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The death chamber is seen at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, Sept. 29, 2010. Jenevieve Robbins/Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice/Reuters

Convicted Virginia serial killer Alfredo Prieto was executed by lethal injection on Thursday night, the Washington Post and ABC News reported.

Prieto, 49, was pronounced dead at 9:17 p.m. EDT at Virginia's Greensville Correctional Center, the media outlets reported.

(Reporting by Ian Simpson in Washington; Editing by Peter Cooney)

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