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"Graphic new details were released in court Wednesday about a suspected serial killer who could now be put to death, as he was charged in connection with the slaying of a third woman.William Clyde Gibson was accused of sexually assaulting two of the women he is now charged with killing.Gibson was formally charged Wednesday afternoon in the death of Stephanie Kirk, the third woman he's been accused of killing.Prosecutors also announced their intention to seek the death penalty in two of those murder cases.\"After much thoughtful consideration and thoughtful consultation with the victims' families over the past several weeks, I chose to seek the ultimate penalty available under Indiana law,\" said Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson.Henderson said that decision was not made lightly.\"The absolute outrageous nature of what has been alleged that the defendant has committed, the outrageous nature of taking a human life and how those lives were taken,\" said Henderson.Gibson had already been charged with killing Christine Whitis at his New Albany Home in April and with killing Karen Hodella in 2002.Kirk's body was found buried in Gibson's back yard a few weeks ago, police said.Prosecutors also revealed new details accusing Gibson of sexually assaulting Kirk and Whitis before killing them, and even of dismembering Whitis by cutting off her breast -- part of the reason Henderson is seeking the death penalty in those two cases.\"If these cases, these two cases are not candidates for the death penalty, then I don't think any case would be,\" said Henderson.As for whether the sexual nature of the killings explains why prosecutors said Gibson committed them, Henderson said, \"The state doesn't have to prove motive. But many times, the people want to know and I can't answer that. I don't know.\"Investigators have spent weeks chasing after leads stemming from information Gibson gave them. Henderson said so far, leads connected to other cases have come up empty.\"There was information that the investigators thought credible enough to lead them to Bloomington. It's my understanding that there's nothing of any credible nature that came out of that,\" said Henderson.The Gibson investigation has led to searches spanning other Indiana counties, and an extensive one at Gibson's own home.Prosecutors said that process is drawing to a close, but aren't completely ruling out other developments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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