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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

SERIAL KILLER WILLIAM REECE GETS AWAY WITH MURDERS, RAPES FOR 30 YEARS

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Multiple murders are linked to one man thanks to a young survivor. Sandra Sapaugh,  kidnapped by William Reece, throws herself move a moving vehicle and is able to describe and identify her attacker. Reece was sentenced to prison after already serving 10 years for two previous rapes.

Whiles in jail, Reece must conform to laws in his state that say his DNA must be uploaded to a database. That's when Reece is linked to another murder. In an effort to avoid the death penalty, Reece starts cooperating with police, offering to lead cops to the bodies of women missing for years.

Ultimately four murders were confirmed at the hands of William Reece. 

Joining Nancy Grace today:

  • Matthew Mangino - Attorney, Former District Attorney (Lawrence County), Author: "The Executioner's Toll: The Crimes, Arrests, Trials, Appeals, Last Meals, Final Words and Executions of 46 Persons in the United States" 
  • Dr. Angela Arnold - Psychiatrist, Atlanta GA, AngelaArnoldMD.com, Expert in the Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Emory University, Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital
  • Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan"
  • Rob Arnold - Investigative Reporter, KPRC 2Houston, Click2Houston.com, Facebook.com/RobertArnoldKPRC, Twitter: @KPRC2Robert, Instagram: @KPRC2RobertArnold 

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0:00.0

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0:03.6

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0:08.4

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0:17.2

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0:21.1

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0:23.2

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0:24.2

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0:36.0

Crime stories with Nancy Grace.

0:44.4

Seven women that we know of,

0:47.0

martyred, raped, getting away by the skin of their teeth.

0:55.2

Why has a one-man wrecking ball managed to walk free for so long?

1:04.7

I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories.

1:07.2

Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and Series XM 111.

1:11.6

With so many crime victims, I hardly know where to start.

1:17.6

But I'm going to start with a gorgeous young girl, Kelly.

1:22.6

Take a listen to our friends at Fox 4.

1:25.2

On the summer of 1997, the disappearance of Kelly Cox was huge news here at University of North Texas.

1:30.8

And in Denton, there were search parties that in the days and months that followed and we even

1:36.0

reported on civil developments over the last 17 years.

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