From Troubled Young Man to Suspected Serial Axe Murderer: The Strange Saga of Henry Lee Moore
In 1913, Henry Lee Moore was convicted for the brutal murders of his mother and grandmother. Investigators and historians now believe he may have been a prolific serial killer
Background
On the night of December 17, 1912, an assailant snuck into an unassuming cottage and spied his next victim, 63-year-old Georgia Moore. Georgia was sitting in an armchair, applying ointment on her sore joints when the perpetrator crept up behind her and struck her multiple times on the back of her neck and head.
The murderer then found 83-year-old Mary Wilson, Georgia’s mother, asleep in her bed; the killer raised the axe and hit Mrs Wilson repeatedly as she slept.
The bodies of Georgia and Mary Wilson were found the following day, bloodied and hacked in their beds.
Henry Lee Moore
Henry Lee Moore was the eldest son born to Enoch and Georgia Ann Wilson on November 1, 1874, in Boone County, Missouri. Little is known about his childhood, but as an adult, Henry Lee Moore worked as a Blacksmith's helper and was described by people as a “friendly-looking man”—but Henry reportedly also had a dark side.
Moore is said to have had a morbid interest in visiting…
