Summary of Offense:
Lester Bower was convicted on four counts of capital murder in the October 8, 1983 shooting deaths of four men at an ultralight airplance hangar near Sherman. The bodies were found at one of the victim's ranch. Parts of an ultralight plane missing from the hanger were later found in Bower's garage in Arlington. Authorities said Bower killed one of the men in order to steal an ultralight he had advertised to sell for $4,000 and then killed the three other men when they showed up unexpectedly at the hangar.
Victims: Bob Tate, Ronald Mayes, Philip Good and Jerry Mac Brown.
Bower was sentenced to death in Grayson County in May 1984.
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