'Tool Box Killer' Roy Lewis Norris, who admitted he and Lawrence Sigmond Bittaker brutally raped and murdered five girls in 1979, dies behind bars.
Roy Lewis Norris, one of the “Tool Box Killers” who preyed on teenage girls in Los Angeles County more than 40 years ago, has died, state corrections officials said Tuesday.kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered five girls in 1979. Their nickname came from the tools — including a screwdriver, pliers and an ice pick — that they used on their victims.
The killings began in June 1979, with the death of Lucinda Lynn Schaefer, 16. She was followed by Andrea Joy Hall, 18; Jacqueline Doris Gilliam, 15; Jacqueline Leah Lamp, 13; and Shirley Lynette Ledford, 16.Norris testified against Bittaker after pleading guilty to all charges in exchange for prosecutors not seeking the death penalty against him. He was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison.
A Los Angeles jury convicted Bittaker of five counts of murder, five counts of kidnapping as well as other charges, including criminal conspiracy, rape and sodomy.died of natural causes on Dec. 13, 2019, at San Quentin State PrisonBecause of various legal challenges and court decisions, California has not executed anyone in years, and last year, Democratic
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