TAHLEQUAH – Grand jury selection will begin Monday for a Cherokee County panel that will investigate the disappearance of a Northeastern State University student who was last reported seen nearly seven years ago, a prosecutor said.
Carl Adams filed a petition for the grand jury in July on behalf of his son, Stephen Adams, 26, a Webbers Falls man who vanished Dec. 13, 2004, shortly after leaving a class on NSU’s Tahlequah campus, Assistant District Attorney Jack Thorp said.
He last was reported seen at a convenience store in Cookson, about 12 miles from the school, the petition states.
Within 15 minutes of leaving class, he spoke to his girlfriend, Brianna Farr, on a cell phone and told her he was going to give someone a ride in his vehicle, a 1993 GMC half-ton pickup, the petition says.
His vehicle has not been found, Thorp said.
Private investigator Dick Frye, who previously has said he suspected foul play, has been subpoenaed, as well as Farr; Adams’ ex-wife, Alisa Adams-Sizemore; his parents; people who reportedly last saw him alive; and law enforcement officials, including the lead detective for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating the case, Thorp said.
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The prosecutor said he expects to have a 12-member grand jury seated by noon Monday, followed by a required tour of the jail.
“We’re preparing to have witnesses testify on Wednesday,” he said.
Carl Adams alleges that the person his son gave a ride in his truck was a man identified as Ronnie Meachling. A person identified as Rick Emsinger told several people that he saw Adams beaten to death and that Meachling was involved, according to the petition.
Adams was in a contentious custody battle with his ex-wife at the time of his disappearance, and Adams-Sizemore failed a polygraph examination concerning her alleged involvement with Adams’ disappearance, the petition claims.
