Twenty-five years ago, two young women in Galveston County disappeared and were never seen alive again. On Wednesday, after years of waiting, William Reece admitted he was responsible for their deaths.
After pleading guilty in Galveston County, he was taken to Brazoria County, where he pleaded guilty to the murder of Kelli Ann Cox, a University of North Texas student who also went missing in Denton 1997.
, who was abducted from a car wash in Bethany, Okla. in July 1997. Earlier this year, Reece was transferred from Oklahoma back to Galveston County to face the Texas charges still pending against him. “I believe that the investigators in this case will always be glad to talk to him more about anything else he may want to share,” Galveston County District attorney Jack Roady said.
William Reece is escorted into Judge Jared Robinson’s 405th District Court in Galveston on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Reece pleaded guilty to two counts of felony murder for the deaths of Laura Kate Smither and Jessica Cain.Cain, 17, and Smither, 12, disappeared within months of each other. Smither's remains were found three weeks after her abduction, but Cain's body remained missing for nearly 20 years.
Cain disappeared on Aug. 17, 1997. She was reported missing after her truck was found abandoned on the shoulder of Interstate 45. She was last seen alive at a party in Webster.Slain child's mom seeks sit-down with killer 'to share my faith and talk to him about his soul'
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