A Wisconsin woman has been convicted of trying to kill her neighbors with ricin—and now, she’s the prime suspect in a horrifying cold case murder hundreds of miles away.
Authorities say Kore Bommelli Adams, 63, is no ordinary criminal. In fact, investigators in two states believe she may be responsible for not one, but two shocking crimes that span state lines and years apart.
Adams was convicted in Dane County, Wisconsin, on June 27 of two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide after prosecutors say she laced her neighbors’ home with the deadly poison ricin in 2014 while they were on vacation.
“No one is putting ricin in someone’s bed, sock drawer, and office unless they want them dead,” Assistant District Attorney Jack Schneider told WKOW. “There’s no other reason to do it.”
But that’s just the beginning.
In a completely separate case that unfolded in Oklahoma, Adams was the roommate of 53-year-old Talina Galloway—who vanished in April 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Adams told investigators Galloway had tested positive for COVID and decided to isolate at her “favorite lake.” But something about her story didn’t sit right with detectives.
After checking with local hospitals and Galloway’s doctor, authorities realized there was no record of a COVID test—or any recent medical visits at all. Suspicion mounted.
Months later, in January 2021, investigators made a horrifying discovery 150 miles away in the forests of Mena, Arkansas: a freezer dumped in the woods, filled with dismembered human remains. The body was later confirmed to be Galloway.
Adding to the horror, a witness had previously reported seeing a suspicious trailer in the woods in June 2020, complete with a foul odor and a thick, mysterious liquid pooling on the floor.
When Wagoner County investigators dug deeper into Adams’ behavior, they found a string of lies and contradictions. She eventually stopped cooperating altogether and fled to Dane County, Wisconsin—where she was later arrested and charged with first-degree murder and desecration of a human corpse in connection with Galloway’s death.
It’s still unclear what evidence specifically connected Adams to the earlier ricin poisoning, but investigators now believe the same woman is behind both disturbing cases.
“This was one of the worst I’ve ever seen,” said Wagoner County District Attorney Jack Thorp. “Talina Galloway died a brutal death, and the killer had absolutely no regard for her life. The way she was dismembered and discarded is something I’ll never forget.”
While Adams has now been convicted in Wisconsin, she is expected to be transported back to Oklahoma to face murder charges for the Galloway case.
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