Staff Writer
rseaborn@pickenssentinel.com
PICKENS COUNTY - A six-man, six-woman jury will decide the fate of an Easley man accused of killing his wife and then staging the crime scene to appear to be a suicide.
Opening arguments began Monday afternoon in a Pickens County courtroom in the trial of Glen Everett Gibson, who called police to his 108 Pinewood Drive home last year, alleging that his wife had committed suicide.
Easley Police Department incident reports, dated January 21, 2007, said officers arrived at the home shortly before 10 p.m. to find Keri Elizabeth Gibson lying on a bed in a back room, with a gunshot wound to her head.
A coroner's report ruled her death a suicide.
However, in his opening statement to the jury, Thirteenth Circuit Assistant Solicitor Peter Them said that an investigation by Easley police officers uncovered evidence that Mrs.
Gibson's death was a homicide, later charging her husband with murder.
Gibson killed his wife after the couple reunited following a marriage separation, and Gibson became obsessed with social relationships she developed during what proved to be a temporary parting, Them said.
With a divorce looking likely, Gibson was also making every attempt to ensure he retained custody of the couple's daughter.
In his opening remarks, defense attorney Scott Robinson portrayed the young mother as suffering from bipolar disorder, and said that her life was in disarray.
He also said that Keri Gibson left behind a suicide note.
The trial will continue throughout the week.
Gibson has remained in jail since being charged with his wife's death last year.
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