His mother once committed him to a psychiatric hospital after discovering his journals, in which he detailed his fantasies about rape and murder, his hero worship of Charles Manson, his avowed Satanism, and his strong desire to become a serial killer.

[3] On July 27, 1993, Massey murdered two teenagers: 14-year-old James Brian King and his 13-year-old stepsister, Christina Benjamin, in his hometown.

[7] Massey was quickly connected to the crime by forensic evidence and arrested, shortly after getting out of jail for animal cruelty.

Massey wrote about planning his murders by talking about how to evade detection to the police and purchasing weapons.

[3] A witness testified that while he was walking in the woods, he had found a cooler containing animal bones, primarily skulls and jawbones.

[10] Massey's crime was documented on an episode of the TV series Forensic Files called "Pure Evil".