On August 14, 2020, spouses Joe and Jocelyn Rowland of Aurora, Colorado contacted Kerry Brown (20 years old) through US market Letgo, regarding an advertisement for a car.
However, the car that Brown offered for sale was stolen.
When they agreed to meet to look at the car, Joe discovered something wrong with the associated license plate.
Get a full slaughter after this
According to one Press release from state attorney In Colorado, the 20-year-old pulled out a gun when the pair discovered that Brown had offered the car for sale under an assumed name.
was shot
He allegedly threatened the couple to hand over the money they had, and then fired five shots.
Both Joe and Jocelyn died of their injuries.
– The defendant assumed a false identity in order to lure the innocent couple into the trap, by pretending to be someone he wasn’t – and by selling a car he didn’t own, says state attorney Garrick Storgard in the press release.
“Fled” from McDonald’s after discovering the horror
The couple left behind five children – all under the age of 19.
He took two innocent lives for a few thousand dollars, and his selfish actions are a danger to society and show that he doesn’t take into account the value of human life, says Storgard.
According to the prosecutor, Brown fled the scene with $3,000 in the stolen car – the equivalent of NOK 28,600 at today’s exchange rate.
After that, he was said to have thrown the car and set it on fire.
In court, the 20-year-old will explain that he shot the couple when he felt they were about to leave without buying the car.
Detection by email
According to the press release, Brown was arrested by police when they discovered that he had registered his private email address on the Letgo Market.
It survived eleven days in the freezer
This cowardly act of violence leaves five children without fathers. I think of the first day of school without parents. The bedtime stories you never read. Words cannot describe what the killer took with him. The Attorney General concluded the press release that he deserves to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
On August 31, Keri Brown was convicted of the two-year-old murders, and convicted on seven counts. Including two cases of negligent homicide, two cases of gross theft, as well as armed robbery and arson.
On November 21, it will be decided how long Keri Brown should serve.