Serial killer who murdered women in Texas and Michigan. In 1982, he confessed to 12 murders in Texas after he was given immunity from murder charges and was sentenced to 60 years for aggravated burglary. His confessions allowed Texas authorities to clear many unsolved homicides, freed a man who was wrongly convicted of killing one of Watts' victims, and caused one woman's manner of death to be changed from suicide to homicide. A 1989 Texas appeals court ruling reduced his sentence. Because of "good time" and mandatory release laws in place at the time, he would only serve about 25 years.
Watts was convicted of two murders in Michigan in separate trials. On 07 Dec 2004 he was given a life sentence for one murder and on 13 Sep 2007 was sentenced to life without parole for the other murder. He was incarcerated at a maximum security prison in Ionia, Michigan, and died in a hospital in Jackson, Michigan, of prostate cancer. Law enforcement agencies consider Watts a suspect in 80 to 90 unsolved murders.
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SOURCE: Watts' obituary from Legacy.com, author unnamed, date not stated
Coral Eugene Watts, a confessed serial killer who once told police that he had murdered more than 80 people, has died. He was 53. His death Friday came a little more than a week after receiving his second life prison sentence in Michigan, authorities said. Watts, who said he targeted women with evil eyes, died in a secure area of Foote Hospital in Jackson, said Russ Marlan, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections. Watts, who had been an inmate at the Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility, had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and was in the hospital all but one day since Aug. 28, Marlan said. The Jackson County medical examiner's office said it considered Watts' death to be of natural causes, and no autopsy would be performed. Corey Mitchell, a true-crime author whose book, "Evil Eyes," focused on Watts, called him "the country's most brutal serial killer." He said his research indicates that Watts may have killed more than 100 people and that Watts' criminal exploits surpassed those of other, more notorious serial killers such as John Wayne Gacy Jr., Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer.
Watts was convicted of two murders in Michigan in separate trials. On 07 Dec 2004 he was given a life sentence for one murder and on 13 Sep 2007 was sentenced to life without parole for the other murder. He was incarcerated at a maximum security prison in Ionia, Michigan, and died in a hospital in Jackson, Michigan, of prostate cancer. Law enforcement agencies consider Watts a suspect in 80 to 90 unsolved murders.
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SOURCE: Watts' obituary from Legacy.com, author unnamed, date not stated
Coral Eugene Watts, a confessed serial killer who once told police that he had murdered more than 80 people, has died. He was 53. His death Friday came a little more than a week after receiving his second life prison sentence in Michigan, authorities said. Watts, who said he targeted women with evil eyes, died in a secure area of Foote Hospital in Jackson, said Russ Marlan, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections. Watts, who had been an inmate at the Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility, had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and was in the hospital all but one day since Aug. 28, Marlan said. The Jackson County medical examiner's office said it considered Watts' death to be of natural causes, and no autopsy would be performed. Corey Mitchell, a true-crime author whose book, "Evil Eyes," focused on Watts, called him "the country's most brutal serial killer." He said his research indicates that Watts may have killed more than 100 people and that Watts' criminal exploits surpassed those of other, more notorious serial killers such as John Wayne Gacy Jr., Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer.
Serial killer who murdered women in Texas and Michigan. In 1982, he confessed to 12 murders in Texas after he was given immunity from murder charges and was sentenced to 60 years for aggravated burglary. His confessions allowed Texas authorities to clear many unsolved homicides, freed a man who was wrongly convicted of killing one of Watts' victims, and caused one woman's manner of death to be changed from suicide to homicide. A 1989 Texas appeals court ruling reduced his sentence. Because of "good time" and mandatory release laws in place at the time, he would only serve about 25 years.
Watts was convicted of two murders in Michigan in separate trials. On 07 Dec 2004 he was given a life sentence for one murder and on 13 Sep 2007 was sentenced to life without parole for the other murder. He was incarcerated at a maximum security prison in Ionia, Michigan, and died in a hospital in Jackson, Michigan, of prostate cancer. Law enforcement agencies consider Watts a suspect in 80 to 90 unsolved murders.
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SOURCE: Watts' obituary from Legacy.com, author unnamed, date not stated
Coral Eugene Watts, a confessed serial killer who once told police that he had murdered more than 80 people, has died. He was 53. His death Friday came a little more than a week after receiving his second life prison sentence in Michigan, authorities said. Watts, who said he targeted women with evil eyes, died in a secure area of Foote Hospital in Jackson, said Russ Marlan, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections. Watts, who had been an inmate at the Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility, had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and was in the hospital all but one day since Aug. 28, Marlan said. The Jackson County medical examiner's office said it considered Watts' death to be of natural causes, and no autopsy would be performed. Corey Mitchell, a true-crime author whose book, "Evil Eyes," focused on Watts, called him "the country's most brutal serial killer." He said his research indicates that Watts may have killed more than 100 people and that Watts' criminal exploits surpassed those of other, more notorious serial killers such as John Wayne Gacy Jr., Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer.
Watts was convicted of two murders in Michigan in separate trials. On 07 Dec 2004 he was given a life sentence for one murder and on 13 Sep 2007 was sentenced to life without parole for the other murder. He was incarcerated at a maximum security prison in Ionia, Michigan, and died in a hospital in Jackson, Michigan, of prostate cancer. Law enforcement agencies consider Watts a suspect in 80 to 90 unsolved murders.
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SOURCE: Watts' obituary from Legacy.com, author unnamed, date not stated
Coral Eugene Watts, a confessed serial killer who once told police that he had murdered more than 80 people, has died. He was 53. His death Friday came a little more than a week after receiving his second life prison sentence in Michigan, authorities said. Watts, who said he targeted women with evil eyes, died in a secure area of Foote Hospital in Jackson, said Russ Marlan, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections. Watts, who had been an inmate at the Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility, had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and was in the hospital all but one day since Aug. 28, Marlan said. The Jackson County medical examiner's office said it considered Watts' death to be of natural causes, and no autopsy would be performed. Corey Mitchell, a true-crime author whose book, "Evil Eyes," focused on Watts, called him "the country's most brutal serial killer." He said his research indicates that Watts may have killed more than 100 people and that Watts' criminal exploits surpassed those of other, more notorious serial killers such as John Wayne Gacy Jr., Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer.
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