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79-Year-Old Linked to 1981 Cold Case | Texas News
A 79-year-old man, Larry Dean Brown, has been indicted for the 1981 strangulation murder of Beverly Bruneau in Grapevine, Texas — a case solved decades later thanks to DNA from soda bottles. Arrested in June, he was extradited from Colorado and released on his 80th birthday under strict house arrest, GPS monitoring, and a $100K bond (down from $2M). His defense cites a debilitating illness and argues the evidence is circumstantial — pointing to financial motives tied to arson and insurance claims, but questioning why it took so long to link DNA. The case remains deeply unresolved, with legal…
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