Lawrence Bittaker & Roy Norris
Among the depraved serial killers The Toy Box and Tool Box Killers stand out the most to me. They did more than just torture, physically and mentally. In my opinion, they are the most sickening and terrifying ones to exist. They treated their victims as if they were objects and overall, they were monstrous. They are the most disturbing people I have ever heard of.
Lawrence was born September 27th, 1940 and died in prison on February 24th in 2020. Roy was born February 5th, 1949 and died in prison on February 24th, 2019.
The pair kidnapped, sensually assaulted, tortured and murdered 5 teenage girls in 1979. They would also record audio of the torture which is now used as FBI training. This is one case that has haunted FBI profiler John Douglas.
The pair's fifth and final victim, Shirley Ledford, was recorded and played in court. People had actually run out of the courtroom because of how bad it truly was. Reading the transcripts of the recording is just as disturbing hearing it as it is reading it. Even members of the jury ran from the courtroom crying and vomiting.
Lawrence and Roy would even play the recordings in the van as they drove around looking for more victims.
With one victim, she said she understood she was going to be murdered but asked to pray one last time before they did it. They wouldn't even allow that. The pair would use knives, screwdrivers and even shoved icepicks into the girls’ ears.
After Norris told a former inmate what he and Bittaker were doing the inmate told police, finally ending their reign of terror. Norris testified against Bittaker after pleading guilty to all charges in exchange for prosecutors not pushing the death penalty on him.
Despite a large search of the mountains where the others were found, the bodies of Hall and Schaefer have never been found. Bittaker admitted he started killing at age 18 and wasn't arrested until age 38. People believe he has more than the 5 victims he was charged with.
The innocent girls they murdered were:
16 year old Lucinda Schafer
15 year old Jacqueline Gilliam
13 year old Jacqueline Lamp
16 year old Shirley Ledford
