Judge Adkins will hear murder case

Apr 21, 2021 | Courthouse News | 0 comments

Daviess County Associate Circuit Judge Daren Adkins has been assigned to hear the case of an Osborn man charged with second degree murder in relation to an accident that caused the death of DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Clark last June. Judge Brent Elliott had recently recused himself from the case. The assignment was made by 43rd Circuit Presiding Judge Ryan Horsman.


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Gary Wayne Downs, 35, is charged with murder second degree in the death of Sheriff Clark. Sheriff Clark was responding to a call for assistance when his vehicle was stuck by an eastbound vehicle on U.S. 36 as he crossed toward Route M with emergency equipment activated. Downs is next scheduled for court on April 26.

Downs is also charged with resisting arrest and escape from custody while under arrest for felony. When the call for assistance was made, Downs had escaped from the rear passenger compartment of a patrol vehicle and left the scene on foot.

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