Henry Lee Moore ( born 1874 in Boone County , Missouri , date of death unknown ) was an American forger , murderer and 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
Villisca axe murders
Villisca axe murders
Henry Lee Moore