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Case Description
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On a Sunday in late August, 27-year-old Payao Vang and her husband, Smith C. Brown, 65, traveled to a farm plot they leased in a rural area of Dakota County, Minnesota. The property, located in Empire near the intersection of 210th Street East and Clayton Avenue, was a place they visited from their home in Oakdale. When the couple failed to return as expected, concern began to grow among their family members.

Later that evening, Brown's son and another relative decided to drive to the far ...Read More
Victim Details

Payao Vang

Female

Asian

Farmington

MN

2024-08-25

27

Payao

Vang

Primary Suspect Deceased

11/08/2025