William Lewis Reece
William Lewis Reece | |
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| Born | July 1, 1959 Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Convictions | Oklahoma: First degree murder (1 count) First degree rape Forcible sodomy Kidnapping Texas: Murder (3 counts) Aggravated kidnapping Theft |
| Criminal penalty | Oklahoma: Death Texas: Life imprisonment (murder charges) 60 years imprisonment (kidnapping charges) |
| Details | |
| Victims | 4+ |
Span of crimes | April 3 – August 17, 1997 |
| Country | United States |
| States | Texas, Oklahoma |
Date apprehended | 1997 |
| Imprisoned at | Allan B. Polunsky Unit, Texas |
William Lewis Reece (born July 1, 1959) is an American serial killer, rapist and kidnapper. In 2015, he was linked via DNA to the 1997 cold case murder of a woman in Oklahoma, for which he was subsequently convicted and sentenced to death. Not long after, he pled guilty to three different murders associated with the Texas Killing Fields in Galveston and Brazoria counties, and was sentenced to three life sentences in 2022.