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Mother’s Boyfriend Fatally Strikes And Kills Her Little Daughter
Hailey Dunn went missing in 2010 and was discovered dead three years later.
They say love makes you blind. Perhaps that is why Hailey’s mother, Billie Dunn, failed to recognize warning signs that Shawn Adkins, her 25-year-old lover, was dangerous. When Hailey vanished on December 27, 2010, a frantic search ensued for her. The 13-year-old girl’s remains were located after three years, but her murderer didn’t come to justice until 2021.
The Crazy Live-in Boyfriend
Hailey was a middle schooler and lived in Colorado, Texas. Her parents, Billie and Clinton Dunn, split when she was young, and she moved in with her mother. The divorce was difficult for Hailey to accept, but she did so for her parents’ happiness.
Over the next few years, Billie moved on and got a new boyfriend, Shawn. He made her feel less lonely, and soon he moved in with her. However, Hailey never warmed up to Shawn because he seemed creepy.
Hailey once caught him staring at her from her room’s door while she was sleeping. When she told Billie, she dismissed it as one of her vivid nightmares. It saddened her that her mother did not believe her. She avoided being alone with Shawn after that and would…
