Toole claimed this abuse began when he revealed his homosexuality to his family. He also claimed that his maternal grandmother was a Satanist who exposed him to various Satanic practices and rituals in his youth, including self-mutilation and graverobbing, and dubbed him the 'Devil's Child'. Toole claimed that, as a young child, he was a victim of sexual assault and incest at the hands of many close relatives and acquaintances, including his older sister and a next-door neighbor. Toole's father was an alcoholic who abandoned him, while his abusive mother would, according to Toole, dress him in girls' clothing and call him Susan. Ottis Toole was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. This section relies largely or entirely on a single source. Lucas had backed Toole's confession to the Walsh murder, claiming that he had been in possession of the victim's severed head, though Lucas had a reputation for false confessions. Police attributed the 1981 murder of Adam Walsh to Toole on the basis of recanted statements. He died in his cell from cirrhosis, at age 49. Toole received two death sentences, but on appeal, they were commuted to life imprisonment.

The discrediting of the case against Lucas for crimes for which 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 who police used to clear unsolved murders from the books. Like his companion Henry Lee Lucas, Toole made confessions which he later recanted, which resulted in murder convictions. Ottis Elwood Toole (March 5, 1947В вЂ“ September 15, 1996) was an American drifter and serial killer who was convicted of six counts of murder.

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