What did Charles Albright do?
Charles Albright was an American murderer and suspected serial killer from the Texas area. He was a petty thief during his early years, spent a year in jail, and after his release was expelled from college after being found with stolen items.
In 1981, he molested a friend’s 14-year-old daughter, and when he was prosecuted, he pleaded guilty and received probation. His behaviour escalated to murder in the early ’90s after he killed a sex worker named Mary Lou Pratt. She was shot in the back of the head and badly beaten. The medical examiner reported that the killer also removed both of her eyes with surgical precision and took them with him, likely as a trophy. This earned Albright the moniker of the “Eyeball Killer.”
He murdered at least two other sex workers, Susan Beth Peterson and Shirley Williams, in similar circumstances, once again removing their eyes. It is believed he was responsible for many more murders that couldn’t be proven.
What happened after his arrest and during his trial?
On the 22nd March, 1991, Albright was arrested for murder. His trial began on the 13th December, 1991, but the evidence against him was largely circumstantial. On the 18th December, the jury found him guilty for just one murder, which was that of Shirley Williams. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Where is Charles Albright now?
Charles Albright was imprisoned in the John Montford Psychiatric Unit in Lubbock, Texas. He died at the West Texas Regional Medical Facility in Lubbock, Texas in August, 2020. He was 87 years of age.
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