-Around the age of 12 Coral started to fantasize about killing girls and young women.
-After that he began to stalk girls and is believed to have killed his first victim before the age of 15.
-On June 29th, 1969 Carl was arrested for sexually assaulting a 26 year old women named Joan Gave. Carl was sentenced to the Lafayette Clinic, a mental hospital in Detroit. They said he suffered from mental retardation.
-Even though Carl had poor grades, he graduated from high school in 1973 and received a football scholarship to Lane College in Jackson, TN. He was only there for three months and got expelled for stalking and assaulting women.
-After he got expelled he
moved to Houston, TX
His murdering career began in 1974, his first known crime was when he
murdered a women named
Gloria Steele. He was never
charged for the crime.
"Coral" Carl Eugene Watts
Victims
The Sunday Morning Slasher
Jeanne Clyne: Stabbed 11 times with a screw driver
Shirley Small: Stabbed twice in the heart
Glenda Richmond: Stabbed 26 times
Lilly Dunn: Assaulted
Rebecca Huff: Stabbed over 50 times
Lena Bennett: Hung by neck in her garage
Elizabeth Montgomery: Stabbed in the chest
Susan Wolf: Stabbed to death in the chest
Emily Laqua: Stabbed
Karrie Jefferson: Stabbed
Elena Semander: Stabbed
Michelle Maday: Drowned
Margaret Fossi: choked to death
He admitted killing all these women & many many more...
Why is he the
Sunday Morning Slasher?
By: Katie & J.J.
He was the Sunday Morning slasher because he killed most of his victims on Sunday Mornings. The news paper and news stations titled him as the "Sunday Morning slasher"
Murders
Coral killed dozens of women from 1974-1982
Carl was suspected for a lot of crimes but was never charged. He didn't
get arrested until 1982
Coral Killed his victims by
Strangling, Stabbing & Drowning them.
He confessed to killing over 80 people & his victims were between the ages of 15 & 44
A Twist in the Case!
Carl's Case took a complete turn, when his attorneys discovered that judge shaver didn't specify the water in the bathtub as a deadly weapon. That gave Carl a chance to opportunity to file a appeal against his convection.
The court agreed since there
was no evidence that he used a
deadly weapon, he was charged
3 days for one day he was in
prison. His crime was reduced
to burglary. he was now going
to be out by 2006.
Basic Information
Born: November 7, 1953 in Killeen, TX
Death: September 21, 2007 in Jackson, MI
Cause of Death: Prostate Cancer
Sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Prison
Sentence
Corals Childhood
Carl got charged with aggravated burglary & attempted murder.
He was in prison in Huntsville, TX
at the Ellis Unit. Carl tried to escape
by greasing himself up with hair gel
and tried to slip though the
bars of his window.