Detention Hearing Delayed For Wife, Half-Brother Charged In Dismemberment Of Plainfield-Area Man: Prosecutors

PLAINFIELD, IL — The wife and brother charged with dismembering of a Plainfield-area man will have to wait longer before they'll appear in court for their detention hearings, prosecutors said.

Originally due to appear in court this week, 62-year-old Robin Turner is now scheduled to appear July 17, and her co-defendant, 26-year-old James Adams, is due in court July 29, Will County Assistant State's Attorney Kelly O'Brien told Patch.

Each is charged with concealment of a homicide and dismembering a human being in connection with the death of Dalewayne Turner, 38, who was married to Robin Turner and was the half-brother of James Adams. They appeared in court Monday and were assigned public defenders.

Last week, Illinois State Police said additional charges were expected against Adams and Robin Turner.

In court documents, prosecutors outlined a gruesome timeline of the crime, saying that Adams confessed to a relative and then to police that he stabbed his half-brother to death before dismembering his body and placing parts in a freezer.

Prosecutors say the crimes happened at the family's home in the 2400 block of Ruth Fitzgerald Drive.

Asked about additional charges that could be brought against the victim's wife and half-brother, O'Brien said, "There's nothing that I can say whether or not there will be murder charges."

Robin Turner and Adams remained in custody at the Will County jail as of Thursday.

State police said the investigation into Dalewayne Turner's death started June 28, when boaters on Lake Mattoon, about three hours away from the Plainfield area, found part of his dismembered arm.

This week, court documents filed by prosecutors said that multiple plastic bags containing body parts were found by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources in the lake.

According to prosecutors, while executing a search warrant at the Ruth Fitzgerald Drive home on July 1, investigators found additional body parts in a basement freezer. The freezer was locked shut, covered with a blanket, duct-taped and topped with cinder blocks. A reciprocating saw blade with blood-like stains was hidden under the blanket, according to prosecutors.

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