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Executed American serial killer

Ricky Lee Green (December 27, 1960 – October 8, 1997) was an American serial killer who murdered at least four people in Texas between 1985 and 1986, at least two of which were killed with the help of his wife, Sharon.^[1] Convicted of all four murders and sentenced to death in one case, Green was executed at the Huntsville Unit in 1997.^[2]

Early life

Ricky Lee Green was born on December 27, 1960, in Fort Worth, Texas, one of several children born to Bill Green and his wife.

Together with his siblings, he was physically abused by his father on an almost daily basis, with the elder Green applying electro shocks to their bodies, punching them in the stomachs or holding them underwater until they nearly drowned when they went on fishing trips.^[3] At some point during his childhood, Green lost use in one eye after suffering an accident involving barbed wire, which later had to be replaced with a glass