Gavin Smith appears in court ahead of retrial for overturned murder conviction

Gavin Smith appears in court ahead of retrial for overturned murder conviction

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) - A man previously convicted of murdering his family while he was a teenager appeared in Kanawha County court Tuesday morning. Gavin Smith is accused of, and had been convicted and sentenced for, the murders of his mother, stepfather and two brothers in December 2020. He was 16-years-old at the time [...]

Retrial on track to move forward for Kanawha County quadruple-homicide

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The new trial for a Kanawha County man previously convicted of killing four members of his family is on track to move forward. Gavin Smith, 21, appeared before Circuit Judge Kenneth Ballard on Tuesday for a pretrial conference in which neither the prosecution nor the defense presented any motions. Smith was convicted…