Gruesome Freezer Death Co-Defendant Learns Her SAFE-T-Act Fate From Judge

JOLIET, IL — The Will County State's Attorney's Office of Jim Glasgow had a successful Friday related to its prosecution in the high-profile death investigation involving the body dismemberment of Dalewayne Turner, who lived in the Plainfield area.

Will County Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak ruled against co-defendant Robin Turner, ordering the 62-year-old to remain in the Will County Jail under the SAFE-T Act.

James Adams, 26, and Robin Turner are charged with concealment of a homicide and dismembering a human being. Police say they live in the 2400 block of Ruth Fitzgerald Drive, where public records show victim Dalewayne Turner, 38, also lived.

Adams' detention hearing is set for July 29.

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According to Illinois State Police, an investigation into Dalewayne Turner's death began June 28, when boaters on Lake Mattoon in central Illinois discovered a partial severed arm bearing distinctive tattoos, including a skeleton holding a Green Bay Packers helmet.

A day later, state police issued a plea for information that could identify the victim. In early July, Illinois State police said the remains had been identified as those of Dalewayne Turner.

Additional searches of Lake Mattoon turned up additional severed body parts, according to state police, and Adams and Robin Turner were taken into custody after a search warrant was executed at the Ruth Fitzgerald Drive home.

According to prosecutors, Illinois State Police received a phone call on June 30 from the Joliet Police Department that a family member called 911 to report that his sister-in-law, Robin Turner, and half-brother, Adams, told him they killed and dismembered his brother, Dalewayne Turner, at their home.

The relative said Adams told him the killing happened two weeks earlier, when Dalewayne Turner entered the Ruth Fitzgerald Drive residence "and became physically violent with Robin and James."

The family member told police that "James told him that during the violent encounter James grabbed a knife and stabbed Dalewayne several times" before he bled out and died, according to prosecutors. The pair admitted to dismembering the body, stashing it in the freezer and taking about four hours to clean up the blood stains.

Adams told his relative, "I killed Dale, he is in the freezer," prosecutors say. According to the relative, Adams and Robin Turner, who was present for the confession, also mentioned they took several body parts to a lake, according to court documents.

The family member told police that after the confession, he hugged Adams, walked out of the house and called 911, prosecutors say. He told police he did not witness any bloodstains or signs that a crime took place at the house or see any signs that Robin Turner had any physical injuries that could have resulted from the alleged battery. He said Adams had a bruise on his arm that he credited to falling down the stairs.

"James Adams along with Robin Turner took extreme measures to cover-up the killing and then further measures in an attempt to hide Dalewayne's body," court documents allege. "The measures included utilized bleach for clean-up and to mask odor, re-painting the house, removing wood panels and burning them in a fire pit, getting rid of rugs. The stabbing apparently resulted in a blood scene and these measures were done to destroy physical evidence."

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