Billy Lee Chadd | |
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 Chadd in 1979 | |
| Born | December 14, 1954 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated |
| Children | 1 |
| Conviction(s) | First-degree murder (x3) Rape (x4) |
| Criminal penalty | Death; commuted to 3 life sentences + 13 years |
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Span of crimes | 1974–1978 |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | California, Nevada (confirmed) Kansas (confessed) |
Date apprehended | April 1978 |
| Imprisoned at | Mule Creek State Prison |
Billy Lee Chadd (born December 14, 1954) is an American serial killer and rapist. Raised by two alcoholics, he began committing crimes at a young age, first getting into trouble with the law for a rape he committed when he was 15. Between 1974 and 1978, he raped and fatally stabbed two women in California. After being arrested for those crimes, he confessed to murdering a man at an apartment in Nevada and a male hitchhiker in Kansas, the latter claim never being verified. Initially sentenced to death for one of his murders, his sentence was appealed, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment at his retrial. He is now serving his sentences at a California state prison.