I am letting any willing man come and have his way with my wife with a little compensation for us to help with our holiday funding we need.
An online ad posted by Justin Dewayne Adams
So it is safe to say that the Justin and Jaymie Adams family dynamic didn't resemble that of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, or Ward and June Cleaver. In fact from the outside looking in words like unimaginable, bizarre, and weird come to mind, but hey, there is no accounting for taste. As Kinsey said, "there is no such thing as normal sex."
According to her husband, Jaymie Adams, who was 25 and pregnant with her fifth child, went off into the night on December 9th, 2011 to meet what was originally described to the cops as a friend. Later, as his story began to shift some, Justin Adams admitted it was really to hook up with a client, who, in less polite company, could also be described as a "john." Something went terribly askew that night though. By the morning of the 10th, Justin Adams called police to report her missing.
Her body was found in southeast Oklahoma City, near Lake Stanley Draper on January 7th. She had been stabbed 29 times. 18 of the wounds were in her back. In addition her jaw was broken in three places. The investigation almost immediately homed in on her husband, who by then was telling police that he and his wife were swingers who both advertised on Craigslist, looking to meet men in order to have sex with them.
To make a long story short, Justin Adams' actions and conflicting stories led police to take the path of least resistance. He was charged with two counts of first degree murder. One for his wife, one for the unborn child. However things were never that clear even in the beginning. According to a story in today's The Oklahoman, written by Tim Willert, a man named Joseph Cyr was interviewed by police as early as December, 19th, 2011. Cyr reportedly told investigators he had been in contact with Jayme Adams and that they'd exchanged emails and text messages the night she went missing.
According to Willert, Cyr also told police that after getting pictures and prices from her and talking to her on the phone, he decided to take a pass on the transaction. He claimed then and still does that he never met her. Willert reports that Detective Chris Cunningham wrote in an affidavit, Cyr was very evasive with his responses and would not answer questions directly. He denied engaging in sexual activity with her. He denied killing her.
Well that certainly doesn't seem particularly surprising. There are probably a whole lot of guys who would be a tad evasive when it comes to answering questions about the act searching out a prostitute. After all, it isn't something you brag about. Later police obtained a search warrant and got a sample of Cyr's DNA. Willert reports that in July of last year police found out the sample was a match to DNA taken from the victim. On Tuesday Cyr was arrested in the Tulsa area and charged with two counts of first degree murder.
Charges against, Justin Adams were down graded to first degree manslaughter. His attorney, Irven Box claims the new accusations lack merit and he doesn't believe they'll hold up in court.
It has been a long and twisted road since that winter evening in 2011. It was apparent months ago prosecutors had realized Justin Adams wasn't the killer. In January the DA office announced the OKCPD was looking for additional evidence against Mr. Adams. The first truly overt indication came in July when a local judge allowed him out of county jail on $100,000 bail, even though he was still technically charged with murder. Finally in October the judge went so far as to rule that police should remove Adams' ankle monitor.
Since then other reports have been drifting about. Rumors of Cyr being spotted on a Wal-Mart security camera buying items that were found near the body being the most sensational.
The fall and winter of 2011 was a particularly gruesome time in Oklahoma City. First Carina Saunders' dismembered body was found, then Kelsey Bransby was shot to death in her south side apartment. In November the nude body of Alina Fitzpatrick was found on the far east side of town and in December, Jaymie Adams disappeared only to turn up dead a little less than a month later. The Saunders' murder investigation was so mishandled by the Bethany police it might not ever come untangled. When it comes to Fitzpatrick the Oklahoma City cops apparently haven't a clue as to who might be involved. Two of Bransby's friends were charged in her death, but local media outlets have been completely mum about the disposition of her case. Now it looks as if the authorities initially charged the wrong guy with the murder of Jaymie Adams. It isn't the first time. In February prosecutors had to let Luis Ruiz and Jimmy Massey off the hook after they'd sat in the county lock up for months accused of murder in the Saunders' case.
According to Willert prosecutors came up with manslaughter charges against Justin Adams because he, aided and abetted Jaymie Adams in engaging in acts of prostitution, participating in criminal conduct that resulted in the death of Jaymie Adams. Well either that or because he is an asshole and they desperately need to save some face in light of all these screw ups.
Obviously there are no Lt. Columbos or Jack McCoys in the real world, just as there aren't any Perry Masons. However, it appears that right now in this town, the railroad known as justice not only lacks a conductor, but an engineer as well. In fact it wouldn't be unreasonable to consider the term cluster fuck appropriate when it comes to all of this.
Hopefully, at last, the police and D.A. have their man and he is the right one. It would be a refreshing change from what has become the norm.
It is time for a smoke.
Over and out.
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