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    William Clyde Gibson: I'm guilty

    Accused serial killer William Clyde Gibson has told WAVE 3 he's guilty.

    In a letter to WAVE 3, Gibson says he's told the prosecutor's office that he will plead guilty and take the death penalty.

    Legal experts we've spoken to say this would be a very unusual move and are unsure if he'll be allowed to do so.

    Gibson faces three murder charges, two of them carrying the death penalty for the deaths of Christine Whitis, Karen Hodella and Stephanie Kirk.

    http://www.wave3.com/story/18741798/...bson-im-guilty
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    Special Report: William Clyde Gibson III


    1. William Clyde Gibson III | Is this the face of a Serial Killer?

      Ex-convict William Clyde Gibson III, 54, is charged with capital murder for allegedly killing three women over a 10-year span and cutting off a breast of his most recent alleged victim, a 75-year-old widow who was his mother’s best friend. (Get an interactive timeline of Gibson's live and criminal history, plus complete coverage at courier-journal.com/gibson)







    2. Video: Interview with Gibson's former girlfried Kelly Bailey

      Kelly Bailey dated William Clyde Gibson III in 1999 and 2000. She says he told her in 2001 that he wanted to try to get away with murder. The first of three women Gibson is charged with killing was murdered a year later.
      • Jun 16, 2012



    3. Document | Court-ordered psychological exam of Gibson


      In 1992 this psychological report of William Gibson was submitted to Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Ken G. Corey.
      • Jun 16, 2012



    4. Document | Gibson's Floyd County Jail evaluation


      This 2002 document outlines his general psychological condition.
      • Jun 15, 2012



    5. Document | Gibson's Madison State Hospital admission exam


      This 2003 document details William C. Gibson's voluntary admission to Madison State Hospital in Indiana.
      • Jun 15, 2012



    6. Document | Gibson sex offender risk assessment


      This document from the Kentucky State Reformatory - Division of Mental Health details the risk assessment for William C. Gibson prior to his release on April 1, 1999, according to the report.
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    Mental evaluation ordered for murder suspect William Clyde Gibson

    A mental evaluation has been ordered for murder defendant William Clyde Gibson III to determine whether he is competent to stand trial.

    Floyd Superior Court Judge Susan Orth on Tuesday morning ordered the evaluation in response to a sealed motion filed by George Streib, Gibson’s defense attorney. Orth said she would set a date for the compentency hearing.

    Pending the evaluation, the judge granted a motion by Gibson’s attorneys to prohibit him from most communication, apparently to keep him from saying things that would make it easier to convict him of the three murder charges he faces.

    Streib asked Orth during the brief hearing to limit Gibson’s communications “to just immediate (jail) personnel until we can determine the nature of his mental illness, if any, or competency on this matter.”

    He also asked that the protective order prevent communication with “any other outside parties.”

    Gibson, 54, of New Albany, has said in a letter to The Courier-Journal that he is guilty of murdering Florida resident Karen Hodella in 2002, Charlestown resident Stephanie Kirk in March of this year and Clarksville resident and long time family friend Christine Whitis in April.

    Kirk and Whitis were both strangled and a New Albany police detective said in an earlier hearing that Gibson told them he stabbed Hodella. One of Whitis’ breasts also was cut off when her body was found in Gibson’s garage.

    Prosecutor Keith Henderson agreed with Streib’s motion, noting that “the defense would have a right to limit all those discussions with any outside law enforcement.”

    The matter of freeing Gibson to communicate as he likes will be revisited once the competency evalution and hearing are complete, Orth said.

    Orth also said she would grant a motion by Streib to delay Gibson’s trial, which was scheduled to begin Aug. 27, to an undetermined time, though the attorneys have been talking tentatively about sometime in February next year.

    http://www.courier-journal.com/artic...nclick_check=1
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    Trial of accused serial killer is delayed

    Accused serial killer William Clyde Gibson was back in court Thursday afternoon. Gibson is expected to face three separate trials for each of the three alleged victims. Thursday afternoon, he was in court to get ready for his trials.

    He did not speak in court. Attorneys on both sides agreed to move his first trial for the death of 75-year-old Christine Whitis from August to February of next year.

    Gibson will also undergo several competency evaluations before trial. He has written letters to the media, but he has now been barred from doing that anymore.

    Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson says, "I think to have a clean trial, the less of that the better. That's debated in the media, but at the same time, there is a constitutional right of freedom of speech on behalf of anyone including someone accused of a capital crime. The court has to balance that against protecting those interests."

    Just last week, investigators searched an area in Starlight, Indiana where Gibson used to live back in 1999. The property owner says officers told him that Gibson says he buried two bodies there, but after a search, nothing was found.

    Gibson is charged with three murders of women over the past ten years. He faces the death penalty if convicted of even one of the murders.

    Gibson's first trial is set for February 18th of next year. The other trial dates have not been set.

    http://www.wdrb.com/story/18907795/t...ler-is-delayed
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    Change of venue sought by lawyers for New Albany triple-murder suspect William Clyde Gibson

    Because of extensive pretrial publicity, defense lawyers for triple-murder suspect William Clyde Gibson have notified a judge in Floyd County that they intend to seek a change of venue.

    Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson said after a pre-trial hearing in Judge Susan Orth’s chambers early Wednesday afternoon that he anticipated the request and thinks it’s fair, given the intensive news coverage surrounding the arrest and continuing investigation into Gibson.

    Gibson, 54, of New Albany, is charged with murdering Christine Whitis, 75, a family friend from Clarksville; Stephanie Kirk, 35, of Charlestown; and Karen Hodella, 44, of Port Orange, Fla.

    Whitis’ body was found in the garage of Gibson’s home in April, and Kirk’s was later found buried in his backyard.

    Hodella’s body was found in Clarksville near the Ohio River in January 2003, nearly three months after police say Gibson stabbed her to death in October 2002. Two detectives recently traveled to northeast Nebraska to collect evidence from a Toyota pickup truck that they believed may contain evidence from the Hodella slaying.

    Gibson was released from a Kentucky prison in April 1999 after serving time for a 1991 sexual assault on a woman in downtown Louisville. He has been in custody since his arrest in April in the women’s murders and is being held at the state’s Wabash Valley Correctional Facility.

    Henderson has alerted the court that he intends to seek the death penalty in the Whitis and Kirk cases.

    Meanwhile, separate trials are scheduled in the women’s deaths, with the first involving Whitis’ death set for this February. The prosecution agrees that to ensure Gibson received a fair trial, the proceedings should be moved or a jury from another county be brought in, Henderson said.

    Those discussions will continue during a Sept. 19 pretrial conference, he said.

    A crucial question now is whether Gibson is mentally competent to stand trial. Orth signed an order in late July to enlist psychiatrists to evaluate Gibson’s competency, and Henderson said those evaluations “are well under way, if not completed.”

    He added that he had not seen a report on evidence gathered from Nebraska and wouldn’t speculate on how valuable it might be to the prosecution. He also said he’s not aware of any evidence of a fourth Gibson victim, despite comments about that possibility by a sheriff in Nebraska who assisted the detectives from Floyd County and New Albany during their recent trip.

    “Our goal is to keep this on track,” Henderson said, adding that he expects the Whitis case to go trial.

    http://www.courier-journal.com/artic...7CLocal%20News

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    Doctor: Gibson is competent to stand trial; second evaluation due soon

    A mental-health specialist who recently evaluated accused triple murderer William Clyde Gibson III has told Floyd County authorities that he believes Gibson is competent to stand trial.

    A second professional also evaluated Gibson last month and has yet to weigh in. But the finding by Jeffersonville psychiatrist Steven Shelton is a key step in determining the fate of Gibson, the New Albany man who faces murder and other charges in connection with the brutal slayings of three women.

    Gibson, 54, of New Albany, is charged with murdering longtime family friend Christine Whitis, 75, of Clarksville, by strangling her and dumping her mutilated body in the garage of his home in April.

    He also is accused of strangling Stephanie Kirk, 35, of Charlestown, whose remains were found buried in his yard. A third victim, Karen Hodella, 44, of Port Orange, Fla., was stabbed to death in October 2002, and her body was found three months later near the Ohio River in Clarksville. A trial in Whitis murder has been set for Feb. 18.

    Gibson has been in custody since his April arrest and is being held at Indiana's Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. In July, Floyd Superior Court Judge Susan Orth granted a request from Gibson’s lawyers for a protective order prohibiting him from having contact with law enforcement, the media and the general public until he has undergone a mental evaluation and a competency hearing is held.

    The protective order was intended to prevent Gibson from saying things that would incriminate him. He previously said in a letter to The Courier-Journal that he is guilty of the killings and willing to admit it in court.

    A pretrial hearing in Gibson’s criminal case is scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, but it’s unclear whether the competency results will be part of the discussions.

    Steve Owen, the Floyd County chief deputy prosecutor, said Monday that the state expects Orth to set a date soon for a competency hearing. Neither of Gibson’s public defenders, George Strieb and J. Patrick Biggs, returned phone messages left at their offices.

    Shelton and psychologist Heather Henderson-Galligan were to conduct separate evaluations of Gibson on Aug. 21. The resulting report on Shelton’s evaluation is sealed. But an online docket report indicated that Shelton had declared Gibson competent.

    Owen confirmed that was Shelton’s finding, but declined to provide specifics.

    Under the law in Indiana and other states, a judge must determine if a person is mentally competent to stand trial. The legal standard is that the person must understand the proceedings and be able to assist lawyers with his defense.

    A judge can order experts to evaluate the defendant and hold a competency hearing to take testimony or to question the accused, said Paula Sites, assistant executive director of the Indiana Public Defender Council, a state agency that assists lawyers assigned to represent indigent criminal defendants.

    If two mental health experts provide conflicting opinions about a person’s competency, a judge might order a third evaluation but ultimately that’s the judge’s discretion, Sites said.

    Gibson underwent a competency evaluation following a 1991 robbery and sexual assault on a woman in the former Galleria shopping mall in downtown Louisville. A psychologist reported Gibson was had an IQ of 79 and frequently used drugs and alcohol to calm himself.

    Court records in Kentucky showed that the assessment found no evidence that Gibson was having delusions, hallucinations or suffering from any significant psychiatric problems, and he was found competent to stand trial.

    He served seven years in Kentucky until his release in 1999.

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    Accused murderer William Clyde Gibson competent for trial, psychologist agrees

    Two specialists have told a Floyd County judge that they believe triple-murder suspect William Clyde Gibson III is competent to stand trial.

    Psychologist Heather Henderson-Galligan submitted a report to Floyd Superior Judge Susan Orth last week that evidently agrees with the findings of a psychiatrist who also evaluated Gibson.

    Reports by both Henderson-Galligan and psychiatrist Steven Shelton have been sealed in Gibson’s criminal file. But an online court docket shows both reached the same conclusion on Gibson’s competency.

    He is charged with strangling family friend Christine Whitis, 75, of Clarksville, and leaving her mutilated body in the garage of his home in April.

    Gibson also is accused of strangling Stephanie Kirk, 35, of Charlestown, whose remains were found buried in his yard last spring. Prosecutors also allege that Gibson stabbed Karen Hodella, 44, of Port Orange, Fla., in October 2002. Her body was found three months later near the Ohio River in Clarksville.

    Whitis’ murder trial has been set for Feb. 18.

    Gibson has been in custody since his April arrest and is being held at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. Orth granted a request from Gibson’s public defenders for a protective order prohibiting him from having contact with law enforcement, the media and the public until he has undergone a mental evaluation and a competency hearing is held.

    The restraining order was intended to prevent Gibson from saying things that would incriminate him. He previously said in a letter to The Courier-Journal that he is guilty of the killings and willing to admit it in court.

    A pretrial hearing in Gibson’s case is set for 1:30 p.m. Friday to discuss a date for the competency hearing and a potential change of venue for the February trial.

    Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson said after last’s week’s closed-door hearing that Orth is leaning toward selecting a jury in another county and bringing it to Floyd for the proceedings.

    Neither of Gibson’s lawyers, George Streib and John Patrick Biggs, returned phone messages left at their offices Monday. Henderson also did not return a phone message to his office.

    Under the law in Indiana and most states, a judge must determine if a defendant is mentally competent to stand trial. The legal standard is that the person must understand the proceedings and be able to assist lawyers with his defense.

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    William Clyde Gibson found competent to stand trial in first of three murders

    With relatives of two murder victims looking on, William Clyde Gibson III was declared competent to stand trial Friday morning in Floyd County Superior Court.

    The ruling from the bench by Judge Susan Orth paves the way for Gibson, a 55-year-old New Albany resident, to go to trial this February in the death of Christine Whitis.

    After the 45-minute hearing, Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson said he had little doubt that Gibson would be found competent, but the ruling clears a significant obstacle to proceeding with the first of two capital murder cases.

    Gibson is accused of killing three women: Whitis, 75, a family friend who was found strangled in his garage; Stephanie Kirk, 35, of Charlestown, whose remains were found buried in his backyard; and Karen Hodella, 44, of Port Orange, Fla., whose body was found in January 2003 near the Ohio River in Clarksville.

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    Accused serial killer's trial delayed until next summer

    A Floyd County, Ind. judge has ruled that the first trial for accused serial killer William Clyde Gibson will be delayed until next summer.

    Gibson appeared in court Thursday afternoon as his lead attorney asked Judge Susan Orth to move the trial date.

    The judge agreed over the objection of Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson.

    Gibson is charged with killing three women: 76-year-old Christine Whitis, 53-year-old Karen Hodella and 35-year-old Stephanie Kirk, whose remains were found in Gibson's back yard.

    The Whitis case was scheduled to begin in February, but Gibson's attorneys say they need more time to prepare.

    Judge Orth set a new trial date of July 15.

    The delay prolongs the pain for the victim's families, but Henderson says he's not surprised the trial was delayed.

    Both the Whitis and Kirk trials will be death penalty cases.

    A jury will be brought in from Dearborn County, Ind.

    http://www.wdrb.com/story/20339737/a...il-next-summer
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    Prosecutor seeks to keep William Clyde Gibson's first murder trial on track

    As the first of three murder trials for New Albany's William Clyde Gibson approaches, lawyers on both sides huddled over calendars Wednesday morning in yet another pre-trial hearing aimed at keeping the first trial on track for July.

    "Our goal is not to allow a delay," Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson said afterward.

    Gibson, 55, was arrested last April and charged with the brutal slayings of three women.

    He faces the death penalty in two of the murders — of family friend Christine Whitis of Clarksville and of Stephanie Kirk of Charlestown.

    Whitis’ body was found in Gibson's garage, while Kirk's remains were buried in his backyard, according to court records.

    During the hearing, Floyd Superior Court Judge Susan Orth ran through several dates for lawyers to complete a review of proposed juror questionnaires, to exchange discovery information and to set more dates for the second and third murder trials.

    Jurors for the first trial, involving Whitis’ death, will be chosen from Dearborn County, in southeastern Indiana near the Cincinnati metropolitan area, and sequestered at a New Albany hotel during an estimated two- to three-week trial.

    http://www.courier-journal.com/artic...er-trial-track
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