True Crime Friday: Scott Lee Kimball, The FBI Informant/Serial Killer

Scott Lee Kimball is a convicted felon and serial killer. In Colorado he murdered at least four people over a two-year period. The FBI strongly suspects Kimball in at least 21 other unsolved killings. He did most of his killings while being an FBI Informant. His nickname was Hannibal. I have written stories about truly evil people. None of them have anything on this particular monster. Kimball is one of the worst serial killers in the United States. How did he earn this title? You will soon find out and be outraged! He began his reign of terror in Colorado in 2003 and it ended upon his arrest in 2006. He was a career criminal using confidence scams, check fraud and robbery. His first violent crime happen when he murdered LeAnn Emry.

As with the majority of cases involving people with little to no means, the police did not fully investigate the murder of LeAnn Emry. That gave Kimball the free reign to brutally murder more people. Kimball was paid by the FBI for information and they protected him in his white collar scams. He was protected by the FBI regarding his fraud schemes because they thought he was giving them vital information regarding crimes. The FBI soon discovered that the information Kimball was providing was fake which embarrassed the FBI. The agent that oversaw the investigation was disciplined. He insisted that he was not the only one enabling Kimball at the bureau.

Kimball created evidence that his victims were still alive after he had killed them. He then proceeded to use the checks and credit cards knowing they were dead. The authorities believed Kimball that his victims were alive and had simply moved on with their lives.

The Early Childhood of Scott Lee Kimball

Kimball was born September 21, 1966. He was ten years old when his mother left his Dad for another woman. The two women raised the children when his mother divorced their Dad. Their dad move to another state. Kimball was upset about the breakup of his parents. He began committing crimes soon after their separation. Kimball and his younger brother went to live with their grandmother where they were both molested by their neighbor. Theodore Peyton would take the boys to his cabin in woods where he would take naked photos of them. He would also sexually assault them.

Kimball tried and failed to commit suicide because of the abuse. That is when authorities learned of the abuse and found a tape recording of the abused by Peyton. Those around Kimball said he changed after the suicide attempt. He seemed to have lost any kind of moral compass. Peyton was eventually, found to have molested several young boys and was convicted of seven counts of sexual assault. It was said that Kimball felt shame and did not think of himself as a real  man when the public found out that he had been sexually assaulted by his neighbor. Kimball wrote a letter to the judge asking that Peyton be sentence to additional prison time to no avail.

He was briefly married and had two sons. The marriage did not last. His ex-wife stated that during their marriage he ran several white collar scams which brought authorities to their home on multiple occasions. He was married three times. The things he did to his third wife and daughter were just horrific!

But before I delve into the story regarding his third wife let me discuss how he kidnapped his second wife twice and raped her. He had ran away from a work release program. During this time he was hired as an informant by the FBI. He eventually had four sons and tried to kill one of his son’s for insurance money. Charges were never brought because there were conflicts between jurisdictions where the case should be prosecuted.

Lori McLeod, had a daughter named Kaysi McLeod, who was a troubled child. She had a drug problem but had been working on staying clean for over a year. Kimball reported to her mother that he had found drugs in Kaysi's bedroom. The mother and daughter had a heated argument because Kaysi said she did not have any drugs and had been sober for over a year. Kimball offered to take Kaysi and her boyfriend to a motel for a cooling off period.

The truth is Kimball had planted the drugs so that he could be alone with Kaysi and have his way with her. He convinced Lori and her boyfriend that Kaysi had left the state because she was mad at her mother. But one day, while the boyfriend was at work Kimball raped and murder Kaysi. He then buried her at a campground near their home. He married Lori McLeod and had their honeymoon at the campground a few feet away from where he had buried her daughter. Terry Kimball, Scott Lee Kimball’s uncle came to live with the couple after winning the lottery. He was in bad health and needed assistance with daily chores. You guessed it, his uncle later disappeared while Kimball kept collecting his winnings.

The Victims of Scott Lee Kimball

• Kaysi McLeod, 19
• Jennifer Marcum, 25
• LeAnn Emry, 24
• Terry Kimball, 60
• Lori McLeod, Survivor and Mother of Kaysi McLeod
• Unknown Murder Victims (Suspected of at least 21 murders)
• Victims of his white collar Scams

Lady Justice

A 2006, check fraud scheme was finally the end tor Kimball. The authorities discovered the murders because of this scheme. He had agreed to take police to the bodies of his victims but he did not produce results. He was charged with violations of his plea agreement. Eventually, three of his victims were found in Utah and Colorado. While in state prison, he additionally pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting an escape. Kimball pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 70 years in prison on October 8, 2009. He is currently serving his sentence in federal prison, a high-security facility in Florence, Colorado.

Reference

Scott Lee Kimball | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Scott Kimball's Victims: Who Were They? How Many People Did He Kill? (thecinemaholic.com)

Scott Lee Kimball - Wikipedia

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