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Adam Deavers

Case from Indianapolis, IN dated Aug 01, 2021

Victim Details

Adam Deavers

Male

White / Caucasian

Indianapolis

IN

2021-08-01

26

Adam

Deavers

07/26/2026

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In the late hours of a summer evening in Indianapolis, a sequence of events unfolded that would end in tragedy. On August 1, 2021, 26-year-old Adam Deavers, a White male, was discovered in a vehicle that had veered off the road and collided with a tree in the 4100 block of East 35th Street. Alongside him was 25-year-old Hayley Merrill; both had sustained fatal gunshot wounds.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were initially dispatched to the scene following reports of s ...
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  • https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/2080411
  • Ballistics tie gun man pointed at Indianapolis police to 3 homicides
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    Does anyone else find it so chilling how easily the gun from the separate incident could be traced b... ...Read More
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    I’ve been following the case of Adam Deavers and Hayley Merrill, and one thing that keeps sticking... ...Read More
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    I’ve been following the case of Adam Deavers and Hayley Merrill, and it just feels like a terrible... ...Read More
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