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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Father and Son Arrested in Homicide

By Astrid Galvan
Journal Staff Writer
          Police say Dean William Brown had bragged to spectators at the scene of a homicide on San Mateo NE last week that his son was the killer, but it took more than that for police to track he and his son down.
        Brown, 56, was arrested Tuesday in the slaying of Roger Cunningham, who was found dead in an alley behind the businesses at 2440 San Mateo on May 18. Brown faces charges of conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with evidence. But police say it is his son, 34-year-old Mark David Brown, who killed Cunningham after spending the day with him. He was arrested Wednesday on one count of murder.
        On Monday, a woman told police she was with Cunningham and Dean and Mark Brown the day of the incident. They had spent the day drinking and playing music at Dean Brown's recreational vehicle on Central and Western Skies, the complaint states.
        The group went for a ride, during which Mark allegedly stabbed Cunningham, the complaint states. There is no indication what the motive was.
        Brown, his son and the woman then dumped Cunningham in the alley, but apparently went back to the scene of the crime, where workers from nearby businesses had gathered, according to the complaint.
        One of those people told police Dean Brown had bragged at the crime scene about his son being the killer, the complaint states. The witness gave police the license plate number and description of the car that the trio left in.
        But the plates turned up registered to a different car in Los Lunas, so police were not able to get an address for Brown.
        It was not until after the woman came forward that police had enough information to find the Browns.
        Initially, police told the media Cunningham was "someone who might have information" and asked the public for help in finding him. A police spokeswoman said that was an effort to locate his family so they could be informed he was dead.
       

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