Billy Ray Irick
Billy Ray Irick | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 26, 1958 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | August 9, 2018 (aged 59) Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Criminal status | Executed by lethal injection |
| Convictions | First degree murder Aggravated rape (2 counts) |
| Criminal penalty | Death (December 3, 1986) |
| Details | |
| Victims | Paula Kay Dyer, 7 |
| Date | April 15, 1985 |
William Ray Irick (/ˈaɪrɪk/ EYE-rik, August 26, 1958 – August 9, 2018) was an American convicted murderer from Tennessee who was sentenced to death and executed for the 1985 rape and murder of 7-year-old Paula Dyer in Knoxville. Irick, then aged 26, had been living with Dyer's family for over a year, and was babysitting five of the family's children (including Paula) on the night of the girl's murder. Irick was the first inmate executed in Tennessee in almost a decade.