Overview
- Prosecutors filed multiple counts of first‑degree murder on July 31 against James Adams, 26, and Robin Turner, 62, who had earlier been charged with concealment and dismemberment.
- The probe began when a boater found a severed arm with a Bears/Packers tattoo in Lake Mattoon on June 28, and investigators used the tattoo to identify the victim as 38‑year‑old Dalewayne Turner of Plainfield.
- Court records say divers later recovered weighted bags with human remains from the lake and that agents found a partial torso, neck and head inside a basement freezer during a search of a Plainfield home.
- Documents record an admission by Adams that he stabbed Turner and a claim of self‑defense, while prosecutors say the two took steps to conceal the killing including cleaning, repainting and removing house materials.
- The case now moves toward arraignments and pretrial hearings with forensic tests, witness interviews and evidence about the freezer purchase and online searches expected to shape the prosecution and the family’s next steps.