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One of three men convicted in the 1998 dragging death of a Jasper man is set to be executed next spring. John William King's execution date is set for April 24, 2019 at 6 p.m., Newton County Sheriff Billy Rowles told 12News. Rowles was the sheriff in Jasper County when Byrd was tragically and brutally murdered over 20 years ago... Lawrence Russell Brewer, 44, was executed in 2011 for the crime and Shawn Berry, 42, is serving life in prison. Byrd's death sparked legislation about hate crimes in the resulting public outcry throughout the last two decades. President Barack Obama...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — White supremacist gang member Lawrence Russell Brewer was executed Wednesday evening for the infamous dragging death slaying of James Byrd Jr., a black man from East Texas. Byrd, 49, was chained to the back of a pickup truck and pulled whip-like to his death along a bumpy asphalt road in one of the most grisly hate crime murders in recent Texas history. Brewer, 44, was asked if he had any final words, to which he replied: "No. I have no final statement." He glanced at his parents watching through a nearby window, took several deep breaths and...

This is shocking video of an Ecuadorian Immigrant who was hit by an SUV in New York. As he lay in the street before help could arrive, a minivan runs over the man and his body disappears because he is caught under the van. The van dragged the man for 20 miles, never knowing he was under the van. This is just a tragic and unbelievable story. . . . . (Watch Video)

I am surprised that no one else has posted on this before. A young woman was dragged to death in Colorado by an illegal immigrant.

A woman was tied to a vehicle with a rope and dragged through suburban streets in a gruesome crime that left a trail of blood more than a mile long, police said. Neighbors discovered the woman's body before dawn Monday about 20 miles south of Denver. On Tuesday, sheriff's deputies were still trying to learn her identity. The victim's face was unrecognizable and an orange tow rope was found around her neck, said Nancy Foley, who lives next door to the house where the body was found. "I was trying to sleep last night, thinking about how this poor lady...

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. - A man pictured in a photo found at the crime scene was arrested in the death of a woman whose body was found after she was dragged behind a vehicle for at least a mile, authorities said Wednesday. Jose Luis Rubi-Nava, 36, was arrested Tuesday night on a charge of first-degree murder and was being held without bail in the Douglas County jail, Sheriff Dave Weaver said. He said the woman had not yet been identified. Weaver said Rubi-Nava was the man pictured in a photograph found near the woman's body when it was discovered Monday...

Dallas man struck by truck, dies Victim was dragged more than 2 miles; acquaintance a suspect03/22/2003 By TANYA EISERER / The Dallas Morning News A Dallas man died early Friday after being struck by a truck at a Pleasant Grove motel and dragged for more than two miles, Dallas police said. The body of Donald Ray Hill, 47, was found about 2:30 a.m. in the street in the 8400 block of Londonderry Lane. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Jimmie Wayne Anderson, 43, is wanted on an arrest warrant for murder, police said. Police also were searching for a...