0000276902 00000 n Moor said that the judge failed to inform Coral that, "the bathtub water he attempted to drown Lori Lister in was construed as a lethal weapon." 0000155342 00000 n MADHATTERDESIGN@GMAIL.COM, Like old school VHS Covers? If you are interested in joining our team, contact us at 0000003027 00000 n On October 30, 1974, Watts tortured and brutally murdered 20-year-old Gloria Steele, who was believed to be his second victim. Stalking around Michigan and Texas during the 1970s and 1980s, his family had no idea of his true nature. In 1962, his mother married a mechanic and they had two more children. Authorities still consider Carl Watts a suspect in at least 90 unsolved murders. WebCarl Eugene Watts . A police officer, that interrogated Carl Watts after his arrest, stated that Carl appeared to be very, very intelligent with an excellent memory.. 0000021390 00000 n On this day, serial killer Coral Eugene Watts admits to killing 12 Twenty-two years after Coral's initial sentencing new evidence was exposed that linked him to a murder. In 2017, his death sentence was thrown out by the Florida Supreme Court and ordered he face a new hearing. Her name was Willa Mae. This series, part of Record Group 389, has information about U.S. His Grandmother told the Houston Chronicle that even as a young child, Carl enjoyed hunting and skinning rabbits. Jackie had three brothers and one sister. Every issue of Serial Killer Magazine, every Ultimate Collection, trainscript, FBI file and more! Like many other slaves, Williamss dad adopted their last name from their plantation owner. Atkins was charged with 11 counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree sexual conduct and was 11 consecutive life sentences in 1992. If Watts gave full details and confessions ofhis crimes, they would give him immunity from the murder charges and he would, instead, face just a charge of burglary with intent to murder. This charge carried a 60-year sentence. He obtained immunity for a dozen murders 0000003140 00000 n It was not until August of 1982 that Watts reign of terror ended. A Michigan jury convicted him on November 17, 2004, after hearing eyewitness testimony from Joseph Foy. Carl Watts trial for the Steele murder began in Kalamazoo, Michigan on July 25, 2007. Carl Eugene Watts was born on November 07, 1953 (died on September 21, 2007, he was 53 years old) in Fort Hood, Texas . 0000086059 00000 n WebOn December 7, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. How The Sunday Morning Slasher Was Eventually Caught. 0000407535 00000 n 0000102025 00000 n Committing his first murder at age 32, the Grim Sleeper did not fit the typical serial killer profile. Watts, who was African American, almost always killed young white women between the ages of 14 and 44. He used methods such as strangulation, stabbing, bludgeoning, and drowning. Watts had murdered dozens of women between 1974 and 1982 and, despite the number, he was not discovered as a serial killer for almost eight years. Meanwhile, the man pulled her up the stairs to her apartment where he found her roommate Melinda Aguilar, 18. Samuel Little, died at age 80 in December 2020. After his expulsion he moved to Houston, Texas. If he was found guilty he would have to serve a mandatory life sentence without parole. 0000041706 00000 n Carl Eugene Watts was born in Killeen, Texas to Richard Eugene Watts and Dorothy Mae Young. United States World War II Prisoner of War Records He clapped and jumped at one time and that's when I knew that I had to do something." It was suggested his fever ran so high that doctors feared it could have caused slight brain damage. Mildreds parents were Theoliver Jeter and Musiel Byrd Jeter.