It was the murder of Grace Budd that would ultimately lead to Fish's undoing. It went unsolved for six years, with one man wrongfully imprisoned for three months before the trail was designated decidedly cold. Then, seemingly out of the blue, Fish sent a letter to the girl's mother, claiming responsibility for the child's disappearance and detailing the horrifying circumstances of her death. While he didn't go so far as to sign it, a series of clues, inadvertent or otherwise, led to Fish's eventual capture.
Once in custody, Albert proved to be a one-man Gordian knot of horror. X-rays showed over two dozen needles, self-embedded by Fish into his own groin and pelvis. He regaled his attorney with stories of sexual assault, torture, and cannibalism. According to History, at his trial, the jury nearly unanimously agreed that the man was outside the bounds of sanity, but that he needed to be executed anyway. Fish, apparently, agreed at least in part, telling guards, "It will be the supreme thrill, the only one I haven't tried." Before dying, he was said to have uttered the last words: "I don't even know why I'm here," which are perhaps final proof he was very much the wrong side of sane.
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