Charles Albright, the Texas Eyeball killer, was convicted of murdering three prostitutes. In December 1990, a Dallas prostitute by the name of Mary Lou Pratt was found dead with a .44-caliber gunshot wound to the head. When the medical examiner lifted the 33-year-old victim’s eyelids, Pratt’s eyes were missing. They had been surgically removed.
In the next four months, two more prostitutes were found dead in similar fashion with carved-out eyes. One of the women was a friend of Pratt’s who had called police saying she had information about the killer but she never revealed what that was.
Police got a break when Albright’s girlfriend called detectives saying she broke off the relationship because of his obsession with her eyes and knives. Police searched Albright’s home and found a collection of books on serial killers, Nazi literature, a .44-caliber gun, surgical knives and a doll collection that had eyeless masks.
At trial, the prosecution suffered many blows. The only solid evidence was hairs found at Williams’ murder scene that matched Albright. The jury found him guilty for all three murders.
