Alvin Andrew Kelly

Alvin Andrew Kelly (March 14, 1951 – October 14, 2008) was an American serial killer who committed four drug-related murders in Longview and Lake Cherokee, Texas from May to June 1984, killing two reserve marshals, their infant son, and later his roommate. Convicted and sentenced to death for the infant's murder, he was executed in 2008. At the time of the crimes, Kelly worked as a debt collector for Walter "WW" Shannon, a drug trafficker based in Kilgore. After somehow acquiring information that 30-year-old Jerry Glenn Morgan and his 25-year-old wife Brenda, who were reserve marshals for the city of Longview, were providing information about their illegal activities, Kelly drove to the family's mobile home in late April 1984 together with his brother Steven and 27-year-old drug dealer Ronnie Lee Wilson. While Steven remained in the car, Kelly and Wilson went inside, where an argument erupted between Kelly and Jerry Morgan. Kelly then pulled out a gun, tackled Jerry to the ground, and started beating him with the gun, claiming that he could kill him whenever he wanted. Before the situation escalated further, he noticed that Steven was peeking through the window and ordered him to go back to the car, with Kelly and Wilson following him soon after. On April 30, together with Wilson and his wife Cynthia, Kelly again drove to the Morgans' trailer. Upon arriving, he told Cynthia to stay in the car while he and Wilson went inside and went to the bedroom, where he shot and killed Jerry Morgan. The gunfire alerted Cynthia, who went inside to see Kelly pinning Brenda to the wall while the couple's 22-month-old son Devin was crying. While trying to calm the child down, Kelly shot Brenda in the neck and dragged her to the bedroom, placing her next to her deceased husband. According to Cynthia's later testimony, Brenda Morgan was still alive. She begged her for help, with Cynthia placing a towel under her head before returning to the living room to calm Devin down.