Lynne Brown 26, Msg 03/12/75, [Children Fd Murdered], Clackamas OR

[sarahhod]

Police dig into cold case involving 2 kids & missing mom

11:23 AM PDT on Wednesday, April 1, 2009

By KYLE IBOSHI, KGW Staff CLACKAMAS, Ore. - The old case file is six inches thick. It's filled with typewritten police reports. There are also newspaper clippings from The Oregonian and the Oregon Journal dating back to the 1970's. And there are horrific crime scene photos.

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The black and white snapshots show two children, lying side by side, face down. Their bodies are outstretched. They are still wearing their shoes.

Although this file is nearly three decades old, there is no dust on it and it is not hard to find. This is an active case, describes Captain Kevin Layng of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. Police are still looking for Lynne Brown. She's charged with killing her two children, then disappearing.

On March 12, 1975 police found the bodies of five-year old Geoffrey Brown and his sister, seven-year old Leslie. They'd been shot. Their small bodies were stretched out on a fleece-lined coat in a small clearing at Milo McIver State Park near Estacada.

Lynne Brown had taken her children for a one-day visit. Her ex-husband had custody. But, Brown and the children never returned. Her Volkswagen Beetle had been abandoned in the park. And nearby, police found Lynne's purse, her driver's license and a receipt for a newly purchased gun. Investigators searched the park for several days, but found nothing. The 26-year old mother had simply vanished.

Police theorized that Brown could have taken her own life by shooting herself, then floating down the swift Clackamas River. She had a history of failed suicide attempts. But, she also could have run.

"The information came in for quite a while," said Captain Layng. Over the years, police and the U.S. Marshals Service have chased countless leads. Brown, who often went by "Mitzi" has connections in Oregon, Oklahoma, Nevada and California.

"There have been some people who knew her well who claim they've seen her since this incident," explained Layng. The most promising tip came in 1978. A close friend said she spotted Lynne at a Fred Meyer store in North Portland. She said the woman got into a van and drove off with an unidentified man.

Since then, police have developed several sketches of what Lynne Brown might look like today. If, she's still out there.



http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_040109_news_lynne_brown_murder.9171f027.html

[sarahhod]

DOUBLE MURDER

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Case #: 1975-05637
Victims: Geoffrey Lyman Brown and Leslie Michelle Brown
Suspect: Lynne Brown (a.k.a. Lynne Fortner, Mitzi Brown, Mitzi Fortner). Ms. Brown has an active arrest warrant for the murder of Geoffrey and Leslie. She has been missing since 1975.
Location of Murders: McIver Park, Estacada
Date of Murders: Feb. 22, 1975

Details: Five-year-old Geoffrey Brown and 7-year-old Leslie Brown were found murdered on March 12, 1975 at 4:45 p.m. Each had been shot twice in the head while lying on a coat in a small clearing in McIver Park, near the City of Estacada.

Geoffrey and Leslie were last seen leaving with their mother, Lynne Brown, for a one-day visit from Lynne’s ex-husband’s house on Feb. 22, 1975 -- and Lynne Brown has not been seen or heard from since.

Suspect description: Lynne Brown is described as a white female, 5'2" tall and 110 lbs., with brown hair and green eyes. A forensic artist has prepared an aged drawing as Ms. Brown might appear now. A warrant was issued in October 2006 as a result of this Cold Case investigation.

To Report Info: Contact Det. John Krummenacker at 503-655-8218, or e-mail him here.

http://www.co.clackamas.or.us/sheriff/coldcases.jsp

[sarahhod]

VICTIMS: LESLIE MICHELLE BROWN AND GEOFFREY LYMAN BROWN, 1975


In March 1975, a Salem mother disappeared with her 7-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son. Three weeks later, police found the children's bodies in Milo McIver State Park near Estacada.

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Lynne Brown, who went missing in 1975, is wanted in connection with the deaths of her two young children. This sketch by forensic artist Joyce Nagy updates Brown's features, depicting how she might look now, more than 30 years after she disappeared.

Leslie Michelle Brown and her brother, Geoffrey Lyman Brown, had been left in a clearing the size of a pitcher's mound, lying face down on a jacket. Both children were dead of bullet wounds to the backs of their heads. There was no trace of their mother --Lynne Brown, then 26 --apart from her blue 1967 Volkswagen Beetle, which had been abandoned at the park with a box of gun shells and a receipt for a .38-caliber revolver locked inside.
Lynne Brown had a history of mental problems and once threatened to kill her mother with a butcher knife, police said. On another occasion, she told a friend that if her ex-husband, Lyman Brown, won custody of their children, she might someday "shoot the kids and Lyman would never find her."
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office has issued a warrant for Lynne Brown's arrest, though detectives believe she may be dead. The case remains unsolved.


http://blog.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/2008/03/wanted_homicide_solutions.html

[nanabillie]

I wonder if the husband had an alibi.

[grammybears]

It sure makes me wonder nana. During all the reports I have read nothing was said about the father except he had custody of the kids. It sure makes me wonder though.