IN IN - WILLIAM CLYDE GIBSON - New Albany - 2012

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mysteriew said:
Gibson has been taken to Bloomington and LE is now searching for remains near the airport.
http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/south_central/serial-killer-suspect-case-moves-to-bloomington

I was just thinking about those who bury remains on their property. Do they stand and look in their yard and say to themselves, so and so is buried there. And there is where so and so lies. Do they see their neighbors in the morning and nod and say to themselves, if you only knew what I knew?
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I don't know. The thought of that is terrifying. This guy sounds like a total lunatic.
 
A southern Indiana man already charged with killing two women was charged Wednesday with murdering a third, whose body was found buried in his backyard a month after she went missing.

William Clyde Gibson, a 54-year-old convicted sex offender, sat shackled and showed no emotion during a brief hearing in Floyd County Superior Court in which he was charged with murdering 35-year-old Stephanie Kirk, a Charlestown woman last seen March 25.
http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/crime/suspected-serial-killer-faces-new-charges

Prosecutors to seek death penalty against accused serial killer
http://www.wdrb.com/story/18606525/prosecutors-to-seek-death-penalty-in-gibson-case
 
Disturbing details released in Gibson murder cases

The case against Gibson started unraveling after his mother's long time friend, 75-year-old Christine Whitis was found dead in his home on April 19. In court on Wednesday, the victim's son made sure to never drop eye contact with Gibson.

"That's my role in this," said Michael Whitis, victim's son. "I want him to know, I've known him all my life, and I want him to see me and the pain that he's caused my family."
http://www.wave3.com/story/18610450...harged-with-3-murders-and-faces-death-penalty
 
mysteriew said:
Gibson has been taken to Bloomington and LE is now searching for remains near the airport.
http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/south_central/serial-killer-suspect-case-moves-to-bloomington

I was just thinking about those who bury remains on their property. Do they stand and look in their yard and say to themselves, so and so is buried there. And there is where so and so lies. Do they see their neighbors in the morning and nod and say to themselves, if you only knew what I knew?
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I think you have described the mind-set exactly - chilling for sure!
 
ScorpiosDaughter said:
William Clyde Gibson III reportedly killed a woman on his birthday 10 years ago and then memorialized the slaying with a tattoo on his right arm, according to newly unsealed court recordings.

More at link:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120524/NEWS02/305240079/Court-records-Murder-suspect-William-Clyde-Gibson-s-tattoo-bears-date-victim-s-slaying
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Interesting article. So Gibson has been leading them to the bodies (after making them 'work' for it.)

My condolences to his sisters. How do you cope with that? You lose your mother, and in the process of trying to settle her estate you find the body of a family friend your brother killed. Then you find out your brother is a serial killer. Emotionally how do you deal with that?

Ok, that was Gibson's mothers home and the bodies were buried there. So was the mother aware that he was burying bodies in her yard and afraid to tell? Or incapable of comprehending? I wonder what she died of?
 
In a letter written from the Floyd County Jail, William Clyde Gibson told the Louisville Courier-Journal that will be plead guilty and accept the death penalty in the slayings of three women because "after all, I am guilty," the paper reported.
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/31172583/detail.html

He sounds like a defense attorneys nightmare. His attorney has filed not guilty pleas for all three cases, but evidently Gibson has written to at least one paper as well as the prosecutor.
 
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130906/NEWS02/309060056/William-Clyde-Gibson-pretrial

Gibson was arrested in April 2012 and charged in the slayings of family friend Christine Whitis, 75, of Clarksville; Stephanie Kirk, 35, of Charlestown; and Karen Hodella, 44, of Port Orange, Fla.

Whitis’ body was found in Gibson’s garage in New Albany, and Kirk’s body was unearthed in his backyard. Hodella was stabbed to death in 2002, and her body was found near the Ohio River in Clarksville.

Gibson, 55, is to stand trial first in Whitis’ murder and early next year in Kirk’s death. Both are capital murder cases, which require the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that aggravating circumstances also occurred for a death sentence to be imposed.

Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson is not seeking the death penalty in Hodella’s death.
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The trial for killing Christine Whitis has started

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxDB94HISnE&feature=youtube_gdata"]William Clyde Gibson's trial gets underway with testimony of detectives - YouTube[/ame]
 
Day 4 of trial. Prosecution rests

http://www.wave3.com/story/23782645/prosecution-rests-in-the-william-clyde-gibson-trial

The jury has been shown graphic pictures and videos of Christine Whitis, prompting some of them to tears. The medical examiner who performed the autopsy, Dr. Amy Burrows-Beckham, testified Whitis died from manual strangulation and had multiple blunt force injuries to her face as well as sexual assault injuries. Whitis' ribs and back were broken and she believed that occurred that after death.

Burrows-Beckham also said on the stand that Whitis could have lived several hours after her initial attack. She believes Whitis was alive when her head was beaten and the sexual assault occurred.
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While there is a confession by Gibson in this case, it must go to trial because if Gibson is convicted he faces the death penalty. A not guilty plea was automatically entered on behalf of Gibson. It is now up to the State of Indiana to prove its case on why they believe Gibson deserves death.
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William Clyde Gibson was in no way a intelligent person. He would murder women when he was intoxicated. He managed to kill at least 2 other woman prior to CW and was never a suspect in those murders. One of the other two, was found buried in his backyard. It's once again chilling to see that there was a killer walking the streets, for so many years, that no one suspected.

I will always wonder if he had other victims. His crimes are extremely brutal. He has confessed to the murders. Could there be more that he doesn't remember committing because he was drunk and blacked out?
 
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