Terry Adams, 38, was found dead on October 18, 2021, along U.S. Highway 63 about four miles south of Warren, Arkansas. Arkansas State Police investigators recovered evidence at the scene indicating he had been shot; his body was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for further study and the case was opened as a homicide.

Adams lived in Banks, Arkansas, and was known to family and friends as Porky. He was born October 23, 1982, in Pine Bluff, attended Wagnon United Methodist Church and graduated from Warren High School. He is survived by his daughter Emily Adams; his parents Terry and Mary Risher Adams; his brother Andy Adams; and a grandchild, Kaysen Grant Kendrick. A funeral service took place October 24, 2021, with burial at Williams Cemetery.

On October 20, 2021, 44-year-old Tony McCoy of Warren was arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with Adams’ death and was being held in the Dallas County Detention Center awaiting his first court appearance. The investigation into the circumstances of the killing was ongoing.