Man Charged In Oklahoma Slaying Indicted In 2 Texas Slayings

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GALVESTON (AP) - A man already charged with abducting and killing a 19-year-old woman in Oklahoma was indicted in the 1997 Texas slayings of a girl and a teenage woman.

The Galveston County grand jury indicted William Lewis Reece on murder counts in the deaths of 12-year-old Laura Smither of Friendswood and 17-year-old Jessica Cain of Tiki Island.

Reece was already serving a 60-year prison sentence in Texas for kidnapping earlier this year when he led police to graves where remains were found of Cain and Kelli Cox, a 20-year-old University of North Texas student who was last seen in Denton in 1997.

The 57-year-old registered sex offender is charged in Oklahoma with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the 1997 death of 19-year-old Tiffany Johnston.

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