David Monroe Adams, 56, was arrested this week for the 1985 murder of 13-year-old Jerimiah 'Jerry' Matthew Watkins in Terra Alta, West Virginia.
a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Terra Alta, West Virginia, a man was arrested for his murder this week, the Preston County Sheriff's Office announced. At the beginning of this month, the sheriff's office took a second lookJerimiah 'Jerry' Matthew Watkins was found stabbed to death in a shallow hole near railroad tracks on Nov. 12, 1985 in Terra Alta, West Virginia.
"As part of renewing the investigation, law enforcement conducted multiple interviews with Mr. Adams and he eventually confessed that an argument that started overresulted in Jerry being taken into a shed and murdered," the Preston County Sheriff's Office said this week.
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