NEW ALBANY, IN (WAVE) – Authorities in Stanton County, Nebraska have located a vehicle that may have been used by William Clyde Gibson in a pair of 2002 murders.
According to Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger, his deputies found and secured the vehicle, a pickup truck, from its current owners following a national search.
"To forensically process a vehicle that they believe had been involved in a homicide," said Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger.
Stanton said the current owners of pickup, who purchased it from an out of state dealership in the past couple of years, had no knowledge of or any ties to Gibson.
"We had some positive indications, but everything will have to be sent to the Indiana State Crime Lab for further analysis," Sheriff Unger said.
The pickup, which was stolen from a Louisville dealership, is believed to have been used by Gibson during the October 2002 murder of Karen Hodella, 44. Her body was found along the banks of the Ohio River in early 2003.
In addition to the murder of Hodella, it is believed the same vehicle was used in another 2002 murder of a man who has yet to be identified.
Gibson is charged with three counts of first degree murder in the deaths of Hodella, Christine Whitis, 75, a family friend found dead inside his home on April 19, 2012, and Stephanie Kirk, 35, whose remains were found on April 27, 2012 buried in the backyard of Gibson's New Albany home.
Nebraska authorities assisted police from New Albany and Floyd County in processing the vehicle for evidence.
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William Clyde Gibson (Source: Floyd County Jail)
