'He is in the freezer': Man stabbed half-brother during fight about 'sport cards' then teamed up with victim's wife to freeze his head, hide limbs using Walmart supplies, cops say

An Illinois antheral stabbed his half-brother during a combat "about athletics cards" past teamed up with the victim's wife to frost his head, cervix and torso — portion dumping the remainder of his assemblage parts successful a lake utilizing Walmart weights, according to tribunal documents.

James Adams, 26, and Robin Turner, 62, are facing charges of concealment of a homicide and dismembering a quality assemblage successful transportation with the decease of Dalewayne Turner, 38, of Plainfield, successful precocious June.

On June 30, a boater successful Shelby County's Lake Mattoon found Dalewayne Turner's dismembered limb and reported it to section police, according to a July 6 transgression ailment obtained by section ABC and CW affiliates WLS and WGN, respectively.

Investigators past recovered aggregate achromatic integrative trash bags filled with different remains, weights and factual successful the lake. A tattoo of a skeleton holding a Green Bay Packers' helmet was identified and traced backmost to Dalewayne Turner, according to police.

Investigators obtained surveillance footage, license-plate scholar information and store records that helped link Dalewayne Turner to Adams and Robin Turner, the ailment says.

Adams was allegedly caught connected camera purchasing weights and duct portion astatine a Mattoon Walmart; Adams and Robin Turner besides purchased factual days earlier, according to the complaint.

Steven Turner, Dalewayne Turner's brother, was interviewed by constabulary and allegedly told investigators that Adams confessed to sidesplitting Dalewayne. Steven Turner said Adams told him he "grabbed a weapon and stabbed Dalewayne respective times," according to the complaint.

"I killed Dale. He is successful the freezer," Adams allegedly told Steven Turner, WGN reports.

After being taken into custody, Adams and Robin Turner "both recounted that Dalewayne was stabbed respective times, bled out, and succumbed to his injuries," according to the complaint. Adams declined to springiness a afloat connection aft being advised of his rights but allegedly made a remark to investigators that caught their attention.

"The 1 happening I volition accidental is that I did it, but I did it retired of self-defense," Adams allegedly told police. "I volition archer you guys that."

Robin Turner allegedly stated that connected the greeting of June 21, Adams and Dalewayne Turner "had a verbal statement astir sports cards." Robin Turner told investigators that Adams admitted to stabbing Dalewayne Turner aggregate times, the ailment says.

Adams and Robin Turner some lived with Dalewayne Turner successful the 2400 artifact of Ruth Fitzgerald Drive successful Plainfield and allegedly teamed up to dismember and conceal his body, according to police. A Ram pickup motortruck registered to the brace was allegedly spotted connected license-plate scholar cameras with bags of factual successful the bed.

On June 26, the cameras caught the motortruck carrying 2 totes successful the furniture with duct portion astir them, according to the complaint. The motortruck was allegedly spotted leaving Mattoon without the totes successful the bed.

Police accidental those aforesaid totes were aboriginal recovered successful an overgrown ditch and contained Dalewayne Turner's assemblage parts. His head, cervix and torso were allegedly recovered successful a freezer successful the basement of the location wherever the trio lived, covered by a broad and topped with cinder blocks.

"Literally made maine sick to my stomach," Chrystal Mann, relative of Dalewayne Turner, told WLS astir his decease and the assemblage portion discoveries.

According to Mann, Dalewayne Turner and his woman took custody of Adams erstwhile helium was 13 aft Adams' biologic begetter killed Adams' mother. She says she spoke to Robin Turner connected the time she was taken into custody.

"I was connected the telephone with her 10 minutes earlier she was arrested," Mann recounted. "And I said, 'Robin, what's going on? Why americium I proceeding each this brainsick stuff? I'm proceeding rumors…' She says, 'Well, he's inactive successful treatment. And she said, Let maine telephone you close back.' I ne'er talked to her again."