Interrogation Of Sheriff Deputy & Killer, Winford Adams - Wife's Affair Leads to Murder

In February 2018, a former sheriff's deputy named Winford Adams walked into a house in Madison County, Georgia, and shot a man he had never met. The man was having an affair with Adams's wife. Over the course of a long, rambling, and often halting interrogation recorded by detectives, Adams explained what led him to that moment—not as a justification, but as a confession delivered by a man who seemed to have already sentenced himself.

The conversation, captured on audio, reveals a story that stretches back years before the shooting. Adams was a deputy in Statesboro, Georgia, a job that left him traumatized. He described responding to a massive party where he was alone with over 900 people in an apartment and another 1,500 outside. The crowd became a riot. "They started attacking us," he said. "Ever since then I just got scared." Another call left him alone with 800 people while a DJ taunted the police. He knew he couldn't do the job scared, but he couldn't shake the fear. He eventually quit and moved with his wife to a remote rental on the county line, 30 miles from the nearest city.