Ottis Toole, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ottis Toole

American serial killer, arsonist, cannibal, and necrophile

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1947

Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Date of Death: 15-Sep-1996

Profession: serial killer, criminal

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Ottis Elwood Toole (March 5, 1947 – September 15, 1996) was an American drifter and serial killer who was convicted of six counts of murder.
Like his companion Henry Lee Lucas, Toole made confessions he then later recanted, which resulted in murder convictions.
The discrediting of the case against Lucas for crimes Toole had offered corroborating statements created doubts as to whether either was a genuine serial killer or, as Hugh Aynesworth suggested, both were merely compliant interviewees whom police used to clear unsolved murders from the books.
Toole received two death sentences, but on appeal they were commuted to life imprisonment.
He died in his cell from cirrhosis, aged 49.
Police attributed the murder of Adam Walsh to Toole on the basis of recanted statements.
Lucas had backed Toole's confession to the Walsh murder, claiming he had been in possession of the victim's severed head.