The Sunday Morning Slasher: Carl Watts and the Deal That Almost Set Him Free

Sometimes the most dangerous people are the ones who slip through every crack in the system. Carl Eugene Watts should have been stopped at fifteen when he first attacked a stranger. He should have been caught in college when a student was stabbed thirty-three times. He definitely should have been arrested in Michigan when police had him under twenty-four-hour surveillance. Instead, he moved to Houston and killed twelve more women before anyone could touch him.

What happens when childhood trauma meets untreated mental illness and a justice system that keeps making deals with the devil? You get someone who confessed to over a dozen murders, got immunity for all of them, and nearly walked free after twenty-four years. The Sunday Morning Slasher earned his nickname by attacking women in the early hours when they felt safest, moving so fast that witnesses said entire encounters lasted less than fifteen seconds.

This is the story of missed opportunities, failed systems, and one nineteen-year-old woman who jumped from a second-story balcony to save her roommate's life. It's about how Carl Eugene Watts almost got away with what experts believe could have been over 100 murders, and why it took a desperate last-minute effort from Michigan authorities to make sure he never saw freedom again.

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