US EditionTexas executes Richard Lee Tabler, 46, for a 2004 double killing in a dispute with his strip club manager
- Richard Tabler was executed by lethal injection in Texas on February 13, 2025, becoming the state's second death row inmate executed in 2025.
- Tabler was convicted for the murders of Tiffany Dotson, 18, and Amanda Benefield, 16, who worked at the strip club in Killeen, between November 26 and November 28, 2004.
- He expressed remorse before his execution, stating, 'There is not a day that goes by that I don't regret my actions,' and hopes for forgiveness from the victims' families.
- Before his arrest, Tabler called the Bell County Sheriff’s Office, taunting deputies and threatening more violence towards club employees and law enforcement.
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Death Row Inmate Mouthed a 2-Word Message to His Victims’ Families in Final Moments Before His Execution
Richard Lee Tabler was arrested in November 2024 in connection to the deaths of two men, and was later found guilty of capital murder in the caseFRANCOIS PICARD/AFP via Getty The Huntsville Unit prison in Huntsville, Texas, is seen on September 14, 2024A man — who was convicted in Texas of a double homicide and admitted to killing two others — sought penance before his execution, according to multiple sources.Richard Lee Tabler, 46, addressed t…
Texas Executes Man for 2004 Double Killing in Dispute With His Manager
HUNTSVILLE, Texas—A Texas man who killed his strip club manager and another man, then later prompted a massive lockdown of the state prison system when he used a cellphone smuggled onto death row to threaten a lawmaker, was executed Thursday night. Richard Lee Tabler, 46, was given a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. The time of death was 6:38 p.m. CT, 15 minutes after a lethal dose of the powerful sedative pentobarbital …
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