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William Darrell Lindsey
Born	March 18, 1935 Palatka, Florida, U.S
Died	April 17, 2001(2001-04-17) (aged 66) Marion Correctional Institute, Ocala, Florida, U.S
Other names	"Crazy Bill"
Criminal status	Deceased
Spouse(s)	Willa Jean ​ ​ (m. 1958; div. 1975)​ Annie Langley ​ ​ (m. 1975; died 1992)​
Children	7
Conviction(s)	Second-degree murder (x6)
Criminal penalty	30 years imprisonment
Details
Victims	7–25 (six convictions)
Span of crimes	1988–1996
Country	United States
State(s)	Florida North Carolina
Target(s)	Prostitutes
Date apprehended	December 1996

William Darrell "Bill" Lindsey (born Armstrong; March 18, 1935 – April 17, 2001), also known as Crazy Bill, was an American serial killer who murdered six prostitutes in St. Augustine, Florida, between 1988 and 1995. He was arrested shortly after he murdered a seventh prostitute in North Carolina, and, as part of a plea deal, he pleaded guilty to six of the murders in exchange for a 30-year-sentence in Florida. On April 17, 2001, he died of cancer whilst imprisoned.

Early life

Lindsey as a junior in high school

William Darrell Lindsey was born in Palatka on March 18, 1935, the only child of William, a roofer, and Mabel Armstrong, a homemaker. On August 18, 1935, when Lindsey was five-months-old, he was in the car with his parents when, for unknown reasons, the car swerved off the road and crashed. William and Mabel, in the front and passenger seats, died on impact. Lindsey, found wedged between the front and backseats, only sustained minor scratches and bruises.

A local couple from St. Augustine, Cecil and Olean Lindsey, who had recently experienced the loss of their infant son, adopted William. Besides William, the Lindseys' had three other children, two older daughters and a son. Cecil, his adoptive father, was a well-liked man who worked multiple jobs, his favorite being an actor for a local town attraction. Olean, his adoptive mother, was a nurse. Olean, a religious woman, was physically and emotionally abusive to her children. She viewed what was typically considered regular mischievousness as sinful, and felt it was her duty to punish those who perpetrated these actions. She frequently beat her children with frying pans and leather straps, pulled their hair, pinched them, and berated them. Cecil was submissive to his wife, allowing her to discipline their children and control all other household matters while he focused on work and other community events.

During his childhood, William tortured multiple cats, killing one. He also set a hut on fire that other boys in his neighborhood had built. In school, he was described as a c-grade student with low intelligence. He had been held back several times, reaching grade 12 at age 21. A small, meek child, he was bullied by classmates and other children in his neighborhood. Lindsey had no close friends and did not participate in any extracurricular activities. He did, however, have a job as a busboy at a local restaurant.

Adulthood

First marriage

At age 21, William received inheritance from his natural parents in the form of a trust. Unaware that he was adopted, he asked Olean about it, who informed him that his natural parents had died. She then demanded that he give her his inheritance as compensation for her for raising him. An argument ensued, during which Olean stated, "Well, what do you think I adopted and raised you for anyway?” In response, he hit her. A short time later, he dropped out of Ketterlinus High School and moved out of St. Augustine, becoming employed at the Pulling Typewriter Company. Soon afterwards, he moved to a small farming community in Palatka and got a job at the Hudson Pulp and Paper corporation. There, he met his first wife, Willa Jean.

The couple married on February 15, 1958. After their honeymoon, they moved back into the home of William's parents until they could afford their own house. Although they were still not fond of each other, the tension between William and Olean had subsided during his time away. Lindsey and Jean later rented a one-bedroom house a few blocks away, and had their first child, a daughter, the same year. In all, the two had five children together, three daughters and two sons. Lindsey enlisted in the Florida National Guard and began staying out late to drink excessively at bars. He frequently returned home drunk and beat his wife. After each beating, Jean would leave for a while, but always returned. In the 1960s, he started using heroin, but claimed to have stopped taking the drug after six months.

In 1970, Lindsey and his family moved to Tennessee, where he found work at a steel mill. Their marriage continued to degrade. Lindsey claimed that he had to tie Jean up because she threatened him with a shotgun. On another occasion, Lindsey said she tried to kill their children because she thought they had rabies. Jean claimed that her husband was drugging her after she found phenobarbital, an epilepsy medication, in his closet. However, no one in the family had a medical condition that required use of the medication. In 1974, Lindsey sent a seven-page suicide note to Jean. She showed the note to the police, and Lindsey was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital for two weeks. The couple separated, and Jean took the children to Ocala, where they stayed in a trailer she rented. After being released from the psychiatric hospital, Lindsey requested to take the children for a weekend. He took his five children for a drive, during which he crashed his car, causing three of his children to be injured – two with concussions, and one with a broken leg. Jean believed it was an attempted murder–suicide, but it was never investigated as anything other than a car accident.

After the crash, the couple reunited, but quickly separated again after Jean caught Lindsey with another woman at a bar. Around the same time, Jean was arrested twice and fired from her job as a bartender. Lindsey was also arrested for aggravated assault, but was never convicted of the charge. In July 1975, Lindsey and Jean divorced. Lindsey was granted full custody of all of his children after convincing the courts that Jean was mentally unstable.

Second marriage

A month after his divorce, Lindsey married Annie Laurie Langley and adopted her two sons. He worked odd jobs to support his family, but was often fired for theft and poor work habits.

Murders

Florida murders

At 7 p.m. on November 29, 1988, Lindsey solicited Anita McQuaig Stevens, a 27-year-old prostitute, at "crackhead corner," the intersection of King Street and Riberia. They drove five miles south in his blue sedan to the Route 312 Bridge over the Matanzas River. There, they turned to an unpaved dirt road left of the bridge. Lindsey stopped his car next to a cattail-bound pond surrounded by thick greenery and construction debris. At some point that night, Lindsey repeatedly hit Stevens in the face before taking her necklace and squeezing it around her neck. She managed to free herself, running out of the car and into the undergrowth. She was slowed down by palmetto fronds, allowing Lindsey to catch up to her. During the chase, he picked up a one-by-six board from the debris. He raised the board above his head and struck Stevens several times, crushing her eye socket, jawbones, nose, and the left side of her face. After she died, he dragged her back towards the pond, where he pulled her sweatpants down to her ankles and her sweatshirt over her breasts. He proceeded to burn her body with cigarettes, bite her neck and inner thigh, and insert tree branches into her vagina and anus. He then threw her into the pond and drove away.

Noose used to strangle Terrell

Between eight and 9 p.m. on June 10, 1989, Lindsey picked up Constance Marie "Connie" Terrell, a 26-year-old prostitute, in his blue Ford on West King Street. They drove to Holmes Boulevard and entered a small clearing concealed from the road. Lindsey jumped to the backseat with Terrell after turning the motor off. There, Terrell fondled his penis while he groped her breasts. However, he could not get an erection, and claimed that Terrell laughed at him. Lindsey became enraged and started beating her. She tried to defend herself, but was unsuccessful due to her intoxicated state and petite stature. Lindsey then grabbed a makeshift noose from under the front seat and twisted it around her neck. Gasping for air, she begged him to stop. Ignoring her cries, he dragged her out of the car to the ground, where he beat her with one hand as he strangled her with the other. Lindsey went back to his car to grab a rifle, after which he returned and pointed the rifle at Terrell's head. She pleaded with him, stating, "please! Please! Don't hurt me anymore." Lindsey replied, "bitch! Whore!" He proceeded to shoot her in the head, killing her. Lindsey dumped her body in a pit off Four Mile Road, where it was discovered the following day.

At approximately 4:15 p.m. on March 1, 1992, Lindsey solicited Lashawna Streeter, a 27-year-old prostitute, in the parking lot at Crack Head Corner. She jumped into his red Ford Granada and he drove. Once they reached the intersection to Four Mile Road, Lindsey claimed Streeter tried to steal his money and make a run for it. However, before she could open the car door, he slammed the breaks, causing her to crash into the dashboard. He then grabbed her by the neck and bashed her head against the dashboard three more times. Continuing to beat her with his fists, the last thing he said to her was, "dirty, cheating nigger whore!" He shoved the unconscious Streeter to the car floor and drove south to Old Dairy Farm Road. When he reached a secluded location along the road, he got out of his car, opened the passenger door, and dragged out Streeter by her hair. Although her body was limp, she was still groaning, so Lindsey kicked her until she stopped making noise. He then dragged her body several hundred feet into the woods and dumped her body in a puddle. Realizing Streeter's body was still too exposed, he covered it up with shrubbery before returning to his car and driving away. Ten days later, a handyman discovered Streeter's decomposing remains. That was when investigators first theorized that a serial killer could be responsible for the murders.

In April 1993, Lindsey spotted Donetha Snead-Haile, a 32-year-old prostitute, walking alone along the sidewalk of King Street. He pulled over and started talking to her. Eventually, they agreed on $50 for her services. She got in his white Jeep Comanche and he drove to his trailer on Master's Farm. After drinking and eating dinner together, the two went to Lindsey's bedroom and had intercourse for about 10 minutes. They then took a nap together for about 20 to 30 minutes. Afterwards, while driving her back to King Street, Snead-Haile confessed she was HIV positive. Lindsey became angry and hit her 6–7 times, killing her. He proceeded to dump her body in a creek before driving home.

In mid-June 1995, Lindsey was driving his pickup truck when Cheryl Denise Lucas, a 32-year-old prostitute, signaled to him. He pulled into a nearby parking lot, and Lucas entered the vehicle through the passenger-side door. As Lindsey drove, Lucas noticed a pile of money on the middle seat. She took the money and exited the slowly moving truck. Lindsey stopped his truck and grabbed a metal nail bar from under his seat. He chased Lucas, catching up with her at the railroad tracks west of Palmer Street. He then swung the bar at her head, knocking her unconscious. After she fell to the ground, he continued to smash her head with the bar until she died. Paranoid that someone might have heard the commotion, he wrapped her body in a tarp and loaded it into his truck bed. Afterwards, he drove his truck down back roads for five miles to Moultrie Creek. He exited his vehicle in a grassy area north of the creek and carried Lucas' body to a boat ramp, where he dumped her corpse face-down in the water.

On October 12, 1995,

Summary

#	Name	Age	Date of death	Place of death	Cause of death	Weapon used
1	Anita McQuaig Stevens	27	November 29, 1988	Fish Island Road, St. Augustine, Florida	Bludgeoning	Wood plank
2	Constance Marie "Connie" Terrell	26	June 10, 1989	Holmes Boulevard, St. Augustine, Florida	Gunshot wound to the head	.22-caliber semi-automatic rifle
3	Lashawna Streeter	27	March 1, 1992	Four Mile Road, St. Augustine, Florida	Beating	Hands
4	Donetha Snead-Haile	32	April 1993	King Street, St. Augustine, Florida	Unknown	Unknown
5	Cheryl Denise "“Niecey" Lucas	32	Mid-June 1995	Palmer Street, St. Augustine, Florida	Bludgeoning	Crowbar
6	Diana Richardson	48	October 12, 1995	Holmes Boulevard, St. Augustine, Florida	Beating or drowning	Hands
7	Lucy Arnett Raymer	32	December 25, 1996	Chunns Cove Rd, Asheville, North Carolina	Blows to the head
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Death

On April 17, 2001, Lindsey died from cancer whilst imprisoned at the Marion Correctional Institute in Ocala, Florida.

In media

Season five, episode eight of Investigation Discovery’s ‘Evil Lives Here, titled, "I Hate Being Daddy's Girl," is about the childhood of Robin Lindsey, one of Lindsey's daughters.

Bibliography

• Vernon, McCay; Vernon, Marie (2005). Deadly Lust. New York: Kensington Books. ISBN 9780786016990.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)