A mistrial has been declared in the second trial of a Lexington man previously convicted of suffocating a woman and hiding her body in a closet.
William Parker “Bill” Brown, 56, was found guilty last year of the murder of 62-year-old Ava Creech, who was found bound, gagged and decomposing in a closet in her Victoria Way home Oct. 2, 2020.
At the conclusion of his jury trial in April 2024, Brown was found guilty of murder, being a felon in possession of a handgun, and receiving stolen property. He received a life sentence…