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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.
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.
After 20 or more sexually-motivated murders, Tommy Lynn Sells, serial killer who avoided police by traveling through the U.S. killing in different states, was finally caught with the help of a girl who survived his torture and attempted murder.
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.
48 Hours. Crime scene photos: Tommy Lynn Sells. November 28, 2009 / 8:25 PM EST / CBS News. Surles Family. Krystal Surles, 10, recovers at University Hospital San Antonio, Texas, in January...
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.
Episode Summary. Chilling crimes against children and their mothers occur across the country with seemingly no link. Until 1999, when a man, Tommy Lynn Sells, is apprehended and confesses to multiple crimes, for multiple reasons. Episode Info. Krystal Surles. Photo Source. Kaylene ‘Katy’ Harris. Photo Source. Tommy Lynn Sells. Photo Source.
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