Larry Gene Bell

American criminal

Larry Gene Bell - American criminal
Born

October 30th, 1949
75 years ago

Died

1996
29 years ago — 47 years old

Category

Activists & Humanitarians

Country

United States

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Involved in a series of murders in South Carolina during the 1980s. Convicted of kidnapping and killing 15-year-old Shandra White in 1985. Linked to the murder of 9-year-old Kimberly French, which also occurred in the same year. Sentenced to death in 1988 and executed by lethal injection in 1996.

Convicted for the murder of Shandra White

Linked to the murder of Kimberly French

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