William Clyde Gibson, III v. State of Indiana

── William Clyde Gibson, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 22S00-1608-PD-00411 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 24, 2019 Author: Justice Mark Massa County of Origin: Floyd Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice David, and Justice Goff concur. Justice Slaughter not participating Victims, Murders, and Arrest In March 2012, William Gibson invited Stephanie Kirk to his home, where, in an extended attack, he brutally strangled her to death and sexually assaulted her corpse. Gibson hid her naked and broken body in his garage overnight, burying her the next day in a shallow grave in his backyard. The following month, Gibson invited to his home his late mother’s best friend, 75-year-old Christine Whitis. As with Kirk, Gibson violently strangled Whitis to death and sexually abused her corpse.