8 Killers With Bizarre Motivations

8. Lester Bower Wanted An Ultralight Airplane

By the time he was executed via lethal injection in 2015, Lester Bower had spent over 30 years on death row for committing a quadruple-murder in 1983.

In October of that year, the corpses of Jerry Brown, Bob Tate, Philip Good, and Ronald Mayes were found inside an airplane hangar on a Texas ranch. The four men had been shot in the head at point-blank range, a crime for which Bower was later arrested when corroborating evidence was found at his home.

The motive? Apparently, Bower killed his victims in an effort to steal a $4,000 ultralight airplane that Tate was selling. Tate was the first one to receive a bullet, with the other men being shot when they unexpectedly arrived at the hangar.

Right up until his death, Bower maintained that he was actually innocent, partly due to the fact that there were no fingerprints or witnesses linking him to the crime scene. He was convicted off the back of airplane parts being found at his residence, which, for the officials involved, was a substantial enough detail to hold him accountable.