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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Mikell Brown

Year
2005
Where
Richmond, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On October 6, 2005 at approximately 4:50 a.m., police responded to the 3200 block of 1st Avenue for the report of a person found unconscious in the alley. Upon arrival, they found, Mikell Sylvester Brown, who had been assaulted. He was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel.

From the Virginia State Police cold case database. Records change. The source is the authority.

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