Who murdered 62 year old Gary Williams in 2017? Gary Arthur Williams, a 62-year-old White man from Pinson, Alabama, was living in a camper along Old Tennessee Pike Road when a late-night emergency call pulled deputies into the quiet stretch of northern Jefferson County. Just before 11:00 p.m. on June 10, 2017, they arrived at the 9400 block of Old Tennessee Pike and found him outside the camper, badly wounded from multiple stab injuries, the scene suggesting a sudden, violent encounter rather than an accident.
According to investigators, two men who were nearby said a man they knew as “Ray” came to their residence with alarming news—telling them that “someone jumped on Gary.” The two men went to check, found Williams injured, called 911, and tried to give first aid while waiting for help. Williams was rushed to the hospital and fought to survive for weeks, but the wounds were severe; he died from his injuries on July 8, 2017, at the hospital where he had been treated, including care at UAB Hospital as reported locally. With his death, what began as an assault investigation was formally upgraded to a homicide case.
In the days after the case turned into a homicide investigation, authorities publicly asked anyone with information to come forward, pointing tips to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Crime Stoppers. The details released at that stage were spare, but they anchored the timeline: the stabbing on June 10 along Old Tennessee Pike, the month of hospitalization, and the death on July 8 that made the charge of violence final and irreversible.
Less than two weeks later, the investigation reached an arrest. Court documents reported by local news indicated that Victor Ray Duboise had been booked into the Jefferson County Jail in connection with the killing. He was accused of stabbing Williams multiple times, and the reporting placed the incident near Old Tennessee Pike and Marsh Mountain Road—the same area where Williams was found alive that night. Duboise was held on a $150,000 bond as the case moved forward through the criminal process, with the arrest marking the first public naming of a suspect tied to Williams’ death.
