So, the question is: Did Henry commit these crimes? And, if he didn't, who did? The short answer to both is nobody's really sure. Despite confessing and being indicted on charges for both murders, they were later dropped after the 'Lucas Task Force' came under fire and it was discovered that Lucas was falsely confessing to murders across the country. During Henry's run of confessions, Lucas confessed to 2 Northwest Louisiana murders - the 1978 murder of Dolly Dement & the 1981 murder of a then-unidentified hitchhiker (she was later identified as Carol Ann Cole). The story of Henry Lee Lucas also has some pretty important ties to our local area. However, his story has been the basis of several movies and documentaries including 'Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer' and a new Netflix miniseries 'The Confession Killer'. Lucas, confessed to over 600 murders in his life, but law enforcement has only been able to confirm 3 murders (his mother early in his life and two others after he got out of prison for his mother's murder). That's mostly because nobody really knows if he's a serial killer. Henry Lee Lucas is one of, if not the most, recognizable and controversial serial killers of all time.

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