Crime

Ranger Man Arrested For Slaying of Texas College Student in 1987

By Cameron Niblock, Dec 15, 2016
 

WEATHERFORD, TX- North Texas police have arrested a suspect in the slaying of a college student from a cold case back in 1987.

Weatherford police told KTXS that 59-year-old Ricky Adkins of Ranger was arrested Wednesday at his home for a capital murder charge. 

Wendy Kae Robinson (Photo provided by DPS)

Furthermore, a police statement revealed a grand juryn on Dec. 1, indicted Adkins in the death of 19-year-old Wendy Kay Robinson of Willow Park.   

Police say Robinson, on July 8, 1987, was sunbathing at Lake Weatherford when she disappeared. Her body was found days later near a ranch. Police determined the freshman at Weatherford College suffered blunt force trauma. 

KTXS reported that authorities didn't immediately say what led investigators to Adkins. There wasn't an immediate posting of bond, or who the defense attorney will be. 

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