May 7, 1973 - Dale Scheanette
Operating in Arlington, Texas across a single brutal year, Scheanette committed a series of sexual assaults culminating in two murders, both victims killed by strangulation in their bathtubs. The crimes unfolded within months of each other in 1996, leaving two women dead before investigators connected the cases through DNA evidence. He was executed in February 2009.
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Dale Devon Scheanette (May 7, 1973 – February 10, 2009), dubbed the Bathtub Killer, was an American serial rapist and murderer involved in two murders and several other rapes in Arlington, Texas. Scheanette first killed elementary school teacher Christine Vu by strangling her in her bathtub on September 17, 1996, and later murdered Wendie Prescott on December 24, 1996. Between 1998 and 1999, Scheanette further raped five women who survived the attacks. Scheanette was eventually arrested in 2000 after police connected him to the murders of Prescott and Vu based on fingerprint evidence left at the scene. Scheanette was charged for both murders, but was solely found guiilty of capital murder for the death of Prescott and sentenced to death in 2003. Scheanette was eventually executed on February 10, 2009.
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