'Chest Freezer,' Chloroform: Wife's Search History Before, After Plainfield-Area Man Was Killed, Dismembered

Weeks before Dalewayne Turner's remains were found, his wife began searching suspicious questions and phrases on Google, prosecutors said.

By Emily Rosca, Patch Staff

Jul 8, 2026 5:20 PM CDT | Updated Jul 8, 2026 8:04 PM CDT

Robin Turner (left), 62, and James Adams, 26, were charged with concealment of a homicide and dismembering a human being in connection with the death of Dalewayne Turner, 38. (Will County Sheriff's Office)

PLAINFIELD, IL — The wife accused in the stashing her husband's remains in the freezer of their Plainfield-area home began researching suspicious questions weeks before his body was discovered, prosecutors said.

Robin Turner, 62, and 26-year-old James Adams, are each charged with concealment of a homicide and dismembering a human being in connection with the death of Dalewayne Turner, 38, the husband and half-brother, respectively, of the pair.

Illinois State Police began investigating Dalewayne Turner's death June 28, when recreational boaters on Lake Mattoon in central Illinois discovered a partial severed arm bearing distinctive tattoos

Adams admitted on June 30 — first to a family member, then to police — to killing his half-brother in the home he shared with him and Robin Turner in the 2400 block of Ruth Fitzgerald Drive, according to court documents.

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

Prosecutors say Adams and Robin Turner cut Dalewayne Turner's body up into small pieces and placed many of the parts in a freezer purchased for that purpose at a local Best Buy store. The freezer was discovered in their home in the 2400 block of Ruth Fitzgerald Drive. Other body parts were found weighed down in trash bags in Lake Mattoon, Patch reported.

Robin Turner's questionable searches began almost a month prior, investigators said. Prosecutors found these searches in Robin Turner's Google history, per court documents:

June 2: "does chloraphorm really knoc uou out"
June 8: "can you doe feom an overdose of lithium"
June 8: "can you die from an overdose of Adderall"
June 14: "can you commit suicide eith sleeping pils"
June 16: "how much tide pid can make someone sick"
June 18: "what does an overdose of adderall look like"
June 18: "is it easy to crack yiur head from a fall"
June 18: "can adderall make you light headed"
June 18: "chest freezer"
June 20: "what does an overdose of adderall look like"
June 22: "what can you do if to pick yp somethinh heavy thay has tipped over"
June 22: "how much concrete do you need for 9 24" x 12 post holes"
June 24: "how long doesnit take a gresh 26 lb turkeybti freeze"
June 24: "why are there so many missing people that never get found"
June 24: "how do you divorce someone you can't find"
June 25: "concrete mixer"
June 25: "can spoiled meat stink ifvfrozeb"
June 25: "do you have to have a body embalmed"

No additional charges have been filed against Turner or Adams, as of Wednesday. State police said more are expected.