Prosecutors argued that Gavin kidnapped William Clayton Jr by throwing him into his van and driving off. A police officer followed, but Gavin shot Clayton before making an escape attempt into the ...

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 the U ...

Gavin was convicted of capital murder over the 1998 shooting of delivery driver William Clinton Clayton Jr in Cherokee County, northeast Alabama. Clayton had stopped to get money out of an ATM ...