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Frances Brown, a 32-year-old white woman, was found dead in her Chicago apartment on December 10, 1945. Her body was discovered with a bullet wound to her head and a knife lodged in her neck. The crime scene was particularly gruesome, with her head wrapped in towels and a bloody fingerprint smudge found on the doorjamb of her apartment. This murder was part of a series of killings attributed to the infamous "Lipstick Killer," a moniker given to the perpetrator due to a message written in lipstic ...Read More
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Frances Brown
Female
White / Caucasian
Chicago
IL
1945-12-10
33
Frances
Brown
11/20/2025
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Anyone else find it chilling how meticulously the crime scene was staged in Frances Brown's murder? ... ...Read More
06/23/2023
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