Description: Adams kidnapped Gina, then beat and raped her, before finally strangling her to death. He dumped her body in the freezing Mahoning River, where it was found the next day by a muskrat trapper. The murder went unsolved, until Adams gave a DNA sample upon his release as a registered sex offender after serving 18 years for the kidnapping, rape, and robbery of a school principal in 1985. The sample matched the DNA found on Gina's clothing.
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December 29, 1985
Victim(s): Gina Gay Tenney 19
Attacker(s): Bennie Adams
Description: Adams kidnapped Gina, then beat and raped her, before finally strangling her to death. He dumped her body in the freezing Mahoning River, where it was found the next day by a muskrat trapper. The murder went unsolved, until Adams gave a DNA sample upon his release as a registered sex offender after serving 18 years for the kidnapping, rape, and robbery of a school principal in 1985. The sample matched the DNA found on Gina's clothing.
Archive.is Link(s):
https://archive.is/GL7NL Adams is arrested 10-2007.
https://archive.is/LwN30 Adams appeals his death sentence 3-2014.
https://archive.is/VwdiX Adams is re-sentenced to 20 years – life. He will be eligible for parole in 11 years 6-2016.
https://archive.is/jN9Dg Adams' murderpedia entry.
https://archive.is/fNpjm Gina's find a grave memorial. Her father died in 2013, her mother in 2015.
https://archive.is/QT0Ql Gina's mother's obituary.
https://archive.is/PyCLi Gina's mother's find a grave memorial.
https://archive.is/RDWMG Gina's father's find a grave memorial.