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In the quiet community of Halifax, Virginia, the life of 74-year-old Jeanette Brown came to a tragic end on January 22, 2018. She was found in her Hendricks Road home with gunshot wounds. The person responsible was her husband of over four decades, John 'Jack' Frederick Brown, who was 80 years old at the time. In the early morning hours, he shot his sleeping wife, an act he would later claim was a 'mercy killing' to end her suffering from bipolar disorder and the severe side effects of her medic ...Read More
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Victim Details

Jeanette Frances King Brown

Female

White / Caucasian

Halifax

VA

2018-01-22

74

Jeanette

Brown

01/07/2026