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Clifton Fleming Brown

Case from Washington, DC dated Dec 15, 1986

Victim Details

Clifton Fleming Brown

December 14, 2022

Male

Unknown

Washington

DC

1986-12-15

1986-12-15

44

Clifton Fleming

Brown

07/15/2026


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In the winter of 1986, the life of Clifton Fleming Brown, a respected 44-year-old male associate professor of history at Howard University, was tragically cut short in his Washington, D.C. residence. On the morning of Monday, December 15, concerns grew when an academic associate could not get in touch with him. The associate contacted Brown's brother-in-law, who then reached out to the resident manager of his apartment building on 16th Street NW to check on his well-being.

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  • Homicide Victim: Dr. Clifton Brown - Metropolitan Police Department
  • 2620 16th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, US - Housecreep
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