Signed trading card from the executed Texas Coast to Coast Killer.
This auction is for a signed trading card from executed Texas "Coast to Coast Killer" Tommy Lynn Sells (6/28/1964 – 4/3/2014). On 12/31/1999, Tommy Sells slit the throats of two young girls in Del Rio, TX. The 13-year-old victim would die, the 10-year-old victim survived. Her description would lead to his arrest on 1/2/2000, followed by his trial, conviction, death sentence, and execution. Tommy Sells's murder spree spanned from 1980 to 1999, with confirmed murder victims in Texas, Illinois, New York, Kentucky, and Missouri, thus earning him the moniker of the Coast to Coast Killer. His victims included men, women, boys, girls, toddlers, even newborn infants, with motives ranging from rape, robbery, revenge, or seemingly no motive at all. Ultimately Tommy Sells would l be linked to some 20 murders. Over the years Tommy Sells would boast to having committed multiple homicides, usually around 70 victims. However, in the months leading up to his execution, Sells sang a different tune, proclaiming the confessions were due to police coercion. Tommy Sells was executed by lethal injection on 4/3/2014. When asked if he would give a final statement he replied, "No." He was 49.
ITEM DESCRIPTION: The trading card is signed, "Tommy Lynn Sells." The image is a painting of Sells done by "Vampire of Paris" Nico Claux. The trading card itself is blank on the reverse, a copy of the original card, on card stock. The signature is not a copy. This is how it was mailed to Sells for him to sign. It does appear a little lighter than it is in the scan. The card comes in a protective top loader plastic case. Message me with any questions you might have. Thanks for having a look-see.