Clay County man accused of shooting, killing couple

Clay County man accused of shooting, killing couple

CLAY COUNTY, WV (WOWK) -- A Clay County man is accused of shooting and killing a couple in the community of Ivydale earlier this week. According to a criminal complaint, the bodies of Brenda Dennis and Richard Bishop were found with gunshot wounds inside a home on Big Otter Highway in Ivydale Thursday evening. Man arrested in connection to bank robbery The complaint said that the person who found their bodies said they believed Michael Adk…

WV Troopers make arrest in Clay County Double Homicide

Ivydale, WV (WOAY) – A West Virginia man has been arrested and charged after two people were found dead in a Clay County home. According to a press release from the West Virginia State Police, on Thursday, April 3, 2025, 58-year-old Michael Wayne Adkins of Duck, W.Va., is accused of fatally shooting 38-year-old Richard Bishop of Maysel, WV and 54-year-old Brenda Dennis of Ivydale, WV at a home in the 6000 block of Big Otter Highway in the Ivydal…

Double murder charges filed in Clay County

A Clay County man is in jail charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Michael Wayne Adkins (WVRJA) Michael Wayne Adkins, 58, of Duck, allegedly shot and killed Richard Bishop and Brenda Dennis at a residence near Ivydale Thursday, according to a criminal complaint filed by state police. Adkins told investigators told troopers that Bishop…