Anthony Allen Shore

Anthony Allen Shore (June 25, 1962 – January 18, 2018) was an American serial killer and child molester who was responsible for the murders of one woman and three girls. He was active from 1986 to 2000, and became known as the "Tourniquet Killer" because of his use of a ligature with either a toothbrush or bamboo stick to tighten or loosen the ligature. The instrument was similar to a garotte or a twitch, a tool used by farmers to control horses. The couple divorced a decade later.

Shore married Amy Lynch in 1997; they divorced after she accused him of abuse.

Maria del Carmen Estrada Shore sexually assaulted and strangled Maria del Carmen Estrada, 21, on April 16, 1992.

Diana Rebollar Shore beat, sexually assaulted, and strangled Diana Rebollar, 9, on August 8, 1994.

Shore was nearly executed on October 18, 2017. However, it was called off six hours before it was scheduled to happen after Shore informed prison officials that he had been involved in a scheme with fellow death row inmate Larry Swearingen. Swearingen had pleaded with Shore to make a voluntary false confession to the rape and murder of Melissa Trotter, crime for which Swearingen was currently awaiting execution. Shore told investigators that he had refused to go along with the plan. His execution was reset for January 18.

Execution Shore was executed by lethal injection on January 18, 2018, at 6:28 p.m. (CST), and was the first person executed in the United States in 2018. He was 55 years old. Before the execution, Shore apologized to the families of his victims and confessed that "I made my peace". Prior to losing consciousness, he said, "Ooh-ee, I can feel that!"

In media Anthony Shore's daughter Tiffany gave interviews about her father and the abuse she and her sister went through. She was featured in many documentaries, including: Evil Lives Here, Mark of a Killer and Living with a Serial Killer.