True Crime Friday: Juan Rodriguez Chavez, the Thrill Killer serial killer
Juan Chavez was born April 27, 1968, in the State of Indiana. He was known as the Thrill Serial Killer because he murdered at least thirteen people and his teenaged accomplice said he enjoyed it. While in the State of Texas his crime spree went from March to July of 1995. Chavez was let out on parole for a previous murder conviction. After being paroled he went on to commit several murders. He was caught and sentence to death. He was executed by the State of Texas in 2003. The Early Childhood of Juan Chavez Juan Rodriguez Chavez was the middle child of nineteen children born to farm workers. The family moved to Dallas, Texas when he was an infant. According to family members the family was comprised of normal, decent people. Juan decided to drop out of school after finishing the ninth grade. Shortly after this, he began his life of crime. When he received his fifteen-year sentence for murder he joined a prison gang. He managed to rack up forty prison violations. He also refused to do ...