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Thomas Adkins

Case from Douds, IA dated Sep 14, 1985

Victim Details

Thomas Adkins

Male

White / Caucasian

Douds

IA

1985-09-14

29

Thomas

Adkins

06/20/2026

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On a September day in 1985, the life of Thomas DeWayne Adkins, a 29-year-old White male from Fairfield, Iowa, was cut tragically short. It was September 14th, and Adkins had gone squirrel hunting with a close friend, 24-year-old Robert Alan Tisor, in the Van Buren Wildlife Area near Douds. What was meant to be a day of outdoor recreation ended in a fatal gunshot wound to Adkins' head.

According to Tisor, the shooting was a horrific accident. He claimed that he mistook Adkins, who had a lo ...
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