‘Thrill Killer’ Executed for Murder in Dallas
From Times Wire Reports
A convicted killer was executed for one of five murders authorities said he committed on a single bloody night in Dallas eight years ago.
Juan Rodriguez Chavez, 34, who had earned the nickname “the Thrill Killer” for the random attacks, is believed to be responsible for at least a dozen slayings over a five-month period while on parole.
Many of Chavez’s victims were robbed or carjacked. Some were mowed down by a stolen car or truck -- their heads deliberately run over after they already had been shot.
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