While the detectives gathered at the LEC to greet the alleged Strangler, another body had been found in Charlotte. Also attending was the manager of the Death Row unit at the prison. She told him she needed her money for rent. He couldnt take out any money with Mack's card. On June 19, 1992, Wallace let himself into his girlfriend's apartment using a key he had taken from her. Contacting Caroline's roommate, Sadie McKnight, to ask her where her friend might be, Sadie expressed that she too had become suspicious because it was not like Caroline to remain incommunicado for more than 48 hours, even if she was staying with friends. Wallace continued to live with McKnight. He tied it around the baby's neck tightly. He demanded keys, the safe combination, and the alarm code for Bojangles. Baucom was wholly reliable and acts of absenteeism, especially two in a row, were contrary to her efficient nature. Why Marry a Convicted Killer? Rebecca Torrijas Wallace Becky Houghton Torrijas Phone Number Address Background Report Addresses Mayfield Ct, Wilmington, NC Turgotine Ln, Wilmington, NC Cotton Ln, Pineville, NC Plus Addresses In Charlotte, NC | Elk Grove Village, IL Relatives Johnson Molly Houghton Mike Houghton View details Phone Numbers (910) nay - peek (910) nay - peek Stinson had been raped, and then strangled with a ligature. Wallace was her boss at a Taco Bell restaurant. She refused again. Marvin and Quanisha; Dr. Death . Leading the interview was Sergeant Patrick Sanders who, according to the Charlotte Observer, "is known for remaining calm and logicalHis rough-skinned face is open and kind, his soft frame non-threatening.". -- Debra Slaughter, 35, found strangled and stabbed in her apartment on March 12. Seven months passed. Valencia Jumper was a good friend of Wallace's sister, Yvonne. Thats well over 30 ebooks in one package. It's just that simple. And they were black.". On June 22, he killed coworker Audrey Spain. Mecklenburg County public defender Isabel Day served as an official witness and photographer. Soon, Hawk was unconscious. "I took a towel and placed it around the baby's neck, and I didnt want to tie it tight enough to choke him(just) enough to make it difficult for him to breathe.". The manager of Bojangle's Restaurant on Central Avenue contacted Kathy Love to tell her that her sister, Caroline, had not reported to work in a couple of days. You hit the mall too hard. Since being sentenced to death in 1997, Wallace has been appealing to the courts to overturn the death sentences, stating that his confessions were coerced and his . It would be almost two years (March 1994) before her body was discovered in a wooded area in Charlotte. Conducting the presentation is Sergeant Gary McFadden, one of Charlotte-Mecklenburg's top investigators. She was severely burned. The police did not anticipate a serial killer or the avalanche of public dismay that would come when his rage eventually began to escalate. The only cash she had on hand was $15 in her purse and loose change she kept in a Pringle's Potato Chips can. The ceremony took place at the Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, where Torrijas met Wallace after his arrest in 1994. He needs to sincerely repent for his sins. And where the populace doesnt like to think that maybe a strangler is watching their kids on their way to school or eyeing their wives and girlfriends doing a little light shopping. He then joined the U.S. Navy where he stayed for a few years before he was kicked out for criminal misconduct in Washington State, where he was stationed. Wallace: It was a condition. He wouldn't have lied to me for two years while my sister was missing and then killed all those other women." While a sailor, Wallace married Maretta Brabham, a girl he had seen on and off since sophomore year at Barnwell High. Finding his friend's door bolted, he summoned a fellow tenant who called the fire department. Not in the kitchen, not in the bathroom, not in her bedroom. It didnt stop him from having sex with her. Wallace demanded to see the medicine she was taking for this "illness." He was fired from several different restaurants, eventually ending up as a manager at a local Taco Bell. When she turned her back, he subdued her. "(But) I went back to her apartment. It is chock full of artwork, rare documents, FBI files and in depth articles regarding serial murder. Quick Facts Rebecca is a high school graduate. But, the jury was unmoved. Rather than mark her death certificate as suspicious death, which would have resulted in a more intense investigation of the cause, the coroner listed the cause as thermal burns and closed the case. These are not the kind of tiny paperback novels that you are accustomed to. Moyo wakuubwana . As his consternation increased so did his drug habits. "About two days later I went back, and the body had almost decayed to the point where she looked just like leather, an ET doll, or something. Perhaps they at one time worked together. Afterwards, Wallace told her to get dressed and took her into the bathroom. I took a gold chain from around her neck.". Brandi Henderson's cousin, George Burrell, when asked what he thought, merely shook his head and simply wanted to know what made Wallace do what he'd done. It keeps on the move with strip malls, and shopping centers, and storefront businesses, and fast-food chains, and movie houses and small whatever-shops along its major avenues. The detectives approached the families of the three victims and asked for a list of people that each woman might let into their apartment. She met Wallace through her sister, who worked for him at Taco Bell. Finally, on Feb. 4, he was arrested for allegedly shoplifting. It also includes the best true crime artwork from around the world. The baby, barely able to breathe, sputtered and choked, but stopped crying. Perhaps he thought that two weeks was long enough to wait before taking another victim, since Mack's murder hadnt even been reported on the news. Mack had two daughters, aged seven and four months, at the time of her death. Also attending was the manager of the Death Row unit at the prison. There was no time for a police investigation between Baucom's death and Wallace's next murder. He currently is on death row in Raleigh, N.C. Why had it taken the police so long to capture such a manic, careless killer? It would not have. These years moved uneventfully, his academic achievements sparse. Her skull had suffered lacerations and bruising caused by a blow from a dull and heavy object. The case was filed. The thefts funded his crack habit, but sex was the initiator. Although he had not previously been assigned to the Strangler case, his excellent record had earned him a tough and thankless position. When Spain turned her back, he put the choke on her again. Wallace asked her for a drink. But, while this was happening, a headquarters dispatcher summoned a patrol to the apartment of Brandi Henderson, whose boyfriend had just found her dead. The prisoner nodded and replied that having already admitted to what he had done, "I feel like a big burden has been lifted.". These kids had dads with whom to play stickball and fly kites, but little Henry had no dad. This spree began undetected on June 19, 1992. Time heals, said the clich. As the investigation steam-rolled forward, however, the killer struck twice in two successive nights. The final time being while he choked her to death. Hours before the conference, the department appointed Sgt. ``It makes no difference whether he's on death row or skid row; he has a right to be married,'' said Central Prison Warden James French. Again, he dragged his victim into the bedroom and raped her. On June 5, 1998, Wallace married a former prison nurse, Rebecca Torrijas, in a ceremony next to the execution chamber where he has been sentenced to die. An ambulance rushed little T.W. Her nickname was inscribed on her gravestone. Although they were never allowed to consummate their marriage, the couple remains in communication; Torrijas is a constant visitor. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. That's when I quickly put the pillowcase around her neckI asked her for all the money she had because she had told me she had just gotten an income tax return back. She gave him a code. He went back to the same apartment complex that night, March 8, knowing that his friend Vernon Woods would be at work, and he could resume his original plan: the murder of Brandi Henderson. Because it was the same eatery on Central Avenue where Caroline Love had worked before she disappeared from the face of the earth, Manager Jeffery Ellis became cautious. Add 1 quart whole milk, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, and 1 (3-inch) cinnamon stick. Charlotte's police chief was stumped by a serial killer in their midst and wasn't aware of it. In 1991, Henry moved to Charlotte, where he found jobs at various restaurants and was pursuing girls. She began to cry. Rebecca Houghton Torrijas. Returning to the apartment, he grabbed a roll of quarters and locked the door. He moved back in with his mother and sister, now relocated to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area of South Carolina. He got out of the cab and walked to a bank machine. When a visiting friend knocked on the door, the 3-year-old told him that their mother was sleeping on the kitchen floor. I asked her for her teller card (and) PIN number.". According to Wallace's confession, Baucom stood up and told him that she forgave him. For 12 hours, he confessed to the murders of 10 women in Charlotte. He was booked on the shoplifting charges, given a court date, and released. The chastisement instilled little Henry with such terror that he would often go in his pants, then try to hide his mistake by concealing his soiled trousers. During this time, Wallace dated other girls, though still pining for Maretta. Upon leaving, he stole her Visa MasterCard and Exxon gas card, using the latter to make several gas purchases. All but one knew Henry. Honor Above All. Debra Slaughter's father also suggested that each girl's murder investigation took a low priority because of her race and economic status. She then phoned the local Taco Bell, where Shawna worked part time, to see if Shawna had been called in, but the counter clerk told her she was not listed on the evening's schedule. Nonsense! After taking Carolinas body to his car, in broad daylight and unnoticed in a sizable apartment complex near a high traffic area of town. At one point, an investigator told Wallace that he did not seem to be a bad man by nature, and asked him if he thought he might be schizophrenic. Betty Baucom was a friend of Wallace's current girlfriend, Sadie McKnight. Something was wrapped around her throat; it looked like a pillowcase. Returning to her apartment, he grabbed a roll of quarters he saw lying on her dresser. However, many in the area's black community criticized the police's conduct during the investigation, accusing them of neglecting the murders of black women. Charlotte's police chief, Dennis Nowicki, had said he was not aware of a killer until early March 1994, when three young black women were murdered within four days of each other. She continued to beg. Two more weeks passed. However, all was not bliss and the couple divorced roughly a year later. The next day, March 11, Baucom's stolen car was recovered. He was sentenced to death in Raleigh Central Prison.<br><br>Born:<br>4th November 1965<br>Place of birth:<br>Barnwell, South Carolina<br>Pseudonym:<br>The strangler from Taco Bell<br>Penalty:<br>Death penalty<br>Convicted of:<br>Murder<br>Rape . In her classes at the university, Professor Coston hosts a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation on Wallace's 1992-94 homicides, highlighting the details of the investigation and the ultimate identification of Wallace. Wallace would kill again 16 days later. After they finished smoking, he throttled her and pinned her to the floor. You get this sense of kindness. Fourteen years at taxpayers expense and Henry Wallace is still breathing and doing exactly what he pleases except rape and kill, and the rape may now be part of his prison exercise rights. I really don't want him dead but he had to pay the ultimate price of execution set by the state. He graduated there in 1983 and moved to Washington State to join the U.S. Navy. Mecklenburg County public defender Isabel Day served as an official witness and photographer. They were married in a room next to the Execution Chamber. On February 20, 1994, Wallace visited Vanessa Mack, the sister of one of his employees who worked with two of his previous victims. His court-appointed lawyer, Mecklenburg County public defender Isabel Day, served as an official witness and photographer. Initially sentenced to death, Mansons sentence was later commuted to life in prison. When Woods found Henderson, strangled and stiff, her face was a bluish tone. NO ERROR.". In fact, when he worked at a radio station in his hometown of Barnwell, S.C., he was known as "Night Rider" because of his smooth, sexy voice. Welcome! Two years later, Henry was tried and convicted on 18 charges, including rape, robbery, and murder. CJUS. Premium subscribers enjoy unlimited access to all articles. His father called on the phone, out of nowhere; he introduced himself and told the boy he had always wanted to meet him. She said yeah, she did she gave me the money that was in her purse. Last Name: Wallace. This is truly a one of a kind collectors item for anyone interested in the macabre world of true crime, prison art or the strange world of murderabelia. The military in countless places have latrine ditches. During the second week of March, 1994, things began to break open. Jesse Jackson? The home in which he lived with his mother and siblings, none of whom knew their fathers as their mother did not also not a new phenomenon had no electricity nor indoor plumbing. Your family is intrusive. People in Wallace's hometown say he had a crush on her. Wallace then stabbed her four times in the back with a kitchen knife. It was only in the week of March 9, 1994 that Charlotte Police warned the people in East Charlotte that there was a serial killer on the loose. Wallace grabbed her by the throat, and pushed her to the floor. Wallace had intended to steal Brandi's TV and stereo since he had a means of conveyance at his hands (Baucom's automobile). "The community hated me," he confesses, "and in a way I felt like a scapegoat. Something happened when Wallace was in sixth grade that would psychologically scar him for life. Search by Name. He did. Jumper was an ambitious 19-year-old college student, recently relocated from Columbia, South Carolina, who worked at Food Lion Groceries as well as at a clothing shop to help pay tuition. Author Anastasia Toufexis says of Wallace, "Women, taken with his sweet smile, solicitous attitude and pleasant looks, trusted himThey invited him to their homes for dinner, watched while he cradled their babies in his arms, accepted his invitations to date.". Her humanity towards those she defends sets her apart as a hero in the legal system. At the LEC, Wallace was led into an interview room where several men stood around a long bare table under fluorescent lighting. That night, Henry Wallace raped and murdered Brandi June Henderson, the mother of two small children. According to serial killer crime expert Robert Ressler: "'If he elected to become a serial killer, he was going about it in the wrong way,' said Robert Ressler, one of the "Mr. Wallace always seemed to take one step forward and two steps back," Ressler testified. Examiners studied the case and, in April of 1995, announced their findings. "I caught her arm and I grabbed the knife from her and I stabbed her about 20 timesIt was a little knifeshaped kind of like a dagger. It is highly unlikely that Sadie was naive about Henry Wallaces behavior or his attentions towards her roommate but Wallaces statement to authorities was that he had to kill Carolina Love because she spurned his advances that day and threatened to tell all his other girlfriends what he was really about. According to FBI serial murder expert Robert Ressler: "If he elected to become a serial killer, he was going about it in the wrong way Mr. Wallace always seemed to take one step forward and two steps back. It was not until weeks later that her body was discovered. Immediately after he re-entered civilian life, Maretta left him. "Most serial killers are white men who kill strangers.". At an emergency press conference, the department committed to results and assured the people that investigations would continue. He claims to have committed murders while stationed around the world during his time in the Navy. You smoke. They indicated that the girls did not seem to know each other although some had crossed paths or had never worked or schooled together. Notorious at the time for its poor treatment of Blacks with the busing situation, the Black attorney who had been stabbed with an American flag, and for an attack on a Black high school football player, Boston reflected this social climate in its major newspaper, the Globe. When the older child ran for a friend, James Mayes, to tell him that his mother was "sleeping on the floor," Mayes hurried over to discover Stinson lying cold in a pool of blood. He was brought before Magistrate Karen Johnson who came to the LEC just before noon on March 13, the morning following his confession. They had him in handcuffs, and they had let him go. In spite of all this, he was a very popular high school student and graduated in 1983. As he choked her, she blacked out. His tone is neither beleaguered nor frightened. (The police department at this point was still unsure if it was dealing with unrelated criminals or with an individual strangler.). Here are just a few prison love stories for your Valentine's Day pleasure: Lyle and Erik Menendez grew up in the lap of luxury. No interview with Wallace is recorded in the investigation. In February, 1993, Henry Wallace (still residing with Sadie) stopped by to visit a young friend, Shawna Hawk, one of his Taco Bell employees. Female. When she turned her back, Wallace choked her, dragged her to the bedroom, and raped her. Laisure and Atkins eventually divorced, and in 1987, she married James Whitehouse, a Harvard Law School graduate who was 15 years her junior. Twice failed, he decided to cruise by Spain's apartment building to check things out himself. She told the Observer that, concerning her defense of Wallace, "All I could do is care about him as a human beingI did not see in him the monster that other people saw.". In May of 1994, Dee Sumpter of Mothers of Murdered Offspring asked Charlotte's City Council to investigate the police department. Of course, fear of him might have led them to lie about that and file the report to cover his sorry rear after cleaning up the mess he left behind. Throughout the night he figured Baucom might appear with a reasonable explanation. But, over the next several hours these men would take turns interviewing the suspect until he confessed to killing all nine of the Charlotte women Caroline Love, Shawna Hawk, Audrey Spain, Valencia Jumper, Michelle Stinson, Vanessa Mack, Betty Baucom, Brandi Henderson and, less than 48 hours before he was arrested, Debra Slaughter. 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