Maxwell Adams was a seventeen year old living in Virginia when he would murder his father
According to court documents Maxwell Adams would stab his father multiple times causing his death. Adams would then stab himself
Maxwell Adams would call 911 and report that he and his father had been stabbed during a home invasion
Officers would rush the pair to the hospital where Maxwell Adams father would die from his injuries
During questioning by police Maxwell Adams would tell police that two men had broken their way into the home and stabbed the pair. However soon his story would fall apart and Adams would be charged with murder
Maxwell Adams would be convicted and sentenced to thirty two years in prison
In 2019 Maxwell Adams would demand to use the phone in order to call his mother however he would be told by correctional officer to wait til the morning as the phones were shut down for the day. Adams would again demand to use the phone saying he would kill himself if he was not allowed. Again the guards refused. Maxwell would take his own life
Maxwell Adams Case
An 18-year-old Arlington man has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for killing his father, police announced Thursday.
Maxwell Adams was sentenced Wednesday for the second-degree murder of his father—Dennis “Andy” Adams, 46—on April 1, 2016.
“Mr. Adams tragically lost his life in a senseless act of domestic violence by someone he spent his life caring for,” Arlington County Deputy Chief Daniel J. Murray, Commander of the Criminal Investigations Division said, in a statement. “Today’s sentence will not return Mr. Adams to his family, but we hope it provides some solace to know that the individual responsible will be held accountable for his actions”.
On the night of April 1, officers responded to the 100 block of S. Glebe Road for an assault with injuries and found two people suffering from stab wounds. Dennis Adams was transported to George Washington University Hospital Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Maxwell initially claimed he and his father were victims of an alleged home invasion, police said. Throughout the investigation, detectives uncovered numerous inconsistencies in Maxwell’s account of these events.
Detectives ultimately determined the stabbing resulted from a domestic incident that took place inside a residence in the 3600 block of 3rd St. S.
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Maxwell Adams News
An 18-year-old Arlington, Virginia, resident who stabbed his father to death when he was 17 years old has been sentenced to decades in prison.
Maxwell Adams, 18, was sentenced on Wednesday to 32 years for killing his father, Dennis “Andy” Adams, last year. He was 46.
“Mr. Adams tragically lost his life in a senseless act of domestic violence by someone he spent his life caring for,” Arlington County Deputy Chief Daniel J. Murray said in a statement.
Maxwell Adams was sentenced to 50 years with 23 years suspended for first-degree murder, plus five years for stabbing in the commission of a felony. The sentences will run consecutively.
The 17-year-old attacked his father about 8 p.m. April 1, 2016 after an argument on the 3600 block of 3rd Street S., near Thomas Jefferson Middle School.
When the dispute continued outside, Arlington County Police were dispatched to the 100 block of S. Glebe Road, just blocks away. Police found both Adams and his father suffering from stab wounds.
Medics rushed the elder Adams to the trauma center at George Washington University Hospital, where he later died.
Maxwell Adams initially told police he and his father had been victims of a home invasion. Then, he gave inconsistent accounts of what happened.
Police ultimately ruled out other leads and arrested Adams for murder.
Arlington County prosecutor Theophani K. Stamos said she hoped the sentence would give the 18-year-old time to reflect on his crime.
“In her ruling, Judge DiMatteo gave the family of Andy Adams a measure of closure they have ached for since this awful incident,” she said in a statement. “The defendant will now have the next 32 years of his life to contemplate from behind bars how his actions destroyed a family.”
Arlington 18-Year-Old Who Killed Father Gets 32 Years – NBC4 Washington
