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UPDATED Sep 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET
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Tampa rapper Billy Adams found guilty in girlfriend slaying
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A jury found Tampa rapper Billy Adams guilty Tuesday in the 2023 murder of his pregnant girlfriend, Alana Sims. Jurors deliberated nearly six hours and returned guilty verdicts on first-degree murder and the killing of an unborn child. Prosecutors said Adams lured Sims to a secluded, unfinished area in New Tampa’s Easton Park neighborhood.
WHO: Billy Adams; Alana Sims
WHAT: Convicted of first-degree murder and killing of an unborn child in the 2023 shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend
WHEN: Sep 1, 2026
WHERE: Easton Park neighborhood of New Tampa, Tampa, Florida
WHY: Prosecutors said Adams lured Sims, who was five months pregnant, to a secluded, unfinished area in Easton Park and shot her.
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