Elberta Murder Victim’s Son Taken Into Custody

Florida Alabama James Adams was found walking down a Pensacola street. Not long before the murder victim's truck was involved in a police chase. But Adams was not behind the wheel.

by Jamie Burch

Published: Wed, August 20, 2008 - 1:37 pm CST Last Updated: Wed, August 20, 2008 - 1:52 pm CST

A murder investigation in Elberta took a strange twist Wednesday when police spotted the victim's missing truck in Pensacola.

The 2004 Chevy Silverado belonged to 60-year-old Pamela Ellison who was found stabbed to death in her garage last night. Her son, 41-year-old James Adams, was wanted for questioning in connection with Ellison's death.

Police believed Adams was driving the missing truck. But when Escambia County deputies stopped it after a short chase, there was no sign of Adams. They took the two people who were in the truck into custody and continued to search for Adams.

Around 2:30 p.m., deputies spotted Adams walking down the street and took him into custody.

Ellison's best friend tells News 5 Adams has a drug problem and just gotten out of prison. She said Ellison was apprehensive about letting him live with her.

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BamaBob Says:

Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:19 pm

This is just too sad! I hope there is some type of lesson in this story, but I fear it just echoes a trend. The need for a supply of drugs to feed a horrendous habit begins to outweigh all else and certain tragedy follows.
. When a human being reaches the point that he would brutally kill the one person in the world that nurtured him long before he took his first breath, he is no longer human. There is no place in this society for such a mass of cells clinging together merely due to the drug induced mucous oozing from within.
. This is the most abominable of crimes and should be punished as such.

liz36530 Says:

Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:34 pm

Pam was a very dear friend, and yes she loved The Lord very much! She was a beautiful person inside and out, she always offered a word of love and encouragement to anybody she talked to , and never met a stranger! She was always was a joy to be around.
My sympathy goes to her family and friends which I know was many! She is and always will be missed and thought of with very fond and loving memories.