On January 19, 2022, Florence Brown, 79, was found dead inside her Big Arm, Montana home after Lake County deputies responded to a possible homicide-suicide just before 4:30 a.m. Deputies discovered Florence and her dog, both fatally shot, and her 48-year-old son, Kirk Brown, with a gunshot wound. Kirk was alive when deputies arrived and was taken to a nearby hospital but later died of his injuries.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office concluded Kirk Brown shot and killed his mother and the dog before shooting himself. No arrests were made in connection with Florence’s death. The bodies were sent to the state medical examiner’s office in Missoula as the investigation continued.

If anyone knew Florence or has information about what happened that night, please come forward and share what you know.