06 June 2021 :
Jury Hands Down Death Penalty For William Reece.
The Oklahoma County jury on Wednesday recommended the death penalty for William Reece, 61, White, who was convicted last week of first-degree murder for the July 26, 1997 kidnapping and killing of 19-year-old Tiffany Johnston. Formal sentencing is set for Aug. 19.
Reece did not testify at his trial, but the jury heard recordings of his confessions to police in which he admitted killing Johnston and three other people in Texas.
Johnston, 20-year-old Kelli Cox, 17-year-old Jessica Cain and 12-year-old Laura Smither all disappeared over a four-month period in 1997, after Reece had been released from an Oklahoma prison for previous rape and kidnapping convictions.
Smither's body was found shortly after her disappearance, but the remains of Cain and Cox weren't found until 2016, when Reece began cooperating with prosecutors.
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