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Linda Marie Bailey Brown

Case from Garden-grove, CA dated Mar 19, 1985

Victim Details

Linda Marie Bailey Brown

Female

White / Caucasian

Garden-grove

CA

1985-03-19

23

Linda

Marie Bailey Brown

07/05/2026

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Linda Marie Bailey Brown, aged 23, was tragically murdered on March 19, 1985, in Garden Grove, California. The circumstances surrounding her death were both shocking and complex. Linda was shot twice in the abdomen while she slept, a crime orchestrated by her husband, David Brown, and carried out by her 14-year-old stepdaughter, Cinnamon Brown. David, a manipulative and sociopathic computer businessman, convinced Cinnamon to commit the murder as part of a plot to collect nearly one million dolla ...
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  • Oprah.com: The Teen Manipulated Into Killing Her Stepmom By Her Dad
  • Linda Marie Bailey Brown (1961-1985) - Find a Grave Memorial
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