- Tommy Lynn Sells
Infobox Serial Killer
name=Tommy Lynn Sells
caption=Sells' mugshot
birthname=
alias=
birth=June 28 ,1964
location=Oakland, California
death=
cause=
victims=6-70
country=U.S.
states=Missouri ,New York ,Illinois ,Texas
beginyear=1985
endyear=December 31 ,1999
apprehended=2000
penalty=DeathTommy Lynn Sells is an American
serial killer . He was born onJune 28 ,1964 inOakland, California .Early life
Sells and his twin sister, Tammy Jean, contracted
meningitis Fact|date=October 2007 when they were 18 months old. While Sells suffered a high fever, he survived. His sister, however, died from the inflammation. Shortly thereafter, Sells was sent to live with his aunt Bonnie Woodall inHolcomb, Missouri . He lived with Woodall until he was five.When Sells was eight he began spending time with a man named Willis Clark from a neighboring city who would later be identified as a child molester. [ [http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/tommy_sells/4.html Tommy Lynn Sells, serial killer & predator, travels the U.S. murdering - The Crime library ] ]
Sells started traveling in order to find work. Because he was homeless at the time, he hitched rides, hopped trains and at one point stole a vehicle. He held several different jobs, often doing menial labor.
Murders
Lynn Sells claims he committed his first murder at age 16.
While working as a
carny inMissouri during the summer of 1985 Sells met 29 year old, Ena Cordt. According to Sells, Cordt invited him to her home where they had consensual sex. The bodies of Cordt and her four-year-old son were found three days later.Sells is suspected as the perpetrator for the following crimes:
*The murder of Suzanne Korcz inNew York during May 1987
*The November 1987 murder of a family inIllinois .
*Killing a co-worker inTexas during April 1998. [http://www.crimelife.com/killers/sells.html]Arrests and confessions
Sells has recently claimed to have killed upwards of 70 people, according to an interview with
Columbia University forensic psychiatrist and personality expert Dr. Michael H. Stone inDiscovery Channel 's "Most Evil ".On
December 31 ,1999 in the Guajia Bay subdivision, west ofDel Rio, Texas , Sells fatally stabbed 13-year-old Katy Harris 16 times and slit the throat of 10-year-old Krystal Surles. Surles survived and received help from her neighbors. Ultimately, Sells was apprehended using a sketch from the victim's description.Tommy Lynn Sells is currently on
death row in Livingston,Texas .References
External links
* [http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/tommy_sells/index.html Complete details of Tommy Sells murders] "(from crimelibrary.com)"
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