In the quiet community of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, a grim discovery was made on the morning of Saturday, January 3, 2015, marking a violent end to the life of 25-year-old Levi Bruce Brown. A male U.S. Army veteran who had served in Iraq, Brown was found deceased in a residence alongside his younger brother, 24-year-old Garrett Lee Brown. The scene, which soon drew the attention of the Muskogee County Sheriff's Office, revealed a third victim, the brothers' 48-year-old mother, Rebecca Brown
Smith.
Investigators were led to the home after a concerned family member received a distressing call from Smith and requested a welfare check. Upon entering the residence, deputies were confronted with the tragic outcome of what they would later describe as an apparent murder-suicide. It is believed that Rebecca Brown Smith was the perpetrator in the devastating incident.
Authorities have speculated that Smith used a rifle, which was recovered at the scene, to shoot and kill both of her adult sons, Levi and Garrett. After taking the lives of her children, it is believed that she then turned the weapon on herself. The investigation, though approached as a triple homicide to ensure all possibilities were considered, ultimately pointed toward this grim conclusion. No arrests were made as the sole suspect was also deceased.
The news shattered the family, with the brothers' father, Leroy Brown, expressing his profound grief. He remembered Levi as a 'big kid' who had a passion for the outdoors and his dog. Having survived a tour of duty overseas, the tragic irony of his death in his own home was not lost on his grieving father. The community was left to mourn the loss of three lives in a single, heart-wrenching event.
