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Crystal Brown

Case from Phoenix, AZ dated Aug 31, 2017

Victim Details

Crystal Brown

March 28, 2022

Female

White / Caucasian

Phoenix

AZ

2017-08-31

2017-08-31

45

Crystal

Brown

07/25/2026


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On a late summer evening in Phoenix, Arizona, the lives of a husband and wife were irrevocably shattered. On Thursday, August 31, 2017, 45-year-old Crystal Brown, a Caucasian female, was with her husband near a transient camp located by the railroad tracks at 15th Avenue and Lincoln Street. The time was between 7:30 and 7:50 p.m. when they were suddenly confronted by three unknown young men.

The encounter quickly escalated into a robbery. In the ensuing chaos, one of the assailants, who w ...
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