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White Supremacist Convicted In Gruesome Murder
A Central Texas jury early Wednesday evening convicted a white supremacist of capital murder in the 2006 kidnapping and stabbing death of a woman who was also affiliated with a white supremacist group.
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(October 15, 2008)—A McLennan County district court jury early Wednesday evening returned a guilty verdict in the capital murder trial of Robert Allen Byrd, 34, who was accused of kidnapping and killing Dana Leigh Taylor of Kemp.
Prosecutors said Byrd and the victim were both affiliated with the violent white supremacist group the Aryan Circle.
Prosecutors were not seeking the death penalty and Byrd was automatically sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Byrd took the stand in his own defense Wednesday afternoon and accused prosecutors of fabricating a case against him.
Byrd was indicted in April 2007 in the death of the 38-year-old woman.
Two women found Taylor’s badly decomposed body on April 27, 2006 in a field off Old Dallas Highway between Elm Mott and Ross just north of Waco.
The body was so badly decomposed, investigators said, that it was impossible to determine how long it had been there.
Forensic investigators were eventually able to determine who the victim was and how she died.
Byrd was already serving a 99-year sentence in connection with the death of a North Texas man in Hood County.
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Let me say that i grew up with Bobby and his brother. I haven't seen him since i was 17 but God help him. He will be held accountable for his sin by a greater judge than one who sits behind a bench. My other brother Todd and i were stunned when we learned of this and my prayers go out to her family. What a tragedy!!!!!!!!! My prayers of encouragement are with you.
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how would u know if he was framed were u there .....i dont think u have a clue as to what that man is and was capable of i speak first hand ..he's not who u think and he would do the same thing to u if given the chance ot the right amopunt of dope ...get your head on right ..i speak from experience....he CANT BE TRUSTED ...i was there i know ....he will make u believe he was framed....but if u believ it u are destined to be in jail with him
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He shouldn't have got any time for something he didn't do? Whats wrong with you people? Just because someone is proud to be white he's a rasist? Really the cops are trying to put all A.C. members in jail at any cost. Most stories you hear about A.C. is fabricated. The group really aint that bad. They are actually pretty cool people. This guy was framed. Let him free!!!
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