Eugene Britt

After the trial, he was transferred to the Indiana State Prison, located 80 kilometers away from Chicago. As of January 2021, the 63-year-old Britt is still alive and serving his sentence, under the prison number "963641".

However, the opening trial was postponed several times due to various reasons and circumstances, beginning in 2006. On October 6, 2006, Britt pleaded guilty to the murders of 14-year-old Nakita Moore, 24-year-old Tonya Dunlap, 41-year-old Maxine Walker, 50-year-old Betty Askew, 27-year-old Michelle Burns and 41-year-old Debra McHenry, in addition to the assault and rape of the 13-year-old girl. After another psychological exam, he was deemed intellectually disabled, leading to the court showing leniency towards him. On November 3, Britt was sentenced to an additional 245 years imprisonment. After the verdict's announcement, he burst into tears, expressing remorse for what he had done and asking for forgiveness from the victims' relatives and family.

In mid-2000, Britt's lawyers said that his mental state had severely deteriorated and was criminally insane, arguing that he couldn't be liable for his deeds and needed compulsory treatment. By request of the prosecutors, a forensic psychiatric examination was carried out by the end of the year, which deemed that Eugene Britt was sane and capable of standing trial.

Soon after his arrest, Britt was indicted in Porter County for the murder of Sarah Paulsen. In May 1996, on the basis of a plea bargain, he was spared the death penalty and instead received life imprisonment plus 100 years. In the summer, he was transferred to the Lake County Jail, pending the completion of further investigations. In February 2000, after a thorough investigation into his claims, Britt was charged with six more murders and the rape of a 13-year-old girl.

On November 3, 1995, Eugene was arrested on suspicion of killing 8-year-old Sarah Lynn Paulsen, whose body had been found on August 22 near her home in Portage.

In April 1978, he attacked a 17-year-old girl who was returning home from the Roosevelt High School, robbing and raping her. Britt would later be arrested for this crime, receiving a 30-year sentence in December of that year. After serving half of his sentence, he was paroled in August 1993 and returned to Gary, where he resorted to sleeping in homeless shelters due to financial constraints. During this period, he lived with one of his sisters and changed several jobs, doing low-skilled work. He preferred to spend most of his free time travelling around the city, riding on his bicycle. In early autumn 1995, Britt was hit by a train, causing him severe injuries due to which he had to use a wheelchair for the next several weeks.

Eugene Victor Britt (born November 4, 1957) is an American serial killer and rapist who killed at least seven girls and women in Gary and Portage, Indiana between May and September 1995. Suspected in a total of ten murders, he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Eugene Britt was born on November 4, 1957, in a large impoverished family residing in Gary, Indiana. Both of his parents were alcoholics, with his father frequently beating his mother. Due to this constant abuse, at age 14, Eugene dropped out of school and fled from home, living on the streets and using drugs. Around this time, he began to show signs of an intellectual disability.