United States of America
GREEN
Ricky Lee & Sharon
Active from 1985-1986 in Texas
DID YOU KNOW...
Execution Fact
Green's drug use was so bad, the executioner had a hard time finding a vein
Interesting Fact
Instead of throwing it out, Green gave his father a blood stained mattress cover to store
Sad Fact
Fefferman died on his birthday
THE DISPATCH
The Beginning
Ricky Lee Green had an abusive childhood, a heavy alcohol addiction, a sadomasochistic spouse (Sharon) and a desire to gruesomely kill people. Green included his wife in some of the killings. Green’s sister said he confessed that his wife was involved, but Green told police he acted alone.
The Murders
Jeffrey Lynn Davis
- March 27, 1985
- Fort Worth, Texas
On March 27, 1985, 16-year-old Jeffrey Lynn Davis disappeared. In April, his mutilated, castrated and almost decapitated body is found in a swamp at the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge at 9601 Fossil Ridge Rd, Fort Worth, Texas.
Betty Jo Monroe
- October 12, 1985
- Boyd, Texas
Betty Jo Monroe of Amarillo was a drifter who sometimes danced topless for money. She met Green and went back to his Boyd, Texas, mobile home with him. There, she was sexually assaulted by both Green and his wife, Sharon. Monroe was stabbed 17 times and she was beaten on the head with a hammer. One breast was mutilated. Green’s child was asleep in another room during the murder. Green dumped her in Wise County. She was found in a rural area of Flatwood on October 13, 1985. It was just one day after she died.
Her body would go unidentified until 1989, when fingerprints on file in Amarillo. Monroe would travel with a motorcycle gang under the name, Betty Jo Montana.
Sandra Lorraine Bailey
- November 23, 1985
- Boyd, Texas
On November 23, 1985, Sandra Lorraine Bailey went to the Green Mobile home. Green and his wife sexually assault her. Bailey, from Forth Worth, is stabbed 30 times and sexually mutilated. They bludgeoned her with a hammer. The Greens killed Bailey while Ricky was sexually assaulting her, as part of their thrill. They left her nude body in the trailer before dumping her body the next day. She was found December 2 in a Clay County culvert. She was 28.
Steven Fefferman
- December 29, 1986
- Fort Worth, Texas
Steven Fefferman was a Tulane University grad and a KXAS advertising executive from Fort Worth. December 29 was his birthday, and he went looking for some casual sex to celebrate. He had the misfortune to pick up Green for a sexual liaison at the beach. Fefferman, 28, brought Green back to his home where Green castrated and murdered him on December 29, 1986. Green had tied Fefferman to the bed with neckties and repeatedly stabbed him. Fefferman was castrated. Green stole money and fled in Fefferman’s car.
Arrests & Trials
Ricky Lee & Sharon Green Arrested
- April 27, 1989
- Fort Worth, Texas
Sharon Green, now the killer’s ex-wife, told a drug addiction counsellor about the murders. She was encouraged to go to police. She told police that he had given her details about the crimes, but she has remained silent out of fear.
Police used the information from Sharon, along with Crime Stoppers tips and previous work, to build a case against Green. He had long been a suspect in one case, and Green was arrested April 27, 1989. During his incarceration, Green went on a hunger strike to protect prison conditions. He also tried to hang himself with a T-shirt, but clearly was unsuccessful.
Bloody Mattress Cover
- May 10, 1989
- Fort Worth, Texas
During the investigation, Green was also linked to another attack. Green’s father had been storing a mattress cover for his son. He turned it over to police, who found bloodstains on it. Both Green and his wife claimed it was from an attack in 1984 or 1985. They had brought a man to their home, attacked him, and took him to hospital. Police could not verify the information.
Sharon Green Guilty in Monroe Case
- February 23, 1990
- Fort Worth, Texas
At her first trial, prosecutors decided against seeking the death penalty, suggesting Sharon Green had a developmental impairment. Sharon claimed she was a victim of spousal abuse, and forced to participate. She said her husband forced her to torture and slay women. The jury did not buy her defence strategy. She was convicted in Monroe’s murder on February 23, 1990. She was sentenced 2 days later to a probationary period of 10 years. The Bailey trial was still to come.
Sharon Green Pleads to Bailey
- March 1, 1990
- Fort Worth, Texas
On March 1, as part of a plea bargain, Sharon Green pleaded guilty to killing Sandra Lorraine Bailey. The next day, Sharon received a concurrent 10-year probation sentence.
Witness Gardner G. Nolley Murdered
- May 18, 1990
- Memorial Oak Park, Fort Worth, Texas
Three people travelling through Memorial Oak Park in suburban Fort Worth found a dead body. Gardner G. Nolley had been stabbed 3 times, including once in the heart. His 1980 Chevy Camaro was found May 24 near downtown Lubbock. The murderers had set it on fire. Nolley was on the prosecutor’s list of witnesses for the Green trial. Police said there was no connection between the murder, and Green.
Green Sentenced to Die
- September 14, 1990
- Fort Worth, Texas
During the trial, Green’s sister said he confessed that his wife was involved, but he told police he acted alone. On September 14, 1990, Green is convicted for the murder of Fefferman. While talking to a clinical psychologist, Green has suggested Fefferman deserved to die for being gay. Only during the sentencing phase does the jury hear about the other murders. He is sentenced to death on September 21.
Green Gets Life for Davis & Monroe Murders, Admits to Bailey
- August 1 & 2, 1991
- Fort Worth, Texas
On August 1, Green pled guilty to murdering Davis. The next day, he pleaded to murdering Monroe. As part of a plea deal, he admitted Bailey’s murder, and, in total, Green was given 2 life sentences.
The life sentences mean that should the death sentence be overturned for any reason, Ricky Lee Green would remain incarcerated.
Police said they thought Green was involved in up to 8 other murders. He was never charged with any additional murders.
Ricky Lee Green’s Death
Killer Executed
- October 8, 1997
- Hunstville, Texas
On October 8, 1997, Green was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, for the murder of Fefferman.
SIMILAR SERIAL KILLERS
Moors Murderers
Married couple Ian Brady and Myra Hindley also killed together
Wanda Allen Jean
also died by lethal injection
Susan Macleod
received less probationary time than Sharon Green, for killing 2 people
BOOKS
Books about or including Ricky Lee or Sharon Green
50 American Serial Killers You’ve Probably Never Heard Of, Vol.5 by Robert Keller
Publisher : CreateSpace Independent
Paperback : 186 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1535138468
At any given time there are between 30 and 50 serial killers roaming the streets of America. These are their stories.
50 shocking true crime cases, including;
Alfred Cline: A prolific “Bluebeard” serial killer who murdered at least eight of his wives on their honeymoons.
Kimberly Saenz: Psychotic nurse who killed her elderly patients by injecting them with bleach.
Robert S. James: An inventive serial killer who used auto accidents and rattlesnake bites as his methods of mayhem.
Robert Browne: Claimed 49 victims who he killed by “every method known to man.”
Rudy Bladel: Bitter at being fired from his job, Bladel spent the next 20 years blowing away railroad employees.
Thomas Whisenhart: A dedicated family man who enjoyed carrying out postmortem mutilations on his victims.
Lorenzo Fayne: Horrendous child murderer who killed in order to have sex with his victims’ corpses.
Jeremy Bryan Jones: Charming ladies’ man who murdered at least 4 and possibly as many as 21 women.
Larme Price: Targeted “Middle Eastern” shopkeepers and claimed his killings were committed in revenge for 9/11.
Ricky Lee Green: Sexually deviant serial killer who enjoyed mutilating and gutting his victims.
Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters by Peter Vronsky
Publisher : Berkley; Illustrated
Paperback : 512 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0425213902
In this fascinating book, Peter Vronsky exposes and investigates the phenomenon of women who kill—and the political, economic, social and sexual implications buried with each victim.
How many of us are even remotely prepared to imagine our mothers, daughters, sisters or grandmothers as fiendish killers? For centuries we have been conditioned to think of serial murderers and psychopathic predators as men—with women registering low on our paranoia radar. Perhaps that’s why so many trusting husbands, lovers, family friends, and children have fallen prey to “the female monster.”
From history’s earliest recorded cases of homicidal females to Irma Grese, the Nazi Beast of Belsen, from Britain’s notorious child-slayer Myra Hindley to ‘Honeymoon Killer’ Martha Beck to the sensational cult of Aileen Wournos—the first female serial killer-as-celebrity—to cult killers, homicidal missionaries, and our pop-culture fascination with the sexy femme fatale, Vronsky not only challenges our ordinary standards of good and evil but also defies our basic accepted perceptions of gender role and identity.
Texas Death Row: Executions in the Modern Era by Bill Crawford (Editor)
Publisher : Plume; Illustrated edition (Jan. 29 2008)
Paperback : 432 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0452289307
A chilling catalog of the men and women who have paid the ultimate price for their crimes
The death penalty is one of the most hotly contested and longest-standing issues in American politics, and no place is more symbolic of that debate than Texas. Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977, Texas has put more than 390 prisoners to death, far more than any other state. Texas Death Row puts faces to those condemned men and women, with stark details on their crimes, sentencing, last meals, and last words. Definitive and objective, Texas Death Row will provide ample fuel for readers on both sides of the death penalty debate.
Blood Rush by Patricia Springer
Publisher : Pinnacle (May 1 1994)
Mass Market Paperback : 384 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0786005529
In this never-before-told story of America’s most deviant serial killer–Ricky Lee Green, called by the FBI “more dangerous than Ted Bundy”–readers learn the chilling story of a man whose childhood abuse drove him to a life of violence and perversion, and the preacher’s daughter who shared his thrills. Includes 12 pages of shocking photos.
Hardwired Behavior: What Neuroscience Reveals about Morality by Laurence Tancredi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press (June 28 2010)
Paperback : 240 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0521127394
In many areas of modern life rapid developments in science are overwhelming established norms. Brain biology, through DNA testing and advanced brain imaging techniques, has given medical scientists new insights into the functioning of the human mind. This erosion of long-standing beliefs has many implications for understanding and treating what society considers to be aberrant or immoral behavior. What medical science is indicating is that the focus of our emphasis on mental processes–particularly free will and intentionality–is shifting to recognition of the important role the physical brain plays on human thought and behavior. In Hardwired Behavior the author argues that social morality begins in the brain, for without the brain there would be no concept of morality. Individual responsibility, therefore, must be reconsidered in the light of biological brain processes. The question of whether new scientific findings destroy the relevance of free will, placing it in the context of biological forces that may operate outside the conscious control of the actor, is one of intense debate. Hardwired Behavior takes this question and moves it into the open by clearly detailing neuroscience discoveries and explaining how the ancient precepts of “morality” that have guided mankind throughout its history must now be seen through the new lens of brain biology.
VIDEOS & PODCASTS
Ricky Lee Green and his wife Sharon murdered women, while Ricky Lee also murdered a man and a boy. Here’s more
The Search For Ricky Lee Green’s Grave by Exploring with Seth
Beyond The Grave – Serial Killer Ricky Lee Green by WhatThe? Paranormal
A Bloody Romance (Ricky Lee Green & Sharon Dollar) by Adventures in Murderland
THE STATS
Killer in a Historical Timeline
Statistical table for Ricky Lee Green
| Killer Name | Green, Ricky Lee |
| Partnership | Yes |
| Gender | M |
| Arrest Date | April 27, 1989 |
| Conviction Date | September 14, 1990 |
| Sentence | Death sentence; 2 life terms |
| Birth Location | Tarrant County, Texas USA |
| Birth Date | December 27, 1960 |
| Death Date | October 9, 1997 |
| Deceased | Yes |
| Executed | Yes |
| Cause of Death | Lethal injection |
| Height | 173 |
| Physical Issue | Lost eye in a ""barbed wire incident"" |
| Suffer Physical Abuse | Beaten by father with various items, almost drowned, punched, etc from ages 9-16 |
| Suffer Physical Abuse | Beaten by father with various items, almost drowned, punched, etc from ages 9-16 |
| Psychological Abuse | Father ran knife around his genitals and threatened to castrate him if he didn't stop wetting the bed |
| Sexual Abuse | yes |
| School Grade | 8th grade dropout |
| Sexual Preference | Straight |
| Marital Status | Remarried |
| Number of Children | At least 1 daughter |
| Killer Type | Sexual/Sadistic, Territorial |
| Drug Abuse | Yes (executioner had trouble finding a good vein in his left arm because of his long term drug use) |
| Alcohol Abuse | yes |
| Bed Wetting | Yes |
| Partner Name | Green, Sharon |
| Parnter Gender | F |
| Partner Relation | Wife |
| comment1 | During the Fefferman trial, Green's sister told the court about their abusive father. In retaliation, one uncle (the father's brother) threatened Green's mother and punched a hole in the woman's car's oil pan. |
| comment2 | Green was found with the driver's license of a woman from out of state. When contacted, she said she had been assaulted by a man with a glass eye - almost 10 years earlier |
| Total Dead Victims | 12 |
| Victims (Suspected) | 8 |
| Victims (Confessed) | 3 |
| Victims (Convicted) | 4 |
| Victim Gender | Various |
| Victim Race | White |
| Victim Age | 16, 27, 28 |
| Victim Type | Strangers |
| Method of Killing | Beating, strangulation, exsanguination |
| Weapon | Hammer |
| Abduction | Yes |
| Robbery | Yes |
| Sex Assault | Yes |
| Torture | Yes |
| Overkill | Yes |
| Washing/Water | Yes |
| Body - Moved, Hidden | Yes |
| Previous Crimes | assault |
Statistical table for Sharon Green
| Killer Name | Green, Sharon |
| AKA | Sharon Dollar |
| Partnership | Yes |
| Gender | F |
| Arrest Date | April 27, 1989 |
| Conviction Date | February 23, 1990 |
| Sentence | 1 term of 10-years probation for Monroe: 1 concurrent term 10 years for Bailey on March 1, 1990 |
| Status | Alive or Unknown |
| Sexual Preference | Straight |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Number of Children | 1 daughter |
| Killer Type | Sexual/Sadistic, Stationary |
| Drug Abuse | Meth |
| Partner Name | Green, Ricky Lee |
| Parnter Gender | M |
| Partner Relation | Husband |
| Total Dead Victims | 2 |
| Victims (Convicted) | 2 |
| Victim Gender | F |
| Victim Race | White |
| Victim Age | 28, 27 |
| Victim Type | Drug addict, hitchhiker |
| Method of Killing | Beating |
| Weapon | Hammer |
| Abduction | Yes |
| Sex Assault | Yes |
| Torture | Yes |
| Overkill | Yes |
| Mutilation | Yes |
| Washing/Water | Yes |
| Body - Moved, Hidden | Yes |
Killer Rating for Ricky Lee Green
Killer Rating Sharon Green
RESOURCES
- Odessa American (Dec 7, 1986)
- The Kilgore News Herald (Jan 4, 1987)
- The Tyler Courier-Times (Apr 28, 1989)
- The Marshall News Messenger (May 10, 1989)
- Austin Daily Texan (June 19, 1989)
- Big Spring Herald (Feb 14, 1990)
- The Tyler Courier-Times (Feb 23, 1990)
- Longview News-Journal (Mar 02, 1990)
- Port Arthur News (Mar 2, 1990)
- The Monitor (Sep 10, 1990)
- The Galveston Daily News (Sep 15, 1990)
- The Odessa American (Sep 18, 1990)
- The Times (Sep 20, 1990)
- Tyler Morning Telegraph (Sep 22, 1990)
- Longview News-Journal (Aug 03, 1991)
- The Odessa American (Oct 04, 1994)
- The Monitor (Oct 09, 1997)
- Appeal 39 F.3d 582 (Nov. 28, 1994)
- Appeal No. 96-50669 (June 27, 1997)