It was quite shocking." As Gavin's execution nears, USA TODAY is looking back at the crime and who William Clayton was. Who was William Clinton Clayton, Jr.? Clayton, who went by Bill, was a ...

Gavin was convicted in the murder of William Clinton Clayton Jr. during a botched robbery outside of a bank in the northeastern Alabama city of Centre, about 85 miles northeast of Birmingham.

Gavin was convicted in the 1998 shooting death of William Clinton Clayton Jr., described by his youngest son as a hard-working dad and a "gentle giant" in an interview with USA TODAY this week.

Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, was convicted in the murder of William Clayton Jr. An Alabama inmate was executed by lethal injection on Thursday evening, the state's attorney general confirmed ...

The 64-year-old inmate was convicted of capital murder in the shooting death of William Clayton Jr. in Cherokee County. Alabama last week agreed in Gavin's case to forgo a post-execution autopsy ...

Gavin was convicted of the 1998 fatal shooting of delivery driver William Clinton Clayton Jr. in Cherokee County, northeast Alabama. He was previously convicted of murder and attempted murder for ...

Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, was pronounced dead at 6.32pm ... 1998 shooting death of delivery driver William Clinton Clayton Jr., 68, when he stopped to withdraw money from an ATM in downtown ...

The 64-year-old inmate was convicted of capital murder in the shooting death of William Clayton Jr. in Cherokee County. Handling his own appeals, Gavin filed a handwritten request Wednesday with ...

Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, received a lethal injection at a prison in southwest Alabama. He was convicted of capital murder in the shooting death of William Clayton Jr. in Cherokee County.

Gavin was convicted of capital murder for the 1998 shooting death of William Clinton Clayton Jr. in Cherokee County in northeast Alabama.