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John Adams

Case from Joplin, MO dated Apr 13, 2017

Victim Details

John R. Adams

Male

White / Caucasian

Joplin

MO

2017-04-13

64

John

Adams

07/17/2026

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John Robert Adams, 64, was a White man from Joplin, Missouri, whose life ended on April 13, 2017. Online memorial records sketch him as a working man—someone who spent most of adulthood in construction as a contractor, and who also served as a veteran of the United States Coast Guard—grounded in family ties that stretched from Joplin to Alaska and Oregon.

Beyond those biographical details, the public trail turns thin and strangely quiet. One national gun-violence memorial entry recor ...
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  • Joplin Globe: Joplin shooting death ruled a suicide
  • Obituary information for John Robert Adams - Joplin - Parker Mortuary
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