LIFE SENTENCE ORDERED — Seated with his court-appointed attorney, Thomas Kroger, right, James Edward Adams Sr. was sentenced Monday to life in prison, without chance of parole, after pleading guilty to first-degree murder. -- Warren Scott

WELLSBURG — A Wellsburg man has been sentenced to life in prison, without chance of parole, after pleading guilty to the murder of his father, a death that had been called a suicide 37 years ago.

The sentence for James Edward Adams Sr., 63, of Wellsburg was complicated initially by conflicting testimony from Adams, who first confessed to the crime, then recanted in a psychological evaluation before reaffirming his earlier confession on Monday.

Brooke County Prosecuting Attorney Allison Cowden said on Nov. 10, Adams called the Brooke County Emergency 91

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