Ottis Elwood Toole: Arsonist And Serial Killer

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Ottis Elwood Toole was an American criminal, arsonist and serial killer who was convicted in 1983 for six counts of murder. Imprisoned at Florida State Prison and was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted to life in prison. Ottis Toole died the age of 49 on September 15, 1996 before his death he admitted to several counts of rape, murder and even cannibalism. Due to an unstable childhood and agonizing upbringing formed an aggression in Toole early on which lead to many of his criminal activities. Committing his first murder at age 14. Toole became violently belligerent and became involved in scandalous killings. It is necessary to say that due to Toole’s upbringing and being born into a disturbed home. That Toole seemed sure to