He Got What He Deserved

Things are still hopping around here. Hopefully it'll quiet down next week sometime, and then I can explain what and why I've been slowly going crazy. In the meantime, here's a sad, horrifying story with a happy ending.

The happy ending first:

Convicted Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells Executed in Texas

Convicted serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells, who was sent to prison in 1999 and claimed responsibility for dozens of murders across the country, was executed Thursday in Texas.

Now for the sad and horrifying part:

Sells, 49, was convicted of killing 13-year-old Katy Harris while she slept in her Del Rio, Texas, home. Her murder landed Sells on death row, but he has been linked to at least 17 other killings and claims he has killed as dozens more.

His drifter lifestyle helped him elude police for nearly 15 years as his victims turned up from coast to coast. Sells said his drug use fueled his killing sprees.

...Sells appeared nonchalant when asked about the victims he had slain, and spoke very matter-of-factly when recounting his killing methods: beatings, stabbings, strangling. He even raped many of his targets before slicing their throats.

"I like to watch the eyes fade, the pupil fade. It's just like setting their soul free," Sells said at the time, without showing emotion. "I don't have an on-and-off switch. I'm just after that drug. I'm after that feeling."

One of the more horrific crimes Sells has confessed to committing was the slaying of 30-year-old Eileen Dardeen and her family.

Dardeen was seven-and-a-half months pregnant when Sells allegedly beat her to death. During the attack, she went into premature labor and gave birth to a baby girl.

Investigators determined the newborn was alive when she was born, but was later found bludgeoned to death, as was Dardeen's 3-year-old son.

Her husband's body turned up a few days later. He had been shot three times in the head.

Anyone who doesn't believe that evil stalks the earth should have spent some time with Tommy Lynn Sells. And anyone who doesn't believe that firearms play an invaluable role in self defense should spend some time discussing that with Tommy Lynn Sells' victims.

Oh wait ... they can't, because they are DEAD.

Please say a prayer for the poor innocent souls who died at the hands of this monster. But don't waste your time praying for poor ol' Tommy Lynn. The Great State of Texas has sent him to Hell where he belongs.

May he get what he deserves...