Family speaks out as Tennessee executes killer in decades-old case

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — The state of Tennessee on Thursday executed Harold Wayne Nichols, carrying out a death sentence nearly four decades after the brutal killing of 20-year-old Karen Pulley, the Tennessee Department of Correction announced in a media advisory.

Serial rapist, 'the red-headed stranger' who stalked women at night, executed in Tennessee

By day, Harold Wayne Nichols appeared to be a loving husband. By night, he was a serial predator who attacked women at their most vulnerable.
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Harold Wayne Nichols dies in third Tennessee execution of 2025

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols was executed by lethal injection Dec. 11 at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. Nichols, 64, was pronounced dead at 10:39 a.m. He was on death row for 35 years.

Tennessee executes man for 1988 rape, murder of 20-year-old Chattanooga woman

Harold Wayne Nichols, 64, was sentenced to death after being convicted for the 1988 rape and murder of Karen Pulley in Chattanooga.
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