One of the strangest cases UM ever profiled was of the young Canadian man who abruptly quit his job and begged a friend to drive him to the United States. The man (whose first name I believe was Blair) said someone was trying to kill him but would not give any details. The friend was unable to help him and eventually Blair made his way to the U.S. but seemed to have no clear cut destination when he got here. If I remember correctly, he flew to Washington DC, rented not one but two rental cars and was later found dead in a motel parking lot in TN. Police say robbery was not a motive and they have no idea why he was attacked and murdered. I am curious to hear your thoughts about this case. I never really believed anyone was after him, but it seems strange that he died such a violent death just days after he left home.

This is my favorite case in the history of UM. The man's name was Blair Adams, and there are a million reasons why this case was the most bizarre I've ever seen. The actual cause of death for this guy was a blow to the stomach, yet the police department ruled his death a suicide. Who in the world is capable of killing himself by hitting himself in the stomach? It just doesn't make sense. I've searched all over the net and have found absolutely no information on this case. I'd love to see the segment again, it's been a while since I've seen it.

I can honestly say I have absolutely no idea what really happened with this guy. If someone were following him, the people following him would have to be extremely intelligent, almost like the mafia, to track him everywhere he went. But then again, I refuse to believe he killed himself because of the whole blow to the stomach thing. If I were to guess, I'd say someone was stalking or following him and somehow was able to track him all the way to where he was.

Craziest case in the history of Unsolved Mysteries.

somehow was involved in his own death either a suicide or something. It is very bizzare but the family members on this segment are unconvincing and Blair comes across as a bit of a weirdo himself or a the kind of person who would do something like this to attract attention - I dunno I just don't buy foul play in this one folks

I haven't seen this in a while either, but I have seen it numerous times before on lifetime reruns. I also have a number of thoughts on this case. Blair did seem kind of like a weirdo, like the way he kept walking in and out of the motel and how he rented the two cars for no apparent reason. In my opinion, I don't believe he was actually being followed by anyone he didnt know, as UM was implying. The only way this could be happening is if he committed some kind of crime in Vancouver, or treated somebody poorly, and this person was seeking some kind of revenge on Blair, so this person followed and stalked Blair thoroughly all the way to TN. He also could have made some decision or choice in a negative way towards a person that made him psychologically messed up, and he went on a wild goose chase to fix his brain, and eventually committed suicide. UM didnt really go into his personal life like they did with murder cases and missing persons (at least i dont remember..), so I kind of implemented some personal life aspects into my thoughts. These are the most in-depth opinions I have had about this crazy case, and Im pretty sure it had something to do with what I said. I don't really believe that he just went crazy one day, and started thinking that someone was following him. People just dont get messed up in the brain that easily. He had to have done something in Canada that triggered him psychologically to think about doing all this. You just dont start running from the world like that without some kind of motive for the mind. I don't know guys. This case is so confusing, im confusing myself. Those are my thoughts though. Hope they make sense to you.

Say for argument sake that this guy was a nut case. Fine. Someone, ANYONE give me a theory on how they think he killed himself. Please? Robert Stack's exact words were "He died from a violent blow which ruptured his stomach" right? That means something or someone hit him hard enough. If he hit himself, what did he do with whatever weapon he used? Maybe it happened to him to him a few days before and the internal injury slowly got worse?

You think he could have fallen on something hard enough? Like pavement? Tree stump? But then if he had fallen, wouldn't it have been an accident? Or maybe he purposely ran into a wall repeatedly a little too much.

I don't know what happened to him either but since most of you believe it was suicide, give me your theories.

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yea dude u got a point. I don't remember him not physically having the weapon with him or being found somewhere near him when the police found him dead in the parking lot. Its cuz I havent seen the episode in a while. Ultimately, if this is the case, ur right Zero, there's really no way he could have committed suicide, so I rule that part of my long-ass theory up there out. One thing that no one pointed out was that he possibly could have paid or compensated somebody to kill him. Knowing Blair, and how weird and psychologically messed up he was at the time, he might not have wanted to commit suicide, but rather someone do it for him. This could also explain why all the money was everywhere too. Maybe he laid it out for his killer to take. God knows. Ultimately, this may sound preposterous to some, but it is a possibility. This mystery is classic UM man.

I tend to lean more towards the theory of some sort of strange unintentional suicide. I think he could have perhaps been an undiagnosed schizophrenic, I know paranoia is a symptom of that. I don't think much about the way his clothes were "pulled" off of him. He probably wasn't in his right mind at the time, so wouldn't exactly have taken the time to take his clothes off in a logical manner. I can't see how anyone would have killed him out in the street and then left all that money and gold lying around. I kind of pictured him freaking out for some reason and maybe running full force into a parked car or something. Wasn't he killed in the overnight sometime when it was dark? Maybe he was running fast trying to get away from some "nonexistent" threat in the dark and for what ever reason ran into a car causing his massive stomach injury. Just a thought.

Was this the same case where German currency was found scattered all around him?

I do remember this case because I believe the young man was from British Columbia.

Sorry but there's no way I believe that case was a suicide. I think he was running for his life.

Yes, that's the one.

And yes, there's no way it coulda been a suicide! :)

I tried to find Blair Adams info on the web, but there was nothing -- does anyone have any links to media attention to his death??

My question is why was he naked from the waist down? And his pants found near him completely inside out as if someone else pulled them off.

I might be in the minority here, but I still think he is responsible for his own death. His actions in the weeks before his death showed he wasn't thinking clearly and was going through some sort of mental problem. If someone were to have killed him out in the street in the middle of the night, it would probably have been with a gun or knife with some visible signs of trauma instead of a ruptured stomach. I still think he could have "freaked out" and for whatever reason started to rip his clothes off and then was running and since it was dark couldn't see and ran into something full force. Also it wouldn't make sense if someone murdered him in the street they left all that money and gold that was found on him.

Is is possible he could have fallen from a height, landed on something (like a tree stump or something similar) and that's what ruptured his stomach?

I don't normally watch UM anymore, but I do vaguely remember this one.

I'm Canadian, so if I get a minute, I'll try to see if I can find anything on him up here.

If there were suspicious circumstances (and I think there are) was the body examined by two coroners - one in the States and one in Canada? I would think the Canadian government would want a full investigation.

My only other thought is that yeah, he did something to someone up here, and they followed him to the States (how he thought that would ever save him I don't know - to me, it would be easier to follow someone to another country and kill them there - makes the case way more complicated).

Because of that, I'm leaning more towards that he just had mental problems and ran into an odd circumstance (of his own doing because of the paranoia) and was accidently killed.

The plot seems to thicken the more you try to search for this guy's name! Its like he never exsisted.

Very strange!

Does anybody remember what part of Canada this guy was from? Or his mom's name? I seem to remember his mom pleading for help regarding the death of her son. Shoot, someone should see if her information is listed and contact her about her son. Seriously, I'm like dying to know more information about this case. It's by far the most bizarre case ever.

The thing that really, really got to me for some reason was (sorry I don't have the details) when Blair went to go see someone about fixing his car. The mechanic asked Blair for the key to his car, and Blair gave him a key to a car that was COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. Blair was driving a Toyota, and he gave him a Honda key or something like that. When the mechanic asked him where the real key was, Blair told him that that's the same key he'd been using the entire time. What the hell?

I remember everyone that saw Blair during the last few days of his life remembered him for some reason or another. The mechanic remembered him, the hotel worker, the people at the border, everyone. He was just a strange, strange guy. Really bizarre case.

I know - now its got me intrigued too! When I tried searching on Canadian sites, I tried his name and "Vancouver" but absolutely nothing came up. When I tried just the name, there's a guy in Newfoundland by that name, but I don't think there's any relation at all (this guy has a website on fish studies).

If anyone could provide any other info or hints, it might help narrow it down a bit.

I too have a hard time accepting the whole suicide thing, in theory I have to agree with crystaldawn. and go with what is logical.. This man clearly had some issues upstairs and coming all the way to the eastern part of the US for no reason at all gotta say that he was running from a personal demon and not a real stalker.. after all thing about it. If a person is going to stalk you they are not going to follow you clear across the country just to push you in the stomach and kill you, after all who is to say that the would be killer would have the resources to follow Blair to TN..I mean what are the odds of this really happening? I believe the theory is correct the man had snapped and was on the verge of losing it any way that much you can tell by his eratic travel plans.. the Idea that he stripped his pants and socks off and was running from something in the dark and smashed into a parked car in the "parking lot that he was found" is the best one yet and in truth this could very well be what happen to the kid!!!

The hotel he checked into had multiple floors right. Say he jumped from the roof, there would have been more damage to his body. They would have said he appeared to die from a fall. If he got hit by a car going at least 25, again there would have been evidence of that too. I'm not expert. Maybe there was evidence of other trauma consistent with a fall or being struck by a car that was never mentioned on the segment. In which case, no one will ever get it right until someone is brought to justice.

I'm no expert. Anything is possible. But use yourself as an example. How could your stomach get ruptured by a violent blow. The way I see it, even if Blair was out of his mind, whatever hit him did so extremely hard. He probably went down and didn't get back up. Stomach wounds are very painful. :confused:

Hmmm..since they're both from Vancouver, maybe the same guy who was terrorizing Cindy James got ahold of ol' Blair too. Man, what a evil dude!

Hmmm..since they're both from Vancouver, maybe the same guy who was terrorizing Cindy James got ahold of ol' Blair too. Man, what a evil dude!

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Blair was from White Rock, that was where he grew up and where his family lives. Once he got himself off drugs and alcohol he lived in Burnaby. As far as I know he never lived Vancouver. The only news I saw was a small article in the Vancouver Sun, there was never any follow up or news media pieces after that. Other than UM I have never seen any other Television coverage.

Isnt Burnaby a suburb of Vancouver? The Adams case is interesting. Clearly if he was murdered by someone robbery wasnt the motive considering over 4,000 dollars in cash and gold coins was thrown all over the parking lot. There is so many questions and almost no answers in this case. I had no idea about Blair having any history of substance abuse. Especially the use of hard drugs can actually make certain people more susceptible to developing schizophrenia. However Blair was older than most people are that develop that disease. Most either develop it as small children or they develop it in their late teens and early twenties. Blair was in his early 30's before he began showing symptoms. I dont know if he had a nervous breakdown or what. Clearly there was some mental health issues going on there. However could it be that he was driven crazy by a real life stalker? The problem is the cops could find no evidence that he was being stalked or harassed either in person, over the phone, through the mail. I honestly dont know what to make of all of this.

Interesting concept, as much as I don't want to believe this was about his inner demons, it is hard to completely discount due to the lack of evidence one way or the other. Seems to me that it would be pretty hard to rupture your stomach. The weird thing is that I saw him 2 or 3 days earlier and he although he seemed a bit more edgy than usual he was not paranoid or freaked out. He never mentioned to me that he was in trouble or worried about anything... I guess it is possible that he had schizophrenic episodes without me knowing about them. The whole thing is just so strange.

You knew him huh? Yeah this case is just bizarre. Even the cops said the more they investigated this case they just came up with more questions and less answers. Yes, apperantly Blair made an impression on pretty much everyone he met during his trip. So it sounds like you knew him pretty well, that is strange how he would seem a little edgy but how you never saw him show any sympotms. But from what I have heard people with schizoprehenia can seem completely normal at some times and be completely crazy at others. I honestly dont know if that is what he had or not. The thing that troubled me most was the stomach rupture. You would either have to hit or be hit by something so extremely hard for that to happen I would think. So clearly that presents two possiblites. Either he ran into something with such force that it did that. Or he was physically assaulted and he was struck in that area by another person.

Interesting concept, as much as I don't want to believe this was about his inner demons, it is hard to completely discount due to the lack of evidence one way or the other. Seems to me that it would be pretty hard to rupture your stomach. The weird thing is that I saw him 2 or 3 days earlier and he although he seemed a bit more edgy than usual he was not paranoid or freaked out. He never mentioned to me that he was in trouble or worried about anything... I guess it is possible that he had schizophrenic episodes without me knowing about them. The whole thing is just so strange.

What drugs did Blair have problems with? Coke? Heroin?

Maybe he was trying to sneak some balloons filled with heroin over the border, the balloons burst and his stomach ruptured. Makes about as much sense as anything else.

What drugs did Blair have problems with? Coke? Heroin?

Maybe he was trying to sneak some balloons filled with heroin over the border, the balloons burst and his stomach ruptured. Makes about as much sense as anything else.


But wouldn't they have found the balloons and heroin in his system? :confused:

But wouldn't they have found the balloons and heroin in his system? :confused:
Ya, I think they would have found that crap in his system and it would have been reported, especially with the war on drugs in the US and it would have closed the case. Something like "Canadian found dead due to apparent overdose of illegal drugs he was trying to smuggle into the country". As far as I knew he hadn't used drugs for a very long time. Does anyone know how to find out when they will air this segment again?

NG,

I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend Mr. Adams. I agree with you and Ricci that if he had balloons this would have shown up on autopsy and there wouldn't be much of a case here.

What reasons did you have for something happening in Germany? Could it have been that he merely lost his job, became disinterested in it or living overseas?

Could he have had an undiagnosed mental illnes?, it seems likely that he would have told close friends or the police if it was something wrong with the German connection, the paranoia seems to speak more to a mental illness or that he had return to his addictions on alchol and drugs.

This isn't saying that he wasn't killed, perhaps while having the episode he approached someone who mistook his intentions and they assaulted him not realizing that as a result of their response he passed away?

While I agree with Crystaldawn that it seems his death could also have been accidental, I hope you and Mr. Adams other friends and family find answers to this case.

Blair was from White Rock, that was where he grew up and where his family lives. Once he got himself off drugs and alcohol he lived in Burnaby. As far as I know he never lived Vancouver. The only news I saw was a small article in the Vancouver Sun, there was never any follow up or news media pieces after that. Other than UM I have never seen any other Television coverage.

I've been wondering if the post in the link below is from Blair? I found it about a year ago.
Nerdgurl, was Blair married or attending school? This Blair Adams was attending British Columbia
School of Technology in Burnaby and his wife at Simon Fraser. Very Strange.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.infosystems.gis/msg/ca6c544f000cd7d8?q=%22blair+adams%22&start=10&hl=ja&lr=&ie=UTF-8&inlang=ja&rnum=20


Prisoner6

It seems to me that he drove someone unknowingly to rob some drug dealers and fled with his portion of the robbery money and got killed by one of robbers or drug dealers who took back most of the money, but they left some behind to throw off the detectives.

But who really knows? This case has MANY strange elements to it.

I've been wondering if the post in the link below is from Blair? I found it about a year ago.
Nerdgurl, was Blair married or attending school? This Blair Adams was attending British Columbia
School of Technology in Burnaby and his wife at Simon Fraser. Very Strange.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.infosystems.gis/msg/ca6c544f000cd7d8?q=%22blair+adams%22&start=10&hl=ja&lr=&ie=UTF-8&inlang=ja&rnum=20


Prisoner6

Blair didn't go to BCIT, he did have a long time girlfriend but was never married. He was terrible with the written word...I have many postcards to prove it...lol, so I am pretty sure this was not him. Blair was a carpenter/first aid guy and that is what took him to Germany.

His ruptured stomach may have just been a random assult in this case. I have heard of people being struck so hard from a fist that it cause there stomach to rupture...in fact I beleive thats what killed Houdini (or was that his appendix? Either way it was brought about by a punch to his stomach). Is it possible with his strange behavior he some how ran him afoul of somebody in the parking lot which lead to him being struck in the stomach by a random stranger? Perhaps after being struck he made it into his car, succumbed to the pain and expired after passing out. Just a possibly theory I came up with after reading this thread and I thought I would add my two cents :)

Gal dang what a bizarre case huh?