed like nothing was wrong. However, when police entered the house, they would be shocked at what they found in the couple's refrigerator.

Sources:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/ice-box-murders

https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2018/11/icebox-murders

https://alonewithnature.medium.com/ice-box-murder-case-23f7cb76ed7

htttps://the-line-up.com/ice-box-murders

https://www.thescarechamber.com/icebox-murders/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/602369/ice-box-murders-houston

https;//www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Grisly-Ice-Box-Murders-7251178.php

The Ice Box Murders: Based on a True Story by Hugh and Martha Gardenier