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Bixby woman's killer to be executed Tuesday in Oklahoma

BY RHETT MORGAN rhett.morgan@tulsaworld.com | Published: March 11, 2013

McALESTER — Thirteen years ago, while millions of folks were fretting over the onset of Y2K, Steven Ray Thacker was creating a doomsday all his own.

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From Dec. 23, 1999, to Jan. 2, 2000, Thacker killed three people in as many states, starting with the kidnapping, rape and fatal stabbing of Laci Dawn Hill, 25, of Bixby.

Handed the death penalty for Hill's slaying, Thacker is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

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