Free Republic

Jackson, Mich. (AP) -- A confessed serial killer who authorities said may have been responsible for dozens of deaths died Friday, only a little more than a week after he received a second life sentence, authorities said. Coral Eugene Watts, who said he targeted women with evil eyes, died in a secure area of Foote Hospital, Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan said. He was 53, and the cause of death was apparently prostate cancer, Marlan said. The Michigan attorney general's office has said Watts was a suspect in more than 25 slayings and may have killed more than...

The victims of confessed serial killer Coral Eugene Watts will be remembered at a ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 3511 Yoakum Boulevard. The event also serves as a call to action, said Andy Kahan, director of the Houston Victims Assistance Center which is sponsoring the event along with Justice For All. Watts pleaded guilty to burglary in 1982 in return for immunity in the slayings of 13 area women. Suspected in more than 80 killings, he is scheduled to be released from prison in May 2006. Kahan said the survivors of Watts' victims...

A day is worth more than 24 hours to Coral Eugene Watts. It's worth 72, a three-for-one bargain, a triple-time countdown to May 8, 2006. On that date, Watts, a man known to have killed 13 women and suspected of more than six times that many slayings, is scheduled to walk out of the Texas prison system. He will be the nation's only known serial murderer to be released. He will be 52 years old. Next month will mark the 20th year since state District Judge Doug Shaver sentenced Watts to what was then thought to be an immutable...