Michael Eugene Sharp | |
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Born | Eastland, Texas, U.S. | April 24, 1954
Died | November 19, 1997 Huntsville Unit, Huntsville, Texas, U.S. | (aged 43)
Cause of death | Execution by lethal injection |
Other names | Michael Eugene Owensby |
Conviction(s) | Capital murder Murder Aggravated robbery |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Details | |
Victims | 3–5+ |
Span of crimes | May – June 1982 |
Country | United States |
State(s) | Texas |
Date apprehended | June 16, 1982 |
Michael Eugene Sharp (April 24, 1954 – November 19, 1997) was an American serial killer who abducted and killed two women and one girl in West Texas in 1982, but is thought to be responsible for at least two further murders. Convicted for two of the killings and sentenced to death for one of them, Sharp was executed in 1997.[1]