West Virginia Serial Killers

ColdCaseIndex documents 1 serial killer whose murders took place in West Virginia, with first known killings from 1960. 1 of them was caught; 1 linked case file document their victims. The earliest series is Henry Lee Lucas (1960) and the most recent is Henry Lee Lucas (1960). Profiles are added in order of public interest, so this page is not a complete census of the state.

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Convicted 1960 to 1983

Henry Lee Lucas

The Confession Killer

Died in prison in 2001. Texas drifter convicted of 11 murders who confessed to about 600 killings in 1983 to 1985 and then recanted; a 1986 Texas Attorney General report found most confessions false, and his death sentence was…

Texas 11 convicted Died in prison

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Serial killers in West Virginia, by first known murder
NameAliasStateActiveConvictedConfessedSuspectedLegal statusFate
Henry Lee LucasThe Confession KillerTexas, Michigan, West Virginia1960 to 198311600Disputed: a Texas task force once attributed 200 or more killings to him; the Texas Attorney General's 1986 report found most of his confessions false, and DNA later excluded him from at least one murder he was convicted ofConvictedDied in prison

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