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Tommy Lynn Sells (June 28, 1964 – April 3, 2014) was an American serial killer. Though convicted of only one murder, for which he received the death penalty and was eventually executed, authorities believe he committed a total of 22 murders. Sells himself claimed on various occasions to have murdered over 70 people.
Nov 30, 2023 · By Hannah Reilly Holtz | Edited By Maggie Donahue. Published November 30, 2023. After a 10-year-old surviving victim named Krystal Surles escaped Tommy Lynn Sells' clutches, the infamous American serial killer was soon captured and sentenced to death.
Nov 29, 2009 · Texas Rangers Twenty-four hours after Krystal Surles worked with the forensic artist, authorities were able to identify and find their suspect: Tommy Lynn Sells. Investigators soon learned he...
Oct 24, 2019 · Updated on October 24, 2019. Tommy Lynn Sells was a serial killer who claimed responsibility for over 70 murders across the U.S., earning him the nickname "Coast to Coast Killer." Sells pleaded guilty to just two murders, but that was enough to land him on Texas' death row. He was executed in 2014.
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Apr 3, 2014 · April 3, 2014 -- Convicted serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells, who was sent to prison in 1999 and claimed responsibility for dozens of murders across the country, was executed Thursday in Texas. Sells, 49, was convicted of killing 13-year-old Katy Harris while she slept in her Del Rio, Texas, home.
BY David Krajicek. Follow @crimelibrary. The Last Murder. At 4 a.m. on December 31, 1999, 20 hours before the turn of the millennium, a car rolled to a muted stop in the Guajia Bay subdivision, west of Del Rio, Texas.
