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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
3-Year-Old Girl and a Dog Were Found Dead in a Car. The Child's Mother Claims She Fell into a River at the Time of the Tragedy
Kelly Brown, 40, said she was 'swept away" as she fell into the Penobscot River in Maine NEED TO KNOW A woman has been charged with manslaughter after her 3-year-old daughter and a dog were found dead in her locked vehicle Kelly Brown, 40, allegedly claimed to have fallen into a river in Maine on her way to take out trash when the tragedy occurred The woman's bail has been set at $50,000 A woman has been charged with manslaughter after her 3-year-old daughter and a dog were found dead in her locked vehicle — during a time when she allegedly claimed to have fallen into a river on her way to take out trash. The Penobscot County Sheriff's Office (PSCO) initially discovered the vehicle of 40-year-old Pennsylvania resident Kelly Brown outside a local business in Milford, Maine, on the evening of Aug. 9, according to Maine State Police (MSP). Inside the car, police officers discovered the young girl dead, and they later located the mother "nearby." After calling in help, MSP arrested Brown, and she was booked at the Penobscot County Jail around 5 a.m. local time the following morning. During an appearance at Penobscot Judicial Center on Aug. 11, Brown was formally charged with manslaughter. According to an affidavit and court documents obtained by CBS affiliate WABI, NBC affiliate WCHS and Brown told police that she left her daughter in the car while she was picking up trash in the area, but she fell into the Penobscot River and was 'swept away." A spokesperson for the MSP did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for confirmation on Sunday, Aug. 17. Attorney information for Brown was not immediately available. According to court records obtained by WABI, police assert that Brown left her child and a small dog inside the parked car in a Milford Freshies parking lot around 2 a.m. local time on Aug. 9. She briefly returned to the vehicle around 6 a.m., but apparently did not come back again until police and EMS arrived 14 hours later, the outlet said. Brown, her daughter Fiona and their 13-year-old family dog Penelope left Pennsylvania on July 30 for an annual trip to see family in Maine. According to Brown's mother claimed she had been "hallucinating" and posting 'disturbing' videos on Facebook since late July. The mother, the daughter and their pet had been camping alongside rest stops on their way back to their family camp. Brown told authorities that she wanted to teach Fiona about keeping nature "clean." Brown said her daughter and the dog were alive when she last left them in the vehicle. She claimed that she then slipped and fell into the river and was 'fighting to stay above water," according to the affidavit obtained by Police found the child's body "resting, face down, on the driver's side seat very close to the driver's side door," while the dog's head was resting on her foot, the outlet reported. Brown's family later reported her to police, stating that she had been acting odd and claiming she had been seeing spirits, per WABI. The affidavit obtained by alleges that Brown 'began to scream' when she learned of the deaths of her daughter and dog. While Brown, who was covered in scratches and bruises, told police that she fell into the river, surveillance footage allegedly contradicted her claims, according to WABI and WCHS, and her clothes were not wet by the time she returned to the vehicle. 'Kelly Brown's alternative explanation for abandoning her daughter and dog in the locked closed car on a hot August day contradicts the surveillance video and observations of the law enforcement officers when she appeared on the scene and was later interviewed,' the affidavit said, per According to WABI and WCHS, a judge placed Brown's bail at $50,000. Police said they found no other signs of the possible causes of death for the child beyond heat exposure. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta then determined the girl's probable cause of death was the result of being left in the car for hours on end, WCHS reported. Attorneys and the judge agreed to meet again on Sept. 26, according to WCHS. Brown's case will then go in front of a grand jury. Read the original article on People
Boston Globe
6 days ago
- Boston Globe
3-year-old girl found dead in SUV outside Maine convenience store was left for more than 14 hours, police say
The body of a small dog was found on the floorboard, its head resting on the girl's right foot, police said. Advertisement The girl apparently died from Brown, who was visiting family in the area, has been charged with manslaughter. Her 67-year-old mother, who lives in Plymouth, Mass., had recently reported her daughter and granddaughter as missing and that her daughter's behavior had 'changed significantly' recently, according to the affidavit. The woman told police that they visited family in the area for about a month each summer. She said she believed Brown left Pennsylvania with her daughter on July 30 and stayed that night at her home in Plymouth, according to the affidavit. They left Plymouth and stayed at her summer home in Clifton, Maine, on July 31, and went to stay with Brown's grandmother on Ambajejus Lake from Aug. 1 to 7, according to the affidavit. Advertisement She said they were supposed to remain at the lake, and when they didn't, she called Brown. Brown said she and her daughter were camping along the Penobscot River, the affidavit stated. She told police Brown 'had been posting bizarre things on her social media accounts over the last few weeks,' and that around July 25 Brown had begun posting videos to her Facebook account, 'Health Coach Brown,' that she described as 'disturbing,' the affidavit stated. 'Kelly Brown reported to [her] that she had been hallucinating, was hearing voices of shamans, and seeing people that weren't there,' police said. 'Kelly Brown also said that the voices she was hearing were telling her what to do.' On Saturday, Brown told police that she locked her daughter and dog in the car and intended to return quickly but fell into the Penobscot River and was swept away. Brown allowed a detective to photograph 'numerous scratches and bruises on both her lower arms and lower legs,' police wrote. 'Kelly Brown claimed that the injuries had occurred when she fell down the embankment and into the Penobscot River.' When she was informed that her daughter and dog had died, Brown 'began to scream,' police wrote in the affidavit. She said they 'were her world, and she didn't know what to do,' police said. The child's body was taken to the chief medical examiner in Augusta, where an autopsy found that 'hyperthermia (an elevated body temperature) was consistent with the symptoms presented and was the most likely cause of death based on the current information,' State Police said. Advertisement According to the affidavit, the temperature had reached 82 degrees in Bangor on Aug. 9, and police noted that the interior temperature of a vehicle on a hot day can be 'dangerously higher than the ambient temperature outside.' Brown had an initial appearance Monday at the Penobscot Judicial Center, where she was formally charged. Emily Sweeney can be reached at
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Yahoo
Mom facing charges after her three-year-old daughter and family dog found dead on floor of hot car
A Pennsylvania mom is facing charges after her three-year-old daughter and pet dog were both found dead inside a hot car over the weekend in Maine. Kelly Brown, 40, of Havertown, a Philadelphia suburb, was charged with manslaughter Monday at the Penobscot Judicial Center in Bangor, WCVB reported. The little girl was found dead alongside the family's 13-year-old dog, Penelope, on Saturday evening inside the vehicle, which authorities found at a business in Milford, a small town of about 3,000, Maine State Police said. Brown and her daughter were visiting family in Maine, but after several days without contact, Brown's mother reported her daughter and granddaughter missing. Court documents said police found the girl and dog inside the locked car and broke the front window to get inside. Both the girl and the dog were dead. Autopsy results revealed the girl likely died from being left in the car for nearly 15 hours, according to court documents obtained by News Center Maine. The high temperature in Milford on Saturday was 82 degrees. Her official cause and manner of the girl's death are pending additional studies, authorities said. After Penobscot County Sheriff's Office deputies discovered the girl's body, officers located Brown not far from the car and detained her. She was arrested at about 5 a.m. Sunday on the manslaughter charge. When reporting the pair missing, Brown's mother told authorities that her daughter had been sharing 'bizarre' things on her social media accounts. Her strange behavior was also detailed in documents obtained by News Center Maine. During police interviews, Brown claimed to be hallucinating and hearing voices that were telling her what to do. Brown said she and her daughter had been cleaning up trash on their trip, during which they were camping in her car. She said she went out to collect trash while leaving the toddler and dog in the car, but slipped and fell into the Penobscot River and got swept away. Officers, however, noted in court documents that Brown's clothes were not wet when she returned and that her explanation didn't align with what surveillance footage showed. Brown appeared in court Monday at the Penobscot County Jail, where a judge placed bail at $50,000 and barred her from making contact with children under the age of 18.
CBS News
10-08-2025
- CBS News
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, woman arrested in 3-year-old daughter's death in Milford, Maine
A 40-year-old Havertown, Pennsylvania, woman was arrested after her 3-year-old daughter was found dead inside a vehicle in Milford, Maine, the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office said on Sunday. Kelly Brown, of Havertown in Delaware County, was charged with manslaughter after her 3-year-old daughter was found dead inside a vehicle outside a business in Maine on Saturday, according to authorities. Brown was found nearby and taken into custody, the PCSO said. Brown and her daughter were the subjects of a wellness check before she was arrested in Maine, according to the PCSO. The 3-year-old will be taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta, Maine, where an autopsy will be completed to determine the cause and manner of death, the PCSO said. Kelly was booked at the Penobscot County Jail, and an appearance at the Penobscot Judicial Center is pending, authorities said. The 3-year-old's death is under investigation by Maine State Police and the PCSO.
BBC News
17-06-2025
- BBC News
Grieving mum 'felt pain' of stab victim Ibrahima Seck's parents
A mother whose 16-year-old son was fatally stabbed said she had tried to console the "broken" parents of a teenager who was killed in Greater Manchester earlier this Brown, whose son Rhamero West was murdered on his way to school in Old Trafford in 2021, attended a march against knife crime following the death of 14-year-old Ibrahima Seck in New Moston on 8 Brown said she came face-to-face with Ibrahima's parents at the "emotional but powerful" gathering."I was just staring at his mum and she is broken, and it just took me back to when I first heard Rhamero had been stabbed, I felt her pain," she said. Three boys, two aged 14, the other 16, have been charged with Ibrahima's murder and possession of a bladed article. Ms Brown told BBC Radio Manchester: "I spoke to his dad – I held his hand and said 'I know how you are feeling'."He looked at me right in the eye and I said 'I have lost my son too'. Then we just hugged each other." The mum turned knife crime campaigner said the march was "a brilliant idea" and communities affected by knife crime were stronger together. She said: "We need more of this to tackle knife crime, everyone is being affected by knife crime. When is it going to stop? Enough is enough."She founded the charity Mero's World Foundation after her son's death, and successfully pushed for the installation of more than 60 bleed kits across Greater Manchester. The kits are designed to stem severe bleeding from wounds. Ms Brown said she has spoken to a headteacher of a primary school in New Moston to arrange a talk with pupils about knife crime later this month."I feel it is very important to reach primary schools before the children transition to high school - normally I never get a reply to my emails to primary schools so I am grateful to this headteacher," she added. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
