Overview
- Watts admitted to 13 murders after years of attacks, with investigators recalling his remark that there were not “enough fingers and toes” to count his victims.
- Detroit media labeled him the Sunday Morning Slasher as several killings occurred around 4 a.m. on Sundays with a recurring victim profile.
- Roommate Melinda Aguilar escaped an attack in 1982 and helped police identify and arrest him in Texas.
- He initially received a 60-year prison term that was later cut to 24 years due to immunity tied to a legal technicality.
- He died of cancer in 2007 at Michigan’s Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility.