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Edward Brooks

Case from New Haven, CT dated Jul 04, 2015

Victim Details

Edward Brooks

Male

White / Caucasian

New Haven

CT

2015-07-04

39

Edward

Brooks

06/22/2026

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On the Fourth of July in 2015, the holiday celebrations were shattered by a grim discovery in a wooded area of West Rock Ridge State Park in Hamden, Connecticut. Law enforcement responded to reports of an explosion around 11:00 a.m. and found the body of a deceased White male, later identified as 39-year-old Edward Brooks of West Haven. The initial investigation at the scene was horrifying; Brooks’s body had been wrapped in plastic garbage bags, bound with rope, and showed signs of three gunsh ...
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  • NBC Connecticut: Police Probe Death of Man Found at State Park in Hamden
  • West Haven Man Sentenced to 140 Months for Drug Trafficking ...
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