Cory Morris

Cory Deonn Morris (born May 10, 1978), known as The Crackhead Killer, is an American serial killer and necrophile who killed at least five women at his trailer in Phoenix, Arizona, over a period of eight months from 2002 to 2003. Morris was convicted of the five murders and sentenced to death.

Murders As victims, Morris targeted female sex workers whom he arranged meetings with. Later, during his confessions, Morris claimed all the women had died either of a drug overdose, but abruptly changed all of the stories to claim he accidentally strangled them.

Barbara Codman – September 2002 According to his confession, Morris claimed that in early September 2002, he exchanged with 46-year-old sex worker Barbara Codman, who agreed to have sex with Morris for $20. After the sex, Morris claimed he went outside to run nighttime work while Barbara stayed in the trailer to do drugs. Later, upon entering the trailer, Morris discovered Barbara unresponsive, attributing her death to an overdose. After some time, Morris reportedly changed the story to detectives and claimed he accidentally strangled her during sex. Shanteria Davis – October 2002 According to his confession, Morris said in October 2002, Shanteria Davis agreed to have sex in his trailer for $5. Upon the outcome of the sex, Morris left the trailer for some time before returning and finding Davis unconscious. He claimed he covered her body with a blanket before heading out, after which he returned home and disposed of her body in an alleyway not too far from his house. Upon hearing from homicide detectives how this explanation was impossible, Morris recanted his original confession. He asserted that during the night of the sex, Davis had requested Morris to choke her with her own hair, but upon doing that, he accidentally asphyxiated her and later disposed of her body in the alleyway. Upon this, Morris was arrested. In a subsequent autopsy, Castillo was found to have been dead for a couple of days before her discovery. The other victims were found near Morris' trailer; for such, he was questioned. He confessed but deflected responsibility away from him, saying that they all overdosed, but later changed the stories to the fact that he accidentally killed them. Due to evidence presented at trial, including his deflection away from responsibility, the jury found him guilty of five counts of murder, and sentenced him to death.