Anthony Adams (Ace of Hearts, Utah)

The Deck

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True Crime

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🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In November 1978, 25-year-old Anthony “Tony” Adams was found viciously murdered in his Salt Lake City apartment. For more than 40 years, Tony’s case has remained unsolved, but not for lack of theories about what might have led up to his slaying. Was Tony targeted for his political beliefs, his sexuality, or his race? Was he the victim of a random robbery? Was this a bar pick-up gone horribly wrong? These are the questions police and community members have pondered over the past four decades that have never been answered.

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0:00.0	Our card this week is Anthony Tony Adams, the ace of hearts from Utah.
0:09.3	Tony was a rising star in Salt Lake City who had nothing but a bright future ahead of
0:13.0	him in politics.
0:14.6	Until one night in 1978, when someone entered his apartment and viciously attacked him,
0:20.6	leaving behind a still unsolved mystery and complicated questions of motive, was Tony's
0:26.4	murder a political assassination, a hate crime, or a random attack.
0:31.9	I'm Ashley Flowers and this is The Deck.
1:01.9	It was about 8.30 pm on Monday, November 6, 1978, and a man who will call Thomas and
1:13.0	his wife who will refer to his Allison had just arrived at their friend Tony's apartment
1:17.1	building.
1:18.1	Tony's place was kind of the hangout hub for lots of people in the area, so Thomas and
1:22.2	Allison had been there plenty of times.
1:24.4	But this time was different.
1:26.0	They weren't there to hang out.
1:27.5	They were there to check on Tony.
1:29.6	No one had heard from him in a day or two, which was odd, but they hadn't thought much
1:34.1	of it until he missed a super important political rally on Sunday.
1:38.5	You see, Tony was this brilliant 25 year old guy who was well known for his involvement
1:42.8	in local Salt Lake City politics, and he was a campaign manager for Congressional hopeful
1:47.9	William Hoyle.
1:48.9	Thomas and Allison were also involved with William Hoyle's campaign.
1:53.2	So when Tony never showed up to his rally on Sunday, his friends started to worry.
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