Summary

CONVICTED KILLER HENRY LEE LUCAS SAYS HE DOESN'T THINK HE'LL BE EXECUTED IN EARLY OCTOBER. A TEXAS JUDGE DISMISSED LUCAS' APPEAL AND SET OCTOBER SECOND AS THE DATE FOR LUCAS' DEATH BY LETHAL INJECTION. AT ONE TIME LUCAS CLAIMED TO HAVE KILLED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DURING A NATIONWIDE SPREE. HE LATER RECANTED, ADMITTING ONLY TO THE KILLING OF HIS MOTHER. HE WAS CONVICTED OF ONE MURDER IN CENTRAL TEXAS, THE STRANGULATION OF A WOMAN KNOWN ONLY AS "ORANGE SOCK". HER BODY WAS FOUND CLAD ONLY IN A PAIR OF SOCKS NEAR INTERSTATE 35 IN GEORGETOWN.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 57088
Story Slug LUCAS SPEAKS (08/30/1995)
Location HUNSTVILLE, TX
Format VOSOT
Date 08/30/1995
Archive Time 1:02:43
TRT 1:49
Supers HUNTSVILLE, TX HENRY LEE LUCAS, CONVICTED KILLER
Video Description STATE PRISON; LUCAS BEHIND GLASS; SOTS
Description CONVICTED KILLER HENRY LEE LUCAS SAYS HE DOESN'T THINK HE'LL BE EXECUTED IN EARLY OCTOBER. A TEXAS JUDGE DISMISSED LUCAS' APPEAL AND SET OCTOBER SECOND AS THE DATE FOR LUCAS' DEATH BY LETHAL INJECTION. AT ONE TIME LUCAS CLAIMED TO HAVE KILLED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DURING A NATIONWIDE SPREE. HE LATER RECANTED, ADMITTING ONLY TO THE KILLING OF HIS MOTHER. HE WAS CONVICTED OF ONE MURDER IN CENTRAL TEXAS, THE STRANGULATION OF A WOMAN KNOWN ONLY AS "ORANGE SOCK". HER BODY WAS FOUND CLAD ONLY IN A PAIR OF SOCKS NEAR INTERSTATE 35 IN GEORGETOWN.
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