Vic Feazell

Vic Feazell is an American lawyer, who was a District Attorney in Waco, McLennan County from 1983 until his resignation in 1988.

During his time in office he was involved in the investigation and prosecution of the 1982 Lake Waco murders and also several crimes to which Henry Lee Lucas had been linked.

[citation needed] Feazell announced his candidacy for District Attorney of McLennan County in Waco, Texas in 1982.

He would go on to win the election against the incumbent district attorney and became one of the youngest to hold the position in McLennan County.

A chronicle of the Lake Waco Murders can be found in the Edgar Award-winning book Careless Whispers by Carlton Stowers.

"[3] In 1984, after Henry Lee Lucas claimed to have killed over 300 people across the country, the Texas Rangers announced numerous murders to have been solved.

[citation needed] Feazell spent much of the 1990s representing Lucas to ensure he was not convicted based on any more false confessions.

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