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James Paul Collier #816 |
 | | In his confession, Collier stated that he initially went into the home with his rifle because he was angry at his ex-wife and daughter because they refused to have contact with him and because he believed his daughter had been sexually abused by her former stepfather. |
 | | Collier, who describes himself as a mentally ill "child in a man's body," said he wanted to be found innocent and decided to defend himself when Curry told him the best he could hope for was a life sentence. |
 | | Collier, a carpenter who dropped out of school after the seventh grade, was put to death for the March 14, 1995, murder of Gwendolyn Reed, 51, and her 32-year-old son, Timmy Reed in the north Texas city of Wichita Falls. |
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