Charles Albright (serial killer)

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Charles Frederick Albright (born August 10, 1933 ) is an American murderer and diagnosed psychopath from Dallas, Texas who was convicted of killing a woman in 1991 and believed to have killed two others. He is incarcerated in the John Montford Mental Health Department in Lubbock. As a professional criminal, Albright had previously been detained for other crimes.

Life

Charles Albright was adopted from an orphanage by Delle and Fred Albright. His adoptive mother, a teacher, was very strict and overprotective. It accelerated his training and helped him skip two levels. When he got his first gun as a teenager, he used it to kill small animals. His mother helped him because of his interest, a taxidermist to be going auszustopfen them. At the age of 13, he stole and was arrested for grievous bodily harm. He graduated from high school at age 15 and enrolled at North Texas University. He expressed an interest in training as a doctor and surgeon. He did pre-med training but was unable to complete it. At the age of 16, the police caught him with stolen change, two handguns and a rifle. He spent a year in prison.

After his release from prison, he attended Arkansas State Teachers College and studied medicine. After being caught with stolen items, he was suspended from college.

Albright stole documents, forged signatures, and gave himself bachelor and master degrees. He married his college girlfriend, with whom he had a daughter. His wife separated from him in 1965 and divorced him in 1974.

He was caught stealing hundreds of dollars' worth of goods from a hardware store and was sentenced to two years in prison. However, he was released after less than six months. During this time he began to make friends with neighbors and gain their trust. He was even asked by local residents to babysit their children.

While visiting friends in 1981, he sexually molested their 9-year-old daughter. He has been arrested, found guilty and given a suspended sentence. He later claimed he was innocent but pleaded guilty to avoid an argument.

In 1984 he applied for a leadership position in the Boy Scouts of America, but was turned down.

In 1985, Albright met a woman named Dixie in Arkansas. He invited her to live with him. Soon she was paying his bills and helping him. He delivered newspapers early in the morning, apparently to visit prostitutes, without arousing the suspicion of his partner.

Alleged victims

Mary Lou Pratt

On December 13, 1990, Mary Lou Pratt, a 33-year-old prominent sex worker, was found dead in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. She was half naked. She was shot in the back of the head with a .44 caliber pistol and severely beaten. The coroner reported that the killer removed both eyes with surgical precision and took them away.

Susan Beth Peterson

On February 10, 1991, Susan Beth Peterson, a 27-year-old Caucasian prostitute, was found on the same street as Mary Pratt. She was almost naked and had three bullet holes: in the head, in her left chest and in the back of her head. The coroner found that her eyes had also been removed. At this point, the investigators realized that it had to be a serial offender.

Shirley Williams

On March 10, 1991, Shirley Williams, an African American prostitute, was found dead near an elementary school. A waitress found her naked body propped against a curb. Their eyes had been removed, just like the previous two victims. Her face was bruised, her nose was broken, and she was shot in the face and through the top of her head.

arrest

On March 23, 1991, Charles Albright was arrested and charged with three counts of murder. The trial began on December 13, 1991. Albright's hair was found at the site of Shirley Williams' body.

On December 18, 1991, Albright was found guilty of the murder of Shirley Williams, but not of the murder of the other victims.

media

The May 1993 Texas Monthly article "See No Evil" addressed the question "How does a perfect gentleman become a vicious murderer?" The Eyeball Killer was written by John Matthews, the Dallas police officer who, with partner Regina Smith, was instrumental in identifying Albright as a murderer, and newspaper journalist Christine Wicker.

The American documentary series "Forensic Files" revealed the Albright case in the episode "See No Evil", which aired on June 14, 2001 (season 15, episode 2). The Home Box Office (HBO) television network published Albright's story, titled "The Collector," in the Autopsy series as episode 5; Autopsy 5: Dead Men Do Tell Tales , aired in 1998. The Investigation Discovery Network reported on the search for Albright in the series Evil, I "Eyes Are My Prize," which premiered on August 27, 2013.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1] See no evil. Texas Monthly. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. ↑ http://documents.latimes.com/charles-f-albright/
  3. ^ [2] Charles Albright - The Eyeball Killer from Texas
  4. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fAkgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XmUFAAAAIBAJ&dq=charles%20albright%20murder&pg=5313%2C5601569
  5. ↑ http://www.parkaman.com/charles-albright-eyeball-killer/
  6. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tZg9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=5jUMAAAAIBAJ&dq=charles%20albright%20murder&pg=3412%2C4773769
  7. ↑ [3] Investigation Discovery show spotlights Oak Cliff serial killer
  8. ↑ Entry in the Internet Movie Database
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20030206063654/http://www.hbo.com/autopsy/episode/episode_5_the_eyeball_killer.html
  10. ↑ https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/evil-i/full-episodes/eyes-are-my-prize
personal data
SURNAME Albright, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albright, Charles Frederick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American murderer
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1933