Forty-eight-year-old Brian Adams lived with his girlfriend and three children in a house on Thorndike Avenue, Alvaston, Derbyshire, England. He ran a business replacing windshields on heavy machinery vehicles.
On Tuesday, August 14th, 1990, Brian had been to pick up a new Kawasaki motorcycle he’d purchased and was riding it home. He arrived at his residence at around eleven-thirty p.m.
Suddenly, an unidentified person wearing a ski mask stepped up to Brian and fired two shotgun blasts at point-blank range, right at the back of Brian’s helmet. One of the shots hit Brian in the shoulder and then ricocheted into his head; the second hit him in the throat. The victim was killed instantly. Neighbors spotted the gunman fleeing down a back alley, but it was too dark for them to make out any features.
The motive for the cold-blooded shooting was completely unknown; all police knew for certain was that Brain had been killed with a Vanguard or Astra Ciclope single-barreled shotgun. They also suspected that the slaying was a professional hit and that Brian may have known his killer.
The case was reopened for review in 2004, but no new leads emerged, and the reason for the slaying remains a mystery.
The murder of Brian Adams is still unsolved nearly thirty-five years later.
Crime Immemorial 