Henry Lee Moore
Henry Lee Moore | |
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Photo of Moore from a newspaper excerpt, c. 1913 | |
| Born | November 1, 1874 Columbia, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | September 30, 1963 (aged 88) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Other names | L. Smith |
| Conviction | First-degree murder (2 counts) |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment; commuted and released in 1949 |
| Details | |
| Victims | 2–25 |
Span of crimes | 1910–1912 |
| Country | United States |
| States | Florida, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Colorado, Kansas |
Henry Lee Moore (November 1, 1874 – September 30, 1963) was an American suspected serial killer who was convicted of killing his mother and grandmother with an axe in their home. While in prison, it was alleged by a Justice Department agent named W. M. McClaughry that Moore was possibly responsible for a string of unsolved axe murders in several states, among them being the Villisca axe murders.