A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A KINGSPORT MAN IN THE DEATH OF HIS ESTRANGED WIFE LAST YEAR. JOSEPH ADKINS IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER, FELONY MURDER, AGGRAVATED BURGLARY, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. HE’S ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN KATHY ADKINS AT HER HOME IN MAY 2007. ADKINS ALLEGEDLY CONFESSED TO USING ALCOHOL, COCAINE, AND OXYCONTIN THE DAY OF HIS WIFE’S MURDER AND CLAIMS HE DOESN’T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED. NO COURT DATE HAS BEEN SET AT THIS TIME.