#TENNESSEE SERIAL KILLER 1902 DRIVER#

вЂњWhen something like this happens вЂ¦ you never truly move on. ItвЂ™s nothing like what the victims endured.вЂќ вЂњIt is so humane,вЂќ she said of lethal injection. When the execution was over, Nikki Hodgson, a friend of HillвЂ™s, spoke about the experience saying itВ brought вЂњa little bit of closure,вЂќ but that she didnвЂ™t believe the punishment was just. HeВ was administered the lethal cocktails moments later at 6:03PM. Thacker thenВ winked at his stepfather, Donald Johnston, who silently nodded back at him. I donвЂ™t deserve it, but as God has forgiven me, I hope you will forgive me for the pain IвЂ™ve caused.вЂќ вЂњвЂќI would like to apologize sincerely to the families of Laci Hill, Forrest Boyd and Ray Patterson. When asked if he had any last words he went on to apologize for his actions. He received life without parole for pleading guilty to killing Boyd.ДЄccording to reports, he had a personality disorder but refused medication which would have helped his mood swings. Thacker received two death sentences for the murders of Hill and Paterson. He contacted the tow service and when Patterson noticed the credit card used to pay for the service was stolen, he was stabbed to death. It just so happens that he was working at the time ThackerвЂ™s stolen vehicle broke down.

#TENNESSEE SERIAL KILLER 1902 DRIVER#

Victim #3: Ray Patterson, 52, was a tow truck driver Dyersburg, TN. He stole BoydвЂ™s vehicle and made his way down to Dyersburg, Tennessee.

Victim #2: On New Years Day 2000 Thacker stabbed Forrest Reed Boyd, 25, after Boyd walked in on Thacker burglarizing his Aldrich, MO home. Thacker used the items and money he had stolen from Hill and purchased presents for his wife and her two children.В His would claim the lives of two more people until his capture onВ January 2, 2000.ДЄuthorities soon identified Thacker on surveillance camera using HillвЂ™s debit card but by then he had already made his way to his next victim in the neighboring state of Missouri, approximately 200 miles from Bixby. Thacker spotted the ad and figured it was a good opportunity so he answered the ad and made his way to HillвЂ™s home where he raped, murdered and robbed her.В HillвЂ™s body was discovered in an abandoned cabin on December 29, 1999, just two days before the New Years Day 2000. Hill had placed a classified ad in the local newspaper in an attempt to sell her pool table. Victim #1: On December 23, 1999В Laci Dawn Griffin Hill, 25, from Bixby, OK. He was put to death by lethal injection Yesterday, MaatВ the Oklahoma State Penitentiary,В after sitting on death row for 13 years.

Steven Ray Thacker, now 42, was sentenced to death for the murders of three people during the Holiday Season in 1999.

Tennessee Serial Killer 1902