The Cold Case Club: The Journalist and the Self-Proclaimed Serial Killer
February 16, 2022
LIVE EVENT
The crimeHQ Cold Case Club: The Murder of Debbie Williamson
This session of the Cold Case Club welcomed Phillip Hamilton, who was a a crime reporter in Lubbock, Texas in the 1980s. He joined us with Investigators George Jared and Jen Bucholtz and host Olivia LaVoice to continue our breakdown of the unsolved Debbie Williamson murder case.
Bucholtz began with a brief overview of infamous killer Henry Lee Lucas in case any crimeHQ members watching weren't familiar with him. Mostly known for his confessions these days, Lucas confessed to about 600 slayings, all across the U.S. in the 1980s. However, these were mostly false confessions, despite many police departments having closed cases based on his "admissions." In many cases, they were reopened once it was proven that Lucas could not have been the perpetrator. One of those cases was that of Debbie Williamson. Bucholtz recommends watching the Netflix series "The Confession Killer" about Lucas, as Debbie's case is featured in a couple of the episodes.
Weirdly, according to Bucholtz, authorities had fingerprint evidence showing that Lucas could not have killed Debbie before 1984, which is when he confessed to it. Additionally, Lucas wasn't the one who came forward with the confession. It was actually Lubbock, Texas, law enforcement who went to Lucas and brought him in for questioning.
About the Cold Case Club
Join the crimeHQ Cold Case Club as a citizen detective for the newly invigorated investigation into Debbie Williamson’s death. Your hosts and guides throughout the event will be CrimeCon Austin fan favorites, Jennifer Bucholtz and George Jared. Jen is a Former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Agent-turned-private investigator. George is an acclaimed crime author and investigative reporter. After cracking a difficult cold case together (the murder of Rebekah Gould), the pair has teamed up again to take on the murder of 18-year-old Debbie Williamson with our help.
Beginning on Tuesday, January 25th and weekly thereafter for 10 weeks, you will take a deep dive into the case files, hear from Debbie’s husband and family, learn from experts in death investigations, forensics, weapons and profiling, and be tasked to assist Bucholtz and Jared in their investigation, all with the hopes of finally catching a killer, or killers.
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