
Toole and Lucas were just a couple of lonely-guy-murdering-drifters when their paths finally crossed in 1976 at a Jacksonville soup kitchen, per Investigation Discovery. Toole was back in his hometown to get away from the heat of the murder suspicions in other states, and Lucas frequented Florida during his drifter years, according to The Pylon. The men made fast friends while chatting outside the soup kitchen. They became lovers, and realized drifting, raping and killing was better together. But just how much killing the duo did will likely never be known.
Not for the usual reason — i.e. lying to hide crimes. In the case of Toole, and especially Lucas, they confessed to so many killings investigators realized they must be lying. The logistics just didn't add up, The Toronto Sun reported. Toole was convicted of arson in 1983 and Lucas followed just two months later when he was arrested on a weapons charge. That's when Newsweek says Lucas started confessing, claiming he'd killed around 600 women from 1975-1983. Toole said he himself had killed just over 100 women.
Lucas was convicted of nine murders and sentenced to death, according to ABC News. He died of natural causes in 2001. While in prison, he changed his story and said he'd killed no one at all, per The Pylon. Toole was convicted of six murders and died in prison in 1996 of cirrhosis of the liver, Investigation Discovery reported.
The Confession Killer, a five-part documentary series on Lucas, is streaming on Netflix.
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