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Pauline Brown

Case from Butler, PA dated Mar 18, 1984

Victim Details

Pauline P. Brown

Female

Butler

PA

1984-03-18

72

Pauline

Brown

06/30/2026

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Pauline P. Brown, a 72-year-old female from Butler, Pennsylvania, was killed on March 18, 1984, inside the western Pennsylvania home she shared with her husband, Reed P. Brown Sr. The online memorial record for Pauline identifies her as having been lost to gun violence that day and notes that Reed, who was 80, was also killed in the same incident. The available newspaper account describes the deaths as a deliberate double shooting carried out with a. 22-caliber pistol.

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