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Pokin Around: He walked away from a murder and disappeared
Robert Adams was convicted of murdering his wife in 1971; he fled to Germany, was found and fled again, never to be found
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February 3, 1970: Robert shot and killed his wife, Willa Lee Adams, in their home near the 2300 block of East Broadmoor Street in Springfield.
March 18, 1970: After attempting suicide in Florida, Robert admits to killing his wife.
March 19, 1970: Willa’s body is discovered buried in a ditch on the banks of Beaver Creek.
February 20, 1971: The jury found him guilty of second degree murder and a sentencing recommendation of forty years in prison. He was released on $25,000 bond while the defense appealed his case to the Missouri Supreme Court.
June 1973: While out on bail, he married a German woman in Colorado. He then violated the terms of his release by going to Germany with his new wife to visit her parents.
November 9, 1973: He was taken into custody in Chicago by the FBI upon his entry back into the country.
November 15, 1973: He was taken back to Missouri to begin his prison sentence.
1979: He was transferred to what was then called the Fordland Honor Camp, which is now the Ozark Correctional Center.
March 12, 1981: He was granted a five-day furlough, meaning he was released from prison and was allowed to stay for a while with friends in Columbia.
March 17, 1981: He never returned from furlough and was never seen again.
May 14, 2017, page A2 - The Springfield News-Leader at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com
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