Blair Adams

[FanfromES]

Most of the time, the most likely explanation is the simplest:


1. Blair suffered a mental breakdown, possibly due to an undiagnosed bipolar disorder or drug abuse. He got anxious and paranoid.

2. Blair quits his job and decides to distance himself from his imaginary problems.

3. First he decides to fly to Germany. He then thinks he won't be able to make a long flight in his condition.

4. Then he thinks he better go south and cross the border to Seattle.

5. In Seattle, he decided to fly to DC for some reason.

6. In DC, he decided to drive to Atlanta and watch the Olympic Games.

7. He ran out of gas in Tenessee and lost his car keys (maybe putting them in another pocket). He spent the night there.

8. He rented a hotel room but decided to have some fun before sleeping.

9. He ended up having sex with a male prostitute.

10. There was an altercation and the prostitute killed him. He panicked and fled without taking anything from Blair.

I understand the Olympics motive and Blair being gay or bi wasn't mentioned in the broadcasting. Maybe the producers considered it wasn't important to the story.

[Gelatinous Goo]

They would have mentioned if he was gay unless the family specifically requested it not be brought up (think Adam Hecht, I'm sure).

It's a very 2024 notion to apply a gay angle to every damned thing. It got tiresome in a hurry.

[1990 UM fan]

It was mentioned in an article years ago that his mother Sandra says that Blair had a boyfriend for a short time and that they were always giggly, which bothered her. Blair was supposedly going to take this man to the Olympics, but then went back to dating women, according to the article.

[Latka Gravas]

Originally Posted by MegtheEgg86

Having gained a lot more life experience and knowledge (and having spent going on a decade in healthcare now) since I initially saw the segment--clear as day, Blair Adams was acutely mentally ill. Without going into a lot of detail, every single one of his behaviors in this case is extremely similar to things I have seen other people do.

Given the severe nature of his illness and the vulnerability that often places sufferers in, I don't think Blair solicited a prostitute that night. I think it's more likely he was sexually assaulted and killed, possibly because he was a victim of opportunity or because he inadvertently provoked the ire of someone violent or under the influence with his erratic behavior.

Agree with all of this. I have seen erratic people acting like BA on a semi-regular basis.

The reason BA's actions don't make any sense is because they aren't supposed to. He was acting irrationally - which is probably connected to why he came to the U.S. in the first place. He was very possibly going through some kind of "manic episode" & that's why he was in that parking lot so late at night. And, I can easily see BA inadvertently ticking someone off and/or being seen as an "easy target" due to his behavior.

[bigted12]

Originally Posted by FanfromES

Most of the time, the most likely explanation is the simplest:


1. Blair suffered a mental breakdown, possibly due to an undiagnosed bipolar disorder or drug abuse. He got anxious and paranoid.

2. Blair quits his job and decides to distance himself from his imaginary problems.

3. First he decides to fly to Germany. He then thinks he won't be able to make a long flight in his condition.

4. Then he thinks he better go south and cross the border to Seattle.

5. In Seattle, he decided to fly to DC for some reason.

6. In DC, he decided to drive to Atlanta and watch the Olympic Games.

7. He ran out of gas in Tenessee and lost his car keys (maybe putting them in another pocket). He spent the night there.

8. He rented a hotel room but decided to have some fun before sleeping.

9. He ended up having sex with a male prostitute.

10. There was an altercation and the prostitute killed him. He panicked and fled without taking anything from Blair.

I understand the Olympics motive and Blair being gay or bi wasn't mentioned in the broadcasting. Maybe the producers considered it wasn't important to the story.

The thing is, there more than likely is some truth to at least a couple of your points, but no matter which way you look at it, it really doesn't make sense.

One thing we do know for sure is that Blair was clearly paranoid, but was that down to mental illness or was someone really after him?

Is it too much of a coincidence for Blair to be paranoid that someone is after him, following him, trying to kill him and then he just happened to get murdered in a completely unrelated event?!

In my opinion it's too much of a coincidence. a man so paranoid that he flees his home, reserves a flight, changes his mind and travels to another country ... clearly scared of someone or something just happens to get killed by a random person in a random town?

if he was so worried and paranoid, why go to a motel with a random male escort putting himself in the most vunerable position imaginable?

I'd also assume that the male escort would have taken all of Blairs money and jewellery. yet for some reason left it..

I dunno.... paranoid, running away from an imaginary danger, and he just happens to arrive at some random town, with a random hooker who just happens to fulfill his paranoid delusion that someone was going to kill him..

[Labonte18]

Originally Posted by bigted12

The thing is, there more than likely is some truth to at least a couple of your points, but no matter which way you look at it, it really doesn't make sense.

One thing we do know for sure is that Blair was clearly paranoid, but was that down to mental illness or was someone really after him?

Is it too much of a coincidence for Blair to be paranoid that someone is after him, following him, trying to kill him and then he just happened to get murdered in a completely unrelated event?!

In my opinion it's too much of a coincidence. a man so paranoid that he flees his home, reserves a flight, changes his mind and travels to another country ... clearly scared of someone or something just happens to get killed by a random person in a random town?

if he was so worried and paranoid, why go to a motel with a random male escort putting himself in the most vunerable position imaginable?

I'd also assume that the male escort would have taken all of Blairs money and jewellery. yet for some reason left it..

I dunno.... paranoid, running away from an imaginary danger, and he just happens to arrive at some random town, with a random hooker who just happens to fulfill his paranoid delusion that someone was going to kill him..

There's this thing out there called a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I have kinda had the opinion.. He didn't pick up a hooker.. He just tried for a hookup with a random guy, perhaps a trucker, at the truck stop.. And.. He picked the wrong guy. Perhaps even someone who didn't intend to kill him.. Just intended to beat him up and.. Things got out of hand.

But.. What doesn't make sense on that is.. Why do it back at the hotel? Seems that would have happened at the truck stop.

I do wonder.. They had a hair from what is believed to be the attacker.. Did anyone do genetic genealogy on that?

[bigted12]

Originally Posted by Labonte18

There's this thing out there called a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I have kinda had the opinion.. He didn't pick up a hooker.. He just tried for a hookup with a random guy, perhaps a trucker, at the truck stop.. And.. He picked the wrong guy. Perhaps even someone who didn't intend to kill him.. Just intended to beat him up and.. Things got out of hand.

But.. What doesn't make sense on that is.. Why do it back at the hotel? Seems that would have happened at the truck stop.

I do wonder.. They had a hair from what is believed to be the attacker.. Did anyone do genetic genealogy on that?

When it comes to a self fulfilling prophecy it's normally the rock star who says he'll die of a drug overdose when he's already on that path. there are certain paths we can get on it that can only end one way...

For a paranoid man to think someone is after him, trying to kill him...to end up in a random town, let his guard completely down and just happen to try and hook up with the one person who is crazy enough to kill him is a little too much in my opinion.

it's hard for me to believe that someone who was clearly as paranoid as blair was, he would then relax himself enough to want to get laid. thats too bizarre! and i would also guess that if you've just killed someone, why not take his money and jewellery too?

But i also don't believe that if blair was mentally healthy and someone back in canada really did want to kill him, i don't believe that this person would follow him all the way into the US to do it.

So it makes no sense.

[Labonte18]

Originally Posted by bigted12

When it comes to a self fulfilling prophecy it's normally the rock star who says he'll die of a drug overdose when he's already on that path. there are certain paths we can get on it that can only end one way...

For a paranoid man to think someone is after him, trying to kill him...to end up in a random town, let his guard completely down and just happen to try and hook up with the one person who is crazy enough to kill him is a little too much in my opinion.

it's hard for me to believe that someone who was clearly as paranoid as blair was, he would then relax himself enough to want to get laid. thats too bizarre! and i would also guess that if you've just killed someone, why not take his money and jewellery too?

But i also don't believe that if blair was mentally healthy and someone back in canada really did want to kill him, i don't believe that this person would follow him all the way into the US to do it.

So it makes no sense.

The last part there is the only part likely that everyone can be in total agreement on.

In all honesty.. If it weren't for the evidence that he was beaten.. And I'd actually love another look to be taken at everything to verify ,but.. For now.. I accept the reports that he had been beaten..

If it weren't for that.. I'd lean towards this all being something he did to himself. Pending on the layout of the hotel, jumping off the balcony or something like that.

to me.. You take all the medical evidence of him being beaten out.. And.. "The demons killed him".. Meaning, the voices in his head led to his death by suicide, intentional or not.. makes a WHOLE lot of sense.

But.. That pesky evidence doesn't let us go with that as the solution.

[bigted12]

Originally Posted by Labonte18

The last part there is the only part likely that everyone can be in total agreement on.

In all honesty.. If it weren't for the evidence that he was beaten.. And I'd actually love another look to be taken at everything to verify ,but.. For now.. I accept the reports that he had been beaten..

If it weren't for that.. I'd lean towards this all being something he did to himself. Pending on the layout of the hotel, jumping off the balcony or something like that.

to me.. You take all the medical evidence of him being beaten out.. And.. "The demons killed him".. Meaning, the voices in his head led to his death by suicide, intentional or not.. makes a WHOLE lot of sense.

But.. That pesky evidence doesn't let us go with that as the solution.

I don't think he killed himself, I mean imaginary or not, he was running from something or somebody right? if you value your life so much that you flee into the US and keep going then it's hard to accept that after running from what he believed to be danger then he'd just kill himself, Blair was in survival mode..

I think an important thing is how seemingly irrational he was and why.. i always thought that he was trying to throw someone off his scent, i mean he reserved a flight to germany which he changed and then didn't get on, his issues with the hire cars...

Did he believe he was being followed by someone and his erratic change of plans were a part of some plan where he thought he was throwing someone off?

We don't have any proof he was either gay or mentally ill.. but he was showing signs of severe paranoia. and he just happens to end up murdered by someone who didn't care about over 4000 dollars, platinum, gold bars and jewellery...

thats so strange.. but yeah! it should be reopened especially the hair, and look for matches.

[mwcarolina]

I always thought Blair was killed by either a random gay prostitute or maybe his gay lover. The fact that his mom brought up his relationship with a male roommate to me makes me definitely feel it was a male lover or prostitute. My guess is his mom didn’t say anything about it because back in those times, it was still hard to openly admit that someone is gay