Thomas Dillon

Infobox Serial Killer
name=Thomas Dillon


caption=Thomas Lee Dillon
birthname=Thomas Lee Dillon
alias=
birth=birth date|1950|7|9
location=Canton, Ohio
death=
cause=
victims=5 known
country=U.S.
states=Ohio
beginyear=April 1, 1989
endyear=1992
apprehended=April 1992
penalty=5 terms of 30 years to life, aggravated murder; 15 years additional for gun specification

Thomas Lee Dillon, was born 9 July 1950 [http://www.drc.state.oh.us/OffenderSearch/Details.aspx?id=A277618&pg=x Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Offender search. Access date: 12 November 2007.] ] in Canton, Ohio.Willis, James A., Andrew Henderson and Loren Coleman. [http://books.google.com/books?id=BYHK2lN5KzoC&pg=PA108&lpg=PA108&dq=thomas+dillon+shot+ohio+born+canton+ohio+1950+-crimelibrary&source=web&ots=wAj7GtnUKi&sig=26QlQdq1AddHM-kw6pC21ibaUyo "Weird Ohio: Your Travel Guide to Ohio's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets." Ohio's Unsportsmanlike Sniper.] pp. 108-110. Sterling Publishing Co., Ltd. 2005.] Dillon is a serial sniper who shot and killed five people in southeastern Ohio, beginning on 1 April 1989 and contining until April 1992. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/23/60II/main526716.shtml A Sniper's Mind.] 60 Minutes II Visits Another Serial Sniper. CBS News. 23 October 2003. Access date: 12 November 2007.]

Dillon was captured in 1992 when a friend recognized a behavioral profile compiled by the FBI. Dillon is incarcerated at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, for five consecutive sentences of 30 years to life for aggravated murder.

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* [http://markgribben.com/?p=294 Frighteningly Normal] from The Malefactor's Register