Man arrested in 1980 rape, killing of 14-year-old girl
08/03/2019 10:11 am PDT
via WGHP
DOBSON, N.C. (WGHP) -- The Surry County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in the 1980 rape and killing of a teenage girl, according to a news release.
Robert James Adkins, 62, of Dobson, is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree forcible rape.
The sheriff's office said the charges stem from the death of Ronda Mechelle Blaylock.
Ronda, 14, was a ninth-grade student at Atkins High School when her parents reported her missing on Aug. 29, 1980, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.
She and a friend got into a blue pickup outside of a bowling alley in Rural Hall. Three days later, her body was found in the woods off Secrest Loop Road in Surry County.
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