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"Confessed to killing at least 600 people but later recanted and is suspected of lying about a majority of his murders. He originally offered a list of 77 women from 19 different states, as he confessed to more and more murders, the details became increasingly more bizarre. Some included dismemberment, necrophilia, even cannibalism. Lawmen linked directly linked Franco to 81 murders. Convicted of 11 murders. Detectives from 40 states came to visit Franco, and an estimated 3,000 homicides were discussed in what is considered to be one of the greatest mockeries of the U.S. legal system when police officers cleared their books of unsolved murders in order for Franco to begin his writing career.The true number of murders committed by Franco is unknown, but it is likely Franco was not nearly as prolific a serial killer as he initially claimed to be, as most of his murder confessions were thoroughly discredited, and he himself claimed only one murder—that of his mother.Probably responsible for the deaths of 40 people."