Fourteen-year-old Jonathan Johnny Adams left Connecticut in spring 2020 to stay with relatives on a family farm in Augusta, West Virginia, as the family sought a safer setting during the coronavirus pandemic. Described as a happy kid who had just finished King Philip Middle School and planned to play football in high school, he was reported missing on the morning of July 12, 2020. His belongings and sleeping clothes were left in order on his bed, which family members said was uncharacteristic.

A large search of about 130 acres involving local authorities, the FBI and volunteers ended on July 18 when Johnny’s remains were found in a shallow grave in a heavily wooded, hard-to-access area near the farm. An autopsy showed he had been shot in the head. Investigators later charged a 16-year-old relative after initially arresting him for burglary; prosecutors said Johnny had discovered the cousin’s role in a burglary, threatened to tell parents, and was chased out of the house, beaten and then shot. Does anyone have information about Johnny’s time on the farm or observations from the area that week?