Murder In America
EP. 181 : TEXAS - The 1991 Luby's Massacre: The Perpetrator, George Jo Hennard (Pt. 1)
15 Nov 2024
What happened during the Luby's Massacre?
Now, whatever it was clearly wasn't serious enough for him to get into any big trouble. Non-judicial proceedings usually deal with minor things like slacking off, insubordination, drunken fights, or even poor hygiene. So, it could have been anything. But the following year, in May of 1976, George did get transferred to USS Dixie.
However, it soon became clear to his superiors that George wasn't really cut out for the Navy. According to the book titled Anatomy of a Massacre, George was given a review in early 1977, and at the bottom of his record it stated, not recommended for re-enlistment.
In February of 1977, George officially left the Navy at 20 years old, but a few months later, he went back out to sea with the Military Sealift Command, a government organization that supplies ships for the military. Nine months after working there, George transferred to the United States Merchant Marines, which allows everyday sailors to help work on the ships.
But once again, George was struggling to find his place there, and throughout his life, marijuana was something that seemed to bring him comfort. On October 25th, 1981, George was pulled over near the Rio Grande border checkpoint, and he was arrested for marijuana possession.
He didn't get into any major legal trouble, but it's clear that he was pretty mentally unstable around this time, because just a few weeks after his arrest, his coworkers on the ship noticed a change in him. One of the port agents, Isaiah Ike R. Williams, said, He would come in with a very cold look and be very argumentative, loud, boisterous, sometimes cursing and swearing.
But it only seemed to get worse from here. On May 20th, 1982, George was involved in a racially charged argument with an African American crew member. According to reports, George assaulted the man and also refused to take a lawful command from the captain of the ship, which was a deal breaker for them.
Following this incident, George was suspended for six months, then placed on probation for an entire year.
So as you can see, George had a hard time getting along with people wherever he went. Throughout the years, his coworkers would try to befriend him, asking him questions about his family and background, but George refused to let anyone get close to him. At work, he had a reputation of being a hard worker, but after getting into that heated racial argument, no one wanted to work with him anymore.
Many of his coworkers felt like they were walking on eggshells around him, as if at any moment, George would snap, which is what a lot of people said about him throughout his life. Even his old roommate, a man named James Dunlap. James would later say that when George would come home from work, he would just smoke marijuana all day and angrily play the drums for hours on end.
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