Featured Top Story Years of silence yield more jail time Doug Thompson For The Floyd Press Aug 20, 2023 Aug 20, 2023 0 1 of 2 The Floyd County Courthouse is located at 100 E. Main St. at the center of town. Photo by Abby Whitt Mug by NRV Regional Jail Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Doug Thompson For The Floyd Press Robert Joseph Gibbons, 38, was sentenced to three years in prison this week for the voluntary manslaughter of his father in 2014.kAmw:D 4@?G:4E:@? 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Gibbons pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter A five-day jury trial scheduled to begin on Monday was scrapped when Robert Joseph Gibbons pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the 20…
Trial to start in alleged murder Robert James Langhorne Gibbons was 65 in 2014, when he was reported missing by his daughter.
Gibbons’ murder trial delayed A murder case that goes back to June 2, 2014, a cold case in Floyd County for more than five years, was delayed in Circuit Court until Decembe…
FCSO: Missing person case upgraded to homicide, arrest made FLOYD, CO — The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that a missing persons case from six years ago has been “upgraded” to a homi…
