Marc Adams, 55, and Carlene Williams, 51, were found fatally shot in their Beverly Avenue home in Waterbury on October 6, 2025. A family member who had been asleep in the house woke around 10 p.m. to find both victims. Prosecutors say Williams was shot in the neck and head and Marc Adams was shot in the back of the head at close range.

An argument over finances is believed to have preceded the killings. Neighbors reported a surveillance camera captured audio earlier in the day of Williams yelling at her son about not contributing to household expenses. Authorities describe the incident as a tragic case of domestic violence.

The primary suspect is the victims’ 25-year-old son, Javian Adams. He was arrested the following day in Watertown after a reported burglary near Lake Winnemaug and charged with two counts of murder, murder with special circumstances, murder in the commission of a felony, criminal use of a weapon, criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, first-degree reckless endangerment, and larceny of a motor vehicle. He is being held on $5 million bond and has denied the charges through his public defender. These were Waterbury’s seventh and eighth homicides in 2025.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that afternoon or evening that could help investigators?