UPDATE: Photos & audio from the performance now available here.
Gallery 68
2832 East Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Austin, TX 78702

Hills Snyder: All Good Children (dedicated to Linda Pace)
January 19 – February 24, 2008
Reception: 7 – 9 PM, Saturday, January 19

now walking in the greenwood, rose thorn and daffodil

you’d find us then and now and forever more ye will

but think ye not this is a song to tell ye of a kill

yet murder ballad ‘tis and a kind of murder will

After a lengthy manhunt and speedy trial, Hills Snyder’s date with eternity will finally come to pass at 8:30 PM, Saturday, January 19, 2008, at Gallery 68 in Austin, Texas.

Snyder, wanted for the murder of at least 16 known victims, eluded the law for years before finally being brought to justice by way of an overlooked piece of evidence discovered at Book of The Dead, an after life simulation device built by Snyder at Artpace in the Summer of 2005.

The evidence, a hastily written letter by an unknown person calling himself “Mike,” was discovered torn to shreds in a wastebasket by San Antonio artist Kimberly Aubuchon, who pieced it together, unwittingly setting in motion the chain of events which led to Snyder’s capture.

Kathryn Kanjo, Presiding Judge in the case, and Kate Green, Prosecutor for the State, were both recently quoted as saying they are pleased that the piper will finally be paid, while Defense Attorney Vanessa Davidson, said, “The evidence was circumstantial at best, except for the one item. With that even I was convinced of Hills’ guilt, but part of me really wishes he would live to kill again.”

Snyder’s list of victims is long, including Regine Basha, Annette Carlozzi, Mike Casey, Frances Colpitt, Anjali Gupta, Laurence Miller, Cynthia Toles and Catherine Walworth.

Snyder came to be known for his crime scene habit of leaving near his victims pages torn from a book — an open heart surgery instruction manual.
He was apprehended just last month after making an uncharacteristic mistake.

One of the more bizarre aspects of the case is that the cause of death was never determined for any of the victims, whose bodies were all discovered in their own homes, fully dressed and peaceful, as if sleeping, some even smiling.

The prisoner will be delivered to the chair personally by arresting officer, Elaine Wolff. The execution will be performed by “head” Curator, Nate Cassie and will be followed by a wake at a second location.

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