Man pleads guilty ahead of Kanawha County quadruple murder retrial

Kanawha County man pleads guilty rather than face second quadruple-murder trial

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man who killed his entire family while still a juvenile will not go on trial for a second time after pleading guilty to four counts of murder. Gavin Smith Gavin Smith, 22, of Elkview, admitted to one count of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder for the killings of his mother, stepfather, and two brothers on Monday, rather than receive the second trial to which the West Virginia Suprem…

Man pleads guilty ahead of Kanawha County quadruple murder retrial

Gavin Smith whose murder conviction was previously tossed out by an appeals court has pleaded guilty to the murders of four of his family members ahead of his retrial in the case.