Episode Summary
For decades after she was mysteriously murdered and left on the side of a busy interstate, she was known only as Orange Socks Doe. But after years of investigations, law enforcement learns that her case may be even more complicated than they first thought.
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Episode Info
Debra Louise Jackson, Orange Socks Doe
Original Orange Socks composite sketch
Elaine McCuistion
Henry Lee Lucas
Frieda Powell
Ottis Toole
Henry Lee Lucas & Ottis Toole
Composite sketches of Orange Socks Doe from 1990 (left) and 1998 (right)
Episode Source Material
- Austin American-Statesman: Body found in I-35 ditch, by Robert Schwab
- YouTube: KVUE REWIND: ‘Orange Socks’ body found – Nov. 1, 1979 | KVUE
- Austin American-Statesman: Autopsy shows victim strangled with bare hands, by Robert Schwab
- Austin American-Statesman: Only I-35 links 9 slain women, by Robert Schwab
- Austin American-Statesman: I-35 killer profile studied in seminar, by Mike Cox
- Austin American-Statesman: Clues to murderer of mystery woman could pay $1,000
- Austin American-Statesman: Deaths along I-35 frustrate sheriffs, by Mike Cox
- Tyler Morning Telegraph: Suspect Gives Murder Details, by Associated Press
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: 5th Texas murder charge filed against Henry Lucas, by Gayle Reaves
- Austin American-Statesman: Date for Lucas trial set in Georgetown, by Terry Goodrich
- Austin American-Statesman: Lucas, accomplice believed suspects in 8 area slayings, by Jerry White
- Austin American-Statesman: Lucas reunited with partner in Florida jail, by Terry Goodrich
- New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung: Lucas, Toole indicted on murder charges, by Associated Press
- Austin American-Statesman: Judge approves venue change for Lucas case, by Terry Goodrich
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: State to open its prosecution of Lucas today, by Gayle Reaves
- Austin American-Statesmen: Lucas jurors hear taped confessions, by Terry Goodrich
- The Galveston Daily News: Lucas portrayed as cold-blooded rapist-killer, not insane, by Associated Press
- Austin America-Statesman: Lucas guilty of strangling in Williamson, by Terry Goodrich
- Tyler Morning Telegraph: Jury Sentences Lucas To Death By Injection, by UPI
- The Odessa American: Lucas attorneys had strange tasks in murder trial, by Mike Cochran
- The Paris News: AG probing Lucas confessions, by Associated Press
- Austin American-Statesman: Area lawmen blame 8 slayings on 2 notorious drifters, by Mike Cox
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Officers swallowed Lucas’ lies and let hoax grow, Mattox says, by Karen Hastings
- The Paris News: Lucas pleased with governor’s interest in case, by Associated Press
- Austin American-Statesman: Lucas case poses old, unanswered question, by Osler McCarthy
- Austin American-Statesman: Murder victim’s identity still a mystery after 25 years, by Staff and Wire Reports
- Austin American-Statesman: Unsolved cases to go to retired cop squad, by Tony Plohetski
- YouTube: Detectives get a break in “Orange Socks” cold case murder | 10/2018. Uploaded by Fox 7 Austin
- KVUE ABC: 1979 ‘Orange Socks’ cold case victim identified as Debra Jackson of Abilene, by Drew Knight, Hank Cavagnaro
- YouTube: Amarillo police assisting with ‘Orange Socks’ case | KVUE
- Austin American-Statesman: Girl, 16, missing. By Jeff Barton
- Austin American-Statesman: Defendant claims 100 slayings, by Mike Cox & Jerry White
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Daughter sent slaying suspect to mom’s home, by Gayle Reaves
- The Biography Channel: Henry Lee Lucas Biography
- The Independent: Arrest made in decades-old Texas cold case murder to which notorious serial killer had falsely confessed, by Oliver O’Connell
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Woman says she is companion Henry Lee Lucas was convicted of killing, by Ken Dilanian
- Austin American-Statesman: Tragedy veiled in doubt, by Bill Douthat, Arnold Garcia Jr., and Tom Knutsen
- Austin American-Statesmen: Appeal denied in ’80 kidnap – death of Lanier High School sophomore
- A Plague of Murder: The Rise and Rise of Serial Killing in the Modern Age, by Colin Wilson (e-book edition)