UPDATE: Family Suspects Drugs in Man's Murder
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Posted: 9:22 AM Nov 18, 2008
Last Updated: 12:01 PM Nov 24, 2008
Reporter: Randy Yohe
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UPDATE: The Louisvillle Courier-Journal is reporting that Tina Adkins' 16-year old daughter was sentenced in Michigan last month for the murder of her grandmother.

The paper reports that Kristina Adkins was sentenced as an adult to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 20 years.

According to the report, Adkins was 13 in 2006 when she slipped her grandmother, who raised her, a fatal dose of morphine.

Updated at 6 p.m.
FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- The family of a Hueysville, Ky., man who was murdered said drugs are responsible, but Kentucky State Police will not discuss a motive now.

Gregory Allen Shepherd's family hoped he would turn up after possibly being on a hunting trip, but the 38-year-old man's body was found early Tuesday in a Knott County field. Police began a missing person's search for Shepherd last Thursday, and the investigation led to three arrests.

Shepherd's common law wife, Tina Adkins, and a mother and son, Susan Morgan and Tommy Crum, all are charged with complicity to commit murder.

"They are all charged equally," said Kentucky State Police Detective Mike Goble.

The three suspects are in the Floyd County Detention Center. After their arrests in the Hueysville/Garrett area, they led police directly to where they could find the body.

Goble said Shepherd's body was found in a field just off of Route 80 with several trauma wounds -- possibly from a knife.

"But we're not ruling out a gunshot," Goble said.

Grieving family members said drug abuse and infidelity involving the suspects may have played a part in the killing.

"Tina was having an affair with her son," said Susan Slone, who is Shepherd's aunt.

His sister Virginia Hamilton said, "Drugs are what caused this."

Goble, however, said the motive is still unclear.

Police said they do not expect any more charges or arrests in connection with Shepherd's death.

The state medical examiner will do an autopsy on Shepherd's body to determine the cause of death. The three suspects each are jailed on $500,000 bonds.


Original story
FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- The body of a missing man was found overnight and three people are behind bars.

Kentucky State Police say they found the body of 38-year-old Gregory Allen Shepherd of Floyd County overnight.

Shepherd was reported missing Thursday. His body was found in the Elk View Point area of Knott County around 6:30 this morning.

The three people arrested in connection with his death are 33-year old Tina Adkins, 41-year old Susan Morgan, and 20-year old Tommy Crum.

All three are from Hueysville, KY. Each is charged with complicity to commit murder. They are being held in the Floyd County Jail.

KSP say the three led them to Sheperd's body.

No word on how Shepherd died.

On Monday, Shepherd's aunt, Susan Slone, told WSAZ's sister station WYMT that someone told her he came home from a hunting trip, got into an argument with someone and then left in his truck.

The family started searching for him when he did not come home that night.

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Posted by: ricky on Dec 11, 2008 at 01:04 PM
amber adkins this is gregs nephew and kenishas cousin i would like to know more can you email me rckycrft@yahoo.com thank you

Posted by: Charmian on Nov 22, 2008 at 09:56 PM
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family. As a realitive of the family, I hope that my Aunt "annie" and the rest of the family find that God will help them through this difficult time. Google will be greatly missed.

Posted by: amber adkins on Nov 20, 2008 at 09:42 AM
heyy this is amber adkins and tina adkins is my mother and greg was my father well step but i looked up to that man he was my best friend i dressed like him and everything honestly i hope my mom gets what she deserves along with all the other people involved. DAD I MISS YOU <3 i really do hope they are all suffering in jail.... it wasnt right my dad was a good man.i loved him more more then words can ever explain.ill never forget me going to work with him and id go to to the doctors with him it was so much fun. well i love you dad. tina im going to be honest now.you were not a good mom at all.to me or keneshia. you lied about everything.well i guess ur biscuts got burned didnt they?..haha. bye you gaus can email me at .... lilxpokeyz@aol.com i no alot about all of her lies.

Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 19, 2008 at 10:43 PM
god bless the family

Posted by: Phyllis on Nov 19, 2008 at 09:53 PM
I am so sick of people of using drugs/alchol as an excuse for there actions ( this is just a cop out ).These 3 individuals are responsible for there own actions no matter if they were on drugs /alchol or not, they know right from wrong.In my opinion there should be No Bond set they should have no possible way of getting back on the streets to Gregory's family expecially daughter. My condolences and Prayers are with you at this difficult time...Rest in Peace Gregory.

Posted by: Hank on Nov 19, 2008 at 09:42 PM
$500,000 this is an insult to this grieving family.This oviously should not be a bond set on these so called people,what is wrong with our justice system .My condolences and prayers are with this family during this diffiult time...

Posted by: Melinda on Nov 19, 2008 at 01:14 PM
MAY GOD BE WITH THE FAMILY IN THIS HORRIBLE EVENT. DRUGS DEPENDING WHAT THEY WERE ON COULD HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTE ITS NOT AN EXCUSE BUT CERTAIN DRUGS MAKE YOUR BRAIN HULLICINATE AND IF THEY WERE ON SOMETHING POTENT THIS IS WHY THIS HAPPENED. DRUGS HAVE RUINED SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES, ITS A CHOICE FROM THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS BUT ONCE THEY WERE ON IT IT IS SO EASY TO BECOME ADDICTED TO, AND I HOPE THEY GET IT IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM AS WELL. AND GOD WILL MAKE THEM ANSWER FOR IT AS WELL BETTER THAN OUR SYSTEM WILL EVER DO. WHEN THEY ARE OFF THE DRUGS IN JAIL THEY WILL HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY DID AND I HOPE GUILT SETS IN FOR ALONG TIME. JUST KEEP YOUR FAITH IN GOD AND HE WILL HELP YOU GET THROUGH THE ROUGH TIMES AND KNOW THAT THESE KIDS WILL NOT GET AWAY FROM GOD, THEY WILL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR WHAT THEY DID. MAY GOD BE WITH YOU AND GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH AND KNOW HE IS YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL WATCHING OVER U NOW.

Posted by: rhonda/jennifer on Nov 19, 2008 at 09:54 AM
Google was our cousin and we will miss him dearly. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. We are so sadened to hear this about Google. He was a kind and gentle person and did not deserve this. May the three that did this to him burn in hell!!! Jack and Annie, we love you guys and we are so so sorry you have to go through this.

Posted by: lee on Nov 19, 2008 at 04:53 AM
god god them the ability to chhose right from wrong and they chose the latter. so be it.

Posted by: kenny on Nov 19, 2008 at 12:45 AM
google you will be missed our prayers and thoughts go out to all of you. fishing buddy

Posted by: kristy on Nov 19, 2008 at 12:41 AM
Prayers to the family, in your time of grief and sorrow.

Posted by: Layla on Nov 18, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Drugs did not do this. Idiots who do not know how to behave caused this. When are we going to stop using drugs as an excuse to rape, rob and murder each other? The people of this world better recognize. If we keep on this path it will only get worse. Never say it can't because it can.God bless these people.

Posted by: wvmom on Nov 18, 2008 at 08:59 PM
Prayers to the family. I hope the legal system works and those responsible are held to the fullest extent of the law.

Posted by: Bill on Nov 18, 2008 at 08:08 PM
I'm so sorry to hear about this. May God bless this family.

Posted by: melissa on Nov 18, 2008 at 06:16 PM
The family thanks everyone who helped and sent there prayers we still need them God Bless

Posted by: SOME1 on Nov 18, 2008 at 12:56 PM
THIS IS VERY SAD. GOD BLESS THE FAMILY.

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