ottis toole
In April 1984, Ottis Toole was convicted of murder for a 1982 arson incident in his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida that resulted in the death of an elderly man. [1]
On September 15, 1996, at the age of 49, Ottis Toole died in his prison cell from liver failure. [2]
But long period of time near the end of his serial killing days, Henry had found his soulmate in the person of Ottis Toole, a dirty, mildly retarded, unattractive man from Florida who had about as many IQ points as he had teeth. [3]
He allegedly claimed his first murder victim at the age of 14, when he killed a traveling salesman who propositioned him for sex by running over him with his own car after they had trysted in the woods. [1]
A sometime accomplice of convicted serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, Toole admitted to multiple counts of murder, rape, and cannibalism, and was the suspect in several unsolved murders. [2]
Lucas was brutally abused as a young child, horribly mistreated throughout his early years. [4]
Psychiatrists labeled Toole schizophrenic, psychopathic and retarded. [5]
As with his alleged first murder, no evidence was ever unearthed to support his claim. [4]
When the serial killer chooses to pair up with someone else to commit serial murder, he tends to select a person who will complement him, or do his dirty work. [3]
He has confessed to numerous cases, and many are considered closed, even though largely due to the economics of prosecuting a murder case, formal charges were never even brought. [5]
Ottis Elwood Toole was a self-confessed serial killer and cannibal who admitted to many murders and was the suspect in many more unsolved murders, some of which he committed with his friend Henry Lee Lucas. [1]
Lucas was soon living with the man and his family, sleeping with Toole and his daughter. [4]
While serving his sentence, Toole briefly shared a cell with Ted Bundy in Florida’s Raiford Prison. [2]
Said one, “To him, life itself is so unmeaning, and the distinction between living and dead people so blurred, that killing is no more than swatting an annoying fly…. [5]
While many of his stories are outlandish, such as the ones documenting his involvement in a mysterious murder for hire organization called “The Hand of Death”, and his stories of abducting teenaged girls for use in snuff films also raised a few eyebrows. [3]
Sources:
[1] Otis Toole - Biography (www.imdb.com/name/nm0867491/bio)
[2] Ottis Toole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottis_Toole)
[3] Team Killers - Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole (www.hillside-strangler.com/
[4] Serial Killers Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole (www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/
[5] Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole (www.whale.to/b/toole1.html)