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‘Tourniquet Killer’ executed in Texas for 1992 strangling,

HUNTSVILLE, Texas /January 18, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) —   Texas carried out the nation’s first execution of 2018 Thursday evening, giving lethal injection to a man who became known as Houston’s “Tourniquet Killer” because of his signature murder technique on four female victims. Anthony Allen Shore was put to death for one of those slayings, the 1992 … Continue reading ‘Tourniquet Killer’ executed in Texas for 1992 strangling, →

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Texas ‘Tourniquet Killer’ set to be 1st US execution in 2018

HUNTSVILLE, Texas /January 17, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) —  A man who became known as Houston’s “Tourniquet Killer” because of his signature murder technique on four female victims is set to become the nation’s first prisoner executed in 2018. Texas prison officials Thursday evening are scheduled to give 55-year-old Anthony Allen Shore lethal injection for the 1992 … Continue reading Texas ‘Tourniquet Killer’ set to be 1st US execution in 2018 →