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    Richard Lee Tabler was an American spree killer who was responsible for four murders committed in 2004. On Thanksgiving Day of 2004, Tabler and a co-defendant shot and killed two men at a nightclub in Killeen, Texas. Two days later, Tabler also killed two teenage girls who worked as dancers at the same nightclub where he committed the Thanksgiving Day double murder. Tabler was charged for these four murders, and subsequently sentenced to death for two of them, while his accomplice was jailed for life. Tabler, who had since lost his appeals against the death sentence, was executed on February 13, 2025.
    BornFebruary 5, 1979 · Tulare County, California, U.S.
    DiedFebruary 13, 2025 (aged 46) · Huntsville Unit, Texas
    Cause of deathExecution by lethal injection
    MotiveRevenge (allegedly)
    Personal life

    Richard Lee Tabler was born in Tulare County, California on February 5, 1979.
    According to court documents, Tabler did not have a happy childhood, as his parents were reportedly tangled in a troubled marriage, … See more

    Murders

    Within a span of two days, Richard Tabler went on to commit four murders in Killeen, Texas between November 26 and November 28, 2004, and they consisted of two separate double murder cases.
    On Novem… See more

    Murder charges and trial

    Richard Tabler was arrested for unrelated charges of felony theft on the same date he committed the murders of Tiffany Dotson and Amanda Benefield, and at this point in time, police investigators suspected that he was involve… See more

    Death row

    After his sentencing in 2007, Richard Tabler was incarcerated on death row at Allan B. Polunsky Unit, where the state's death row is located. At one point, Tabler was temporarily moved off death row and transferred … See more

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