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    Bradley Adcox Gets 43 Years in 2013 TN Murder of 5-Year-Old Landon Robbins


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    Bradley Adcox and Jessica Robbins


    Father Wants Death Penalty for Daughter in 2013 TN Slaying of 5-year-old Landon Robbins

    It's been at least 20 years since the death penalty was sought in a Rhea County, Tenn., court, according to District Attorney Mike Taylor.

    But, he said, that's what a number of Rhea County residents want for Jessica Robbins and Bradley Adcox, the couple accused of abusing Robbins' 5-year-old son Landon, ultimately to his death.

    "I have received some calls from probably around a dozen people supporting the prosecution, saying 'We want to see justice done.' Words to that effect," Taylor said.

    He is unsure whether the prosecution will file notice to pursue the death penalty against Robbins and Adcox but did not rule it out Wednesday afternoon.

    The Rhea County grand jury handed down its indictments against Robbins, 29, and Adcox, 22, on Friday morning.

    For Robbins, there are five felony charges: First-degree murder, first-degree felony murder, aggravated child endangerment and two counts of aggravated child abuse.

    Adcox is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree felony murder and two counts of aggravated child abuse.

    Robbins faces an aggravated child endangerment charge because she "did unlawfully and knowingly fail to protect Landon Robbins, a child eight years of age or less, from abuse or neglect resulting in physical injury," according to court documents.

    At a preliminary hearing for Robbins and Adcox in September, Rhea County Sheriff's Office Investigator Rocky Potter said Robbins admitted that the couple forced Landon to drink liquid soap and eat cigarette butts as punishment, primarily when he did not go to sleep on time.

    On Aug. 30, Jessica Robbins called 911 to report Landon was not breathing. Emergency personnel arrived and found the boy dead.

    According to Potter, further investigation indicated Landon was abused and died of "multiple blunt-force trauma" injuries.

    Jessica Robbins' father Jerry Wells is among those calling for the death penalty. He is conflicted, but not over whether a death sentence is too severe a punishment.

    "I'd like to see them get death, I really would, but I think death's too good for them," he said.

    Wells attended the brief indictment hearing Friday morning at the Rhea County Courthouse. He said Robbins' not-guilty plea did not surprise him.

    "They said they wasn't guilty. I expected that," he said.

    Landon's younger sisters -- Brooklyn and Samantha -- are staying with Jerry Wells' other daughter, Tonya Wilson, along with her husband Mark and their three kids.

    "They're struggling, but they'll make it," Wells said.

    Robbins and Adcox are scheduled to appear in court again on Jan. 3, 2014.

    http://timesfreepress.com/news/2013/...er-charges-in/
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    Sep 9, 2014

    Trial date set for accused child killers


    By Reed Johnson

    A trial date for the accused murderers of 5-year-old Landon Robbins has been set, according to Rhea County court officials.

    Landon Robbins’ mother Jessica Robbins and Bradley Adcox are set to go to trial on March 30, 2015.

    Robbins and Adcox, both of Cawood Lane in Spring City, were charged with both first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse resulting in death after Robbins’ 5-year-old son Landon Robbins was found dead in the couple’s home.

    The couple remains incarcerated at the Rhea County Jail.

    Officials with the Rhea County Sheriff’s Department received an emergency call regarding a “child not breathing” at Robbins’ Cawood Lane home in September 2013. Officials said that first responders were unable to resuscitate the child and the house was declared a crime scene.

    An autopsy ruled that the child died of blunt force trauma.

    Investigators said the couple told them they forced the boy to drink dish washing liquid and eat cigarette butts as punishment. Investigators also testified in court that when they arrived on the scene and inspected the boys’ body, they noticed extensive bruising, two black eyes and a bite mark on his back.

    The couple allegedly told deputies that the boy had been punished for not going to bed on time.

    Both Robbins and Adcox were arrested and were also indicted by a Rhea County Grand Jury on first-degree murder charges in 2013.

    Custody of Landon Robbins’ two younger sisters was given to family members, according to law enforcement officials.

    http://www.rheaheraldnews.com/news/a...9bb2963f4.html
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    Mom gets 60-year prison sentence for horrific abuse, death of Rhea County 5-year-old

    The mother of a 5-year-old Rhea County, Tenn., boy who was beaten, forced to eat cigarette butts and drink dishwashing detergent before he died pleaded guilty this week and accepted a 60-year prison sentence.

    Jessica Robbins, 25, of Spring City, pleaded guilty to facilitation of murder and aggravated child abuse and neglect during a hearing Monday in Rhea County Circuit Court. Mike Taylor, district attorney for the 12th Judicial District, said Robbins was sentenced to 60 years on the facilitation charge and 25 years on the child abuse charge, with the sentences to run concurrently.

    Robbins originally was charged with first-degree felony murder, first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated child abuse and aggravated child endangerment.

    Taylor said Robbins agreed to testify against her boyfriend, Bradley Adcox, who remains charged with first-degree murder, first-degree felony murder and two counts of aggravated child abuse in the 2013 death.

    http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/l...-abuse/294511/
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    Both of these two deserve the death penalty for what they did to this boy.

    September 19, 2013

    Rhea County boy's last days included cigarette butts, whippings: Mother recounts punishments


    By Ben Benton
    Times Free Press

    The 5-year-old Rhea County boy found dead Aug. 30 in a home north of Spring City had been forced to eat dish washing soap and cigarette butts when whippings didn't work.

    The lithe little boy named Landon Robbins -- a student at Spring City Elementary School -- was being punished for not going to sleep, as were his two younger sisters.

    That's according to testimony in a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Rhea County General Sessions Court for the boy's mother, Jessica Robbins, 29, and her boyfriend, 22-year-old Bradley Adcox, who both face charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.

    The couple's cases were bound over Wednesday to the October session of the grand jury after appearing before General Sessions Judge Jimmy McKenzie. McKenzie refused to set a bond for the couple.

    Preliminary autopsy reports showed that the boy had bruising, blunt force trauma and contusions all over his head and face and a bite mark on his back. He had been forced to eat soap and cigarette butts, some of them found in his digestive tract.

    According to testimony from the only witness called, Rhea County Sheriff's Detective Rocky Potter, Jessica Robbins told investigators that she and Adcox had known each other for "lots of years" but began living together over the summer at the 25-foot-long camper on Cawood Road. Adcox was filling the role as father for Landon and his two sisters, ages 3 and 4.

    "He was the father figure. I let him do some spanking and set down the rules and be a father figure, which they had never had," Potter read from Robbins' statement.

    There were no punishments for several days in late August, but Landon started having nightmares on Aug. 25 after watching a "scary movie" on television.

    Robbins' statement described how events unfolded over the next few days.

    "We both had whipped the kids for not going to sleep on time. But Landon would never take them seriously and he would laugh at us," the detective read. "Bradley hated to be laughed at, so he would whip him more and more."

    On Wednesday Aug. 28, "Landon again would not go to sleep and Brad was irritated so he began beating him on the butt and the back of the legs. Again we just gave up. Landon laughed at us the whole time."

    The next night, all three children stayed up an hour past their appointed 7:30 p.m. bedtime.

    "We asked Landon what he wanted for punishment. He said, 'to eat cigarette butts.' The ashtray was on the counter so we let him pick up the butts and eat them. He had probably ate about five or six butts and he threw up on the floor.

    "So I gave him a gallon jug of dish soap and made him take a big gulp. We sent him outside to run and play thinking maybe they would tire out."

    The two girls chose a spanking and stayed in bed, but Landon stayed outside.

    About 9:30, Landon came in with an injury to his nose. Adcox said that happened while the boy was running around the swing set and fell against a real estate sign that was leaning up against it, Potter read from the statement.

    "He had a cut on his nose and he was bleeding. Landon threw up again before bed."

    When Landon went to sleep that night, his mother told authorities that he told her and Adcox, "he loved us and we were the best parents he ever had."

    The boy seemed to be becoming sicker, according to Robbins' statement. He was unable to control his bowels on several occasions through the night and into the morning, so he wasn't sent to school.

    Jessica Robbins told police she checked on him again later and found he had another accident and had to clean him up.

    "I jerked him up off the bed by his arm, but I didn't think I hurt him but maybe I did. I was aggravated as having to clean this up again."

    Landon attempted to eat some breakfast and complained about pain in his arm.

    The boy laid down again after he was given a Tylenol and told his mother, "I can't do this," according to Potter's reading of the statement. She asked what he meant, but Landon didn't know.

    When she checked on him again 30 to 45 minutes later, he had stopped breathing.

    Robbins said she tried CPR and when Adcox showed up early from work, he asked her if he should call 911.

    Potter testified that Adcox told authorities in his statement that the children were punished for not going to sleep. When spankings didn't work, they were given soap from a "Mello Yello" bottle the "first five or six times" and afterward were given the soap directly from the bottle.

    Adcox said the 5-year-old was "tough."

    Adcox maintained his description of how the injuries happened with the sign and the swing set on Aug. 29, according to testimony.

    Landon's paternal grandfather, Jerry Wells, said before the hearing that no punishment for Robbins and Adcox could be enough. Wells is the father of Gerald Wells, the boy's biological father.

    Jerry Wells said Jessica Robbins "was a really sweet girl," but believes she changed once her path crossed Adcox's.

    http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/l...ts-and/119146/
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    It appears Adcox has been sentenced to 43 years.

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