Assassination of Larry

The field in Porsonville where Larry was assassinated by Paul Stoffer Adam.

Larry was assassinated on Thursday, April 22nd, 1965 at 12:13 pm in Porsonville, GR while standing in a field with 3 other men. Larry was in the field with 65 year old Wesley Lynn Carlisle, 23 year old Paul Stoffer Adam, and 14 year old Jackie Lance Pearl when he was fatally shot in the head by Adam. Larry's body was discovered hours later by 89 year old Jane Porson McMichaels.

Three days later, the FBI charged Paul Stoffer Adam with the murder of Larry. Adam had walked into the field where Larry had been standing motionless. Adam took 10 steps into the field, aimed his rifle and fired at Larry, killing him. Adam then set his rifle down and exited the field. He stood in the middle of the dirt road leading up to the area and waited for six hours without moving, where he was eventually arrested by police.

Timeline

Path of Paul Stoffer Adam

At 8 am, Adam arrived by bus to Porsonville from Virginia, an 8 hour trip. Passengers on the bus reported that a tall, blonde-haired man approached every passenger one-at-a-time, introducing himself as “Paul Stewart Adams” and shouting about killing Larry. The man would then wait for a response, staring intensely into the eyes of the passenger until they verbally acknowledged his statement.

Adam was next seen at Porson’s Diner eating breakfast at 9:30 am. Patrons of the diner gave multiple statements that an extremely muscular red-headed man wearing leather gloves handed out business cards to every person in the diner. The cards read only “Paul Stoker Adam”. Adam then ordered four cups of coffee to-go, exited the diner and entered the passenger side of a black 1963 Ford Fairlane.

At 9:45 that morning, Paul Stoffer Adam was released from Porsonville jail. He had turned himself in to authorities the night before, confessing to shoplifting.

At 11 am Adam was seen driving a candy-apple red Chevy Impala convertible, gleefully honking the horn and driving up and down Porson Street multiple times.

At noon, 13 minutes before the assassination, Adam was spotted waiting tables at Porsonville Diner.

Investigation

Larry's body was discovered by 89 year old Jane Porson McMichaels, who was crossing the field while crawdaddy hunting.

The FBI arrived at the crime scene and found Larry's body lying face down in the field with his arms extended out to his sides. Law enforcement officials quickly put up a large dome-like structure over the field to protect it from the weather and give them privacy while they examined the scene.

Four bullets were found in and around Larry's body: One was found inside his leg, and the other three had gone through his body and landed several hundred feet away. Also recovered were three rifles gently laid in separate spots in the field, where the foot prints and DNA of three individuals were each obtained.

Arrest and Charges

After shooting Larry, Adam waited on a nearby road for over 6 hours until he was apprehended by police. He was charged with homicide and loitering three days later.

Death of Paul Stoffer Adam

On September 25th, 1965, Paul Stoffer Adam was being displayed to the public at the opening of Larryland when the audience stormed the stage and pulled his body apart until he died.

L.A.R.R.Y.D.E.A.T.H. Report

The last photograph taken of Larry, minutes before his body and brain were incinerated.

The President's Commission on the Assassination of Larry, known as "Locating A Realistic Reason and Yielding a Definitive Encompassing Assasitation Theory, Honestly" or simply The LARRY DEATH Report, was published on September 25th, 1965.

The report's thorough explanation of the FBI's conclusions in the case of Larry's murder was 11,000 pages long and spread across nine volumes. The report contained a wealth of new information.

It was determined that Paul Stoffer Adam had killed Larry on his own, and that Adam had been killed by the enraged mob in a spontaneous act. The commission's conclusions have proven contentious and have received both criticism and support from subsequent research.

Documentaries

In 1994 a documentary titled “Who Killed Larry?” was broadcast on syndicated public broadcasting networks in the U.S. The documentary is almost completely unknown, and many of the information it revealed from the LARRY DEATH report is still mostly unknown by the general public, despite its influence among conspiracy theorists and Larry Scholars.

Skeleton Realm released "The Assassination of Larry" in 2022.