Who Is Larry Dean Brown? Arrest Made in 45-Year-Old Texas Cold Case
Summary
Larry Dean Brown, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran, has been charged with the 1981 murder of Beverly Bruneau in Texas. The case was solved after 45 years, using advances in DNA technology that have helped police solve other cold cases recently.Key Facts
- Beverly Bruneau, 35, was found strangled with an electrical cord in her apartment in Grapevine, Texas, in 1981.
- Larry Dean Brown was arrested and indicted for her murder; he has no prior criminal record and served as a Navy pilot in Vietnam.
- Brown was extradited from Colorado and is held without bond in Tarrant County.
- Brown had conflicts with Bruneau related to a shared mortgage and housing agreements involving Bruneau's friend Thelma, who married Brown.
- Bruneau’s house suffered two fires suspected to be arson before her death.
- Brown tried to get an insurance appraisal done through his construction company, and pressured Bruneau about fraudulent insurance forms, which she refused.
- Advances in DNA evidence helped solve this and other cold cases from the 1980s.
- Brown initially cooperated with police but later refused fingerprinting, a polygraph test, and further cooperation.
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