(Image: Wagoner County Sheriff's Office)
A chilling double case involving two violent crimes separated by over 800 miles and six years has been tied to one suspect: Kore Bommelli Adams, a 63-year-old woman now convicted of attempted murder and facing charges of first-degree homicide.
In June, a Dane County, Wisconsin jury convicted Adams on two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide. Prosecutors revealed that in 2014, she attempted to murder a neighbor by placing the deadly poison ricin in multiple places around their home including their bed, sock drawer, and office while the couple was on vacation.
Assistant Dane County District Attorney Jack Schneider made the state’s case clear: “No one is putting ricin in someone’s bed, in their sock drawer, in their office, if you’re not trying to kill them. There’s no conceivable reason to put ricin in someone’s house other than to cause their death.”
The case took a dark turn when authorities connected Adams to a gruesome murder in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. On April 17, 2020, Adams reported her roommate, Talina Galloway, missing. She told authorities Galloway had possibly contracted COVID-19 and gone to self-isolate near a lake, Law & Crime reports.
However, police found no evidence that Galloway had sought medical care or testing. Nearly nine months later, in January 2021, her dismembered remains were found inside a freezer dumped in a remote wooded area near Mena, Arkansas—about 150 miles from her home.
A tip led the Polk County Sheriff’s Office to the site, which had previously been flagged for suspicious activity and a foul odor months earlier. The remains were confirmed to be Galloway’s, and inconsistencies in Adams’ statements raised red flags for investigators.
“Timelines were examined, investigated and verified,” said the Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office. “Investigators soon realized that Kore Bommeli knew much more than she was sharing with investigators.”
After ceasing communication with authorities, Adams was tracked down and arrested in Dane County, Wisconsin. She now faces extradition to Oklahoma to stand trial for first-degree murder and desecration of a human corpse.
Wagoner County District Attorney Jack Thorp called the case one of the most horrific he’s encountered. “While all murders are abhorrent and detestable, the grisly manner in which Galloway was dismembered and disposed of makes this case one of the worst I have seen in my career,” he said.
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