Defense attorney in 1983 homicides pens novel based on case
JOHNNY CASEY, Asheville Citizen Times
July 23, 2021
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William Auman served as the principal attorney in the 2001 case of the killings of William Grady Gahagan and Bonnie Mae Gahagan, residents of the Laurel community. In June, Auman's historical mystery novel based on the events, "If Trees Could Testify" was published by BookLocker. (Johnny Casey/The Asheville Citizen-Times via AP)Johnny Casey/AP
MARSHALL, N.C. (AP) — Madison County resident William D. Auman worked 30 years of trial practice, including 10 death penalty cases and roughly 70 murder cases, but maybe no case was as memorable as the Gahagan homicides.