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James Robert Brown

Case from Beattyville, KY dated Aug 04, 2016

Victim Details

James Robert Brown

Male

White / Caucasian

Beattyville

KY

2016-08-04

36

James

Robert Brown

06/22/2026

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In the late summer of 2016, the community of Beattyville, Kentucky, was shaken by the violent deaths of two of its residents. Among them was James Robert Brown, a 36-year-old man known as a carpenter by trade. His life was cut short on the night of August 4, 2016, in a fatal shooting. The discovery of his body on August 5, 2016, in a wooded area off Hell Creek Road in Lee County, marked the beginning of a complex homicide investigation. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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  • Four charged in Lee County murder investigation
  • James Brown Obituary - 2016 - Newnam Funeral Home, Inc.
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