Protsman was only recently transferred to the jail from state prison where he has been incarcerated for 12 years for the first of his murder convictions. he says he was high on meth when he attacked a female acquaintance in a san diego trailer park. i was freaked out. i had done too much. i had already been up for like 14 days. i thought this girl was a snitch. setting me up. i don t know exactly what all came about. the next thing you know, i find her dead on the couch. i had hit her in the head with a hammer. i left her there dead. i thought i would hide out with carnies for a while. the owner had seen my name on america s most wanted. when he seen it, he called the police and i was arrested one morning at the carnival.
meth has taken a toll on eugene protsman s life as well. how are your teeth? i don t have none. let s see. what happened? too much meth. it all falls out. protsman blames meth on far more devastating events in his life. he says he was high on the drug when he committed the three murders that have earned him three life sentences. but now, as he awaits transfer to prison, protsman says they were not the only three. the truth is, there s four other killings out there that i m suspected of. they can come talk to me any time. i don t care about suspected. did you do it? yes. and tell me exactly where you did it. did one in spokane, washington. that was a that was out in
i m leaving. thank god. i m leaving. two days later, protsman is cuffed and headed out for his transfer to state prison. long time. last words gene? i regret it. what? killing the people that i did. because now i have no way of ever getting out. move it.
he was sentenced to life without parole. 12 years later, he was returned to oakland after police linked his dna to a pair of 16-year-old cold case homicides. this time prosecutors were seeking the death sentence but offered a deal. they brought me a deal if i pled guilty to the two charges, they ll give me life without and one year for special circumstances. while protsman pled guilty and received two additional life without parole sentences, it made little difference to his future. he was already serving life without. he did come clean about the murder and says, they too, were fueled by meth. at the time he was both a dealer and an addict. there would be times when i needed to make $10,000, $15,000 in a week. the meth makes you do funny things. you re on a rocket to hell. lose your teeth, lose your mind. lose people, lose friends and even loved ones.
because is trying to build a reputation with this certain group of individuals. finally, protsman said he also murdered a motorcycle officer in the 1970s. that was the very first one i ever did. i ran him off the road with my truck. why? because he wanted me to flip for him. he wanted me to flip against the gang with him. while protsman offered specifics about the officer he says he killed, homicide detectives who investigated the case said they could not link him to the officer s death and concluded it was due to an accident. these are all true stories, huh? yep. okay. became a habit, i think. i kind of think that if i wouldn t have got the life sentence, if i got out again, i d probably kill again. i really feel that way. turn around. face that way.