Carl Eugene Watts Research Paper
Carl Eugene Watts
This predator who effortlessly took the lives of more than eighty women has long been punished,
however, the torment, love lost, friends gone; one thing remains that these women, they will
never be forgotten.
Carl Eugene Watts was born in Fort Hood, Texas on November 7th 1953. His parents divorced in
1955. Two years old, his mother moves to Detroit. Carl grows up with his grandmother.
As a child Carl had meningitis, which prompts high fevers. As a result, Carl developed leaning
disabilities.
He was described as being a soft-spoken and polite young man. He had as well, an athletic
ability. He also participated in the Golden Gloves program. He was considered academically
below average.
By the age of …show more content…
He admitted to attacking 15 females. He refused to talk about the Steele murder.
He had another evaluation, being court ordered before his trial. The evaluation was at the Center
for Forensic Psychiatry in Ann Arbor. Being described as dangerous and most likely to attack
again. He was found competent to stand trial. He was diagnosed with social personality disorder.
He pled no contest. He received one year for the assault and battery charges. Never was charged
in the murder of Gloria Steele. June 1976 he was out of jail and went home to his mother.
April, 1980, Ann Arbor police, forty miles west of Detroit, were called to the home of seventeen year old Shirley Small. She had been attacked, repeatedly cut with what they think was a scalpel.
She bled to death where she fell on the sidewalk. Glenda Richmond, 26, found by her doorway.
Twenty eight stab wounds. Rebecca Greer, 20, stabbed fifty-four times.
A task force was formed at this time. With which, the evidence, was nil to none. They had none.
no witnesses or evidence.
At this time Carl was working with this step-father at a trucking company. He had a child. He
would later meet a woman that he would later
This predator who effortlessly took the lives of more than eighty women has long been punished,
however, the torment, love lost, friends gone; one thing remains that these women, they will
never be forgotten.
Carl Eugene Watts was born in Fort Hood, Texas on November 7th 1953. His parents divorced in
1955. Two years old, his mother moves to Detroit. Carl grows up with his grandmother.
As a child Carl had meningitis, which prompts high fevers. As a result, Carl developed leaning
disabilities.
He was described as being a soft-spoken and polite young man. He had as well, an athletic
ability. He also participated in the Golden Gloves program. He was considered academically
below average.
By the age of …show more content…
He admitted to attacking 15 females. He refused to talk about the Steele murder.
He had another evaluation, being court ordered before his trial. The evaluation was at the Center
for Forensic Psychiatry in Ann Arbor. Being described as dangerous and most likely to attack
again. He was found competent to stand trial. He was diagnosed with social personality disorder.
He pled no contest. He received one year for the assault and battery charges. Never was charged
in the murder of Gloria Steele. June 1976 he was out of jail and went home to his mother.
April, 1980, Ann Arbor police, forty miles west of Detroit, were called to the home of seventeen year old Shirley Small. She had been attacked, repeatedly cut with what they think was a scalpel.
She bled to death where she fell on the sidewalk. Glenda Richmond, 26, found by her doorway.
Twenty eight stab wounds. Rebecca Greer, 20, stabbed fifty-four times.
A task force was formed at this time. With which, the evidence, was nil to none. They had none.
no witnesses or evidence.
At this time Carl was working with this step-father at a trucking company. He had a child. He
would later meet a woman that he would later