William Lewis Reece

William Lewis Reece
Born (1959-07-01) July 1, 1959 (age 65)
Oklahoma, U.S.
Conviction(s)Murder
Kidnapping
Criminal penaltyOklahoma:
Death
Texas:
Life imprisonment (murder charges)
60 years imprisonment (kidnapping charges)
Details
Victims4+
Span of crimes
April 3 – August 17, 1997
CountryUnited States
State(s)Texas, Oklahoma
Date apprehended
1997
Imprisoned atAllan 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 confessed to three murders associated with the Texas Killing Fields, for which he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2022.[1]

  1. ^ Cathy Hernandez (June 29, 2022). "William Lewis Reece sentenced to life in prison for murders of Laura Smither, Jessica Cain and Kelli Ann Cox". KPRC-TV. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.