Jerry Watkins was a brown-eyed boy who loved Kit Kats and riding his bicycle around the hills of West Virginia. He was 13 when he was severely beaten and fatally stabbed in 1985. After nearly 40 years, a man was arrested in connection with the killing.
Jerry Watkins was found stabbed to death in a shallow hole near railroad tracks on Nov. 12, 1985, in Terra Alta, W.Va.
Jerry, whose full name was Jeremiah Matthew Watkins, was a brown-eyed boy who loved Kit Kat chocolate, riding his bicycle around the hills of West Virginia and growling along to the lyrics of “Old Time Rock & Roll.” He was 13 years old when he was severely beaten and fatally stabbed in 1985. His body, the authorities have said, was found on Nov. 12 that year in a shallow hole near railroad tracks in the town of Terra Alta.
He said he noticed “some inconsistencies” in Adams’ statements in 1985 and decided to interview him a couple times with a colleague. He declined to share those inconsistencies or to say whether there was other evidence that possibly tied Adams to the killing.The case had stuck in the minds of many in the county of about 34,000 residents. Law enforcement officers interviewed scores of people in the 1980s and searched for possible leads, yet made no arrests.
She would watch Nicola cry as the song “Stand By Me” played on the radio. Then she would hear snippets from Nicola about what happened in the fall of 1985.
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