On June 30, 2001, Sexton was sentenced to death and awaits execution on death row.ĥ) William Eugene Hall: Stewart County was the location for the murders of Myrtle and Buford Vester. She discovered them in their bed after they were shot to death. Looper was sentenced to life in prison, and died in 2013.Ħ) Hubert Glenn Sexton: Sentenced to death after the murders of Stanley and Terry Sue Goodman in Scott County, Sexton admitted to sexually abusing the two and leaving their bodies to be found by their young teenage daughter. However, when the active Ku Klux Klan member shot state senator Tommy Burks to death in October 1998, he lost all chances at winning office. He was caught in May and sentenced to twin life sentences.ġ0) Byron Looper, AKA, “Low Tax:” A former Tennessee politician, Looper changed his name to, “Low Tax” hoping to push his career forward. Huskey was sentenced to 66 years in prison for rape, but was not convicted of the murders due to a supposed mistrial in 1999.ġ1) Laron Ronald Williams: After escaping from the Memphis Correctional Center in April 1981, Williams shot and killed a Memphis police officer and Roman Catholic priest. This may be due to his former job as an elephant trainer. He garnered his nickname from the local women of the night, because he liked to have sex near the Knoxville Zoo. 12) Thomas Dee Huskey, AKA, “Zoo Man”: A convicted rapist and believed serial killer, Huskey murdered his victims – all Knoxville prostitutes – by strangulation.

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