Billy Ray Irick

(1958-2018)

American murderer

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William Ray Irick (EYE-rik, August 26, 1958 – August 9, 2018) was an American convicted murderer from Tennessee who was sentenced to death and executed for the 1985 rape and murder of 7-year-old Paula Dyer in Knoxville. Irick, then aged 26, had been living with Dyer's family for over a year, and was babysitting five of the family's children (including Paula) on the night of the girl's murder. Irick was the first inmate executed in Tennessee in almost a decade.

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Born	26 August 1958 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	9 August 2018 (aged 59) Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Zodiac	Virgo
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