Richard Lee Tabler (born February 5, 1979) is an American spree killer who was responsible for at least four murders committed in 2004. On Thanksgiving Day of 2004, Tabler and a co-defendant shot and killed two men at a nightclub in Killeen, Texas. Two days later, Tabler also killed two teenage girls who worked as dancers at the same nightclub ...

19 hours ago · This undated photo released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Richard Lee Tabler. The Texas death row inmate whose threatening calls to legislator prompted a prison system lockdown and a crackdown on contraband lost his appeal Wednesday Dec. 16, 2009 over a 2004 double slaying.

16 hours ago · Richard Lee Tabler, 46, would be the second inmate executed in Texas in a little over a week, with two more scheduled by the end of April. He’s set to receive a lethal injection at the state ...

1 day ago · Richard Lee Tabler's family says he's a changed man. Tabler's 77-year-old mother, his older sister and his wife say that Tabler is not the same man who pulled the trigger in Killeen 20 years ago.

15 hours ago · When and where will Richard Lee Tabler's execution be? Tabler's execution is set for 6 p.m. CT / 7 p.m. ET at a state prison in Huntsville, Texas, just north of Houston.

23 hours ago · BELL COUNTY, Texas — A man convicted of killing two people in Bell County is set to be executed on Thursday, Feb. 12. Richard Lee Tabler was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in ...

Jan 12, 2024 · In the foreboding corridors of Texas’ death row, condemned men spit out a name with a mix of loathing and disgust: Richard “Blue” Tabler. Such a reputation among fellow prisoners condemned to death speaks volumes about his disregard for life and prison norms.

6 days ago · Richard Tabler, 45, is the second person scheduled to be executed in Texas this year, with his death by lethal injection set for February 13. Tabler confessed to shooting and killing four people ...

Feb 5, 2025 · Richard Lee Tabler was condemned for gunning down a strip club manager and the manager’s friend on Thanksgiving weekend in 2004. Tabler also acknowledged killing two dancers from the club. He was charged with their killings but never tried in their deaths.

On November 26, 2004 in Bell County, Tabler and codefendant drove up next to a vehicle driven by two men of foreign nationality. Tabler shot one of the men once in the head and the other twice in the neck with a .45 Ruger, fatally wounding one of the victims.