That's the motto Tommy Lynn Sells chose to live by. For him that meant running all over the United States killing everyone. Literally everyone, man, woman, child....didn't matter.
I became infatuated with finding a copy of Through the Window after I discovered this book actually helped release a woman who was wrongfully convicted of killing her son, a killing that was actually the work of Tommy Lynn Sells. Then a few years later, I grabbed a copy of Hell in the Heartland by Jax Miller. The murder, trailer fire, and disappearance of Ashley Freeman and Lauria Bible sounded oddly similar to another killing he eventually confessed to. After his arrest, he confessed to the Freeman/Bible crime but quickly recanted this statement.
This book was published in 2003 and updated in 2006. So it's safe to say a lot about Tommy Lynn Sells' life of crime was left out of this book. It only goes in depth into a few of his crimes. Specifically, the attack that left Kaylene Harris dead and Krystal Surles with a gaping hole in her throat. It talks about the brutal beatings of entire families. The senseless over the road murders of girls he picked up. The unsuspecting victims who were actually willing to help the down on his luck "homeless" man.
Tommy Lynn Sells was executed in April 2014.
Ultimately, he was only convicted of one murder which resulted in a death sentence. Law enforcement officials confirmed and closed the cases of 22 others but believe there were far more than that.
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