Her body had been found with the eyes removed, leading to the media dubbing Albright the Eyeball Killer.
Albright was also charged with the murders of three other women (Rhonda Bowie, Mary Lou Pratt and Susan Peterson) whose bodies were found in the Dallas area between 1988 and 1991.
He was then caught stealing hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise from a hardware store and received a two-year prison sentence.
[6] Mary Lou Pratt, 33, a Caucasian well-known sex worker in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, was found dead,[7] wearing only a t-shirt and bra.
[3] On March 22, 1991, Albright was arrested on charges of murder after rookie police officer Regina Smith uncovered crucial evidence of his crimes.
[13] The May 1993 Texas Monthly magazine article, "See No Evil" asked the question 'How does a perfect gentleman become a vicious murderer?
'[3] The Eyeball Killer was authored by John Matthews (the Dallas police officer who with his partner Regina Smith was instrumental in identifying Albright as the murderer) and newspaper journalist Christine Wicker.
[14] The American documentary series Forensic Files documents the Albright case in the episode titled "See No Evil", originally aired June 14, 2001.
[16][17] The Investigation Discovery network reported the manhunt for Albright in the Evil, I episode "Eyes Are My Prize", which aired on August 27, 2013.
On October 20, 2016, the true crime podcast My Favorite Murder discussed the case on its 39th episode "Kind of Loco".
[20] A feature film based on the Albright case called The Eyes of Jefferson went into pre-production in Dallas on January 11, 2022.
[21] In 2024, Lifetime released a movie called Searching for a Serial Killer: The Regina Smith Story as part of its "Ripped from the Headlines" feature films.
It stars Karrueche Tran as Regina Smith, Blair Penner as her partner Eddie, and Ted Cole as Charles Albright.