Delbert King, a 50-year-old White man from the Shock area near Rosedale, West Virginia, was shot and killed on the evening of September 18, 2015, inside a camper along Rosedale Road. The shooting was reported about 5:30 p.m.; emergency personnel found King dead at the scene with at least one fatal gunshot wound to the torso. Witnesses described a vehicle leaving the area after the shooting, giving investigators an early lead.

Investigators focused on Adam Glen Couch, a Nicut-area resident of Calhoun County. Couch fled the area but was located later that night at his girlfriend’s residence; police recovered the vehicle and a rifle they believed had been used. The criminal complaint says Couch went to the property armed with a .30-30 rifle and admitted to the shooting. He was arrested and initially charged with first-degree murder.

Police said King and Couch apparently knew one another and described the gathering at the camper as a meeting. Prosecutors relied on scene evidence, witness statements, the recovered firearm and vehicle, and Couch’s alleged admission in pursuing the case.

Anyone with information about King's killing or who knew him is asked to share what they know.