William Lanway biography: 13 things about Clarksville, Tennessee native

William “Bill” Lanway was an American man from Tennessee, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He was born in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee to Lyle William Lanway and Candy Kay Snyder Lanway.
2. He worked as a mechanic.
3. He was 3 years older than his girlfriend Holly Williams, an esthetician who moonlighted as an escort known as Layla Love.
4. On January 30, 2006, Dana Rucker gave birth to their daughter Madison Kay Lanway in Clarksville.
5. On September 11, 1960, the divorce of his parents became final.
6. On September 12, 1960, his mother was fatally stabbed allegedly by his father. She was 26.
7. On September 21, 2011, his daughter Madison died in Arkansas.
8. In February 2020, Erik Maund hired Williams as an escort in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. On March 1, 2020, he anonymously sent Maund a text message, demanding $25,000 so he would not reveal that Maund had used that escort. Gilad Peled helped Maund identify him as the sender of the message.
9. On March 11, 2020, Peled received an offer from Bryon Brockway. According to Peled, Maund approved Brockway and Adam Carey‘s plan to kill him and Williams for $60,000 each.
10. On March 12, 2020, he and Williams stepped out of her apartment in Nashville and were ambushed and kidnapped by Brockway and Carey. He and Williams were driven to a construction site and murdered. 
11. On March 13, 2020, he and Williams were found dead inside a white Acura that hit a tree in Nashville. They had multiple gunshot wounds. He was 36.
12. On December 10, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Peled, Brockway, Carey and Maund for their roles in his and Williams’ murder. Peled pleaded guilty to murder for hire, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, and kidnapping resulting in death and agreed to testify against Brockway, Carey and Maund.
13. On November 17, 2023, a jury found Brockway and Carey guilty of murder-for-hire resulting in death, conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping resulting in death and Maund guilty of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire but not guilty of kidnapping resulting in death in relation to his and Williams’ murders.