A federal judge in Virginia ruled Tuesday that the suspect charged with abducting and killing a woman in September 2017 is not competent to stand trial. U.S. District Court Judge Raymond A. Jackson for the Eastern District of Virginia also concluded that Eric Brown’s competency cannot be restored. Prosecutors will likely request that Brown, 46, …
A homeless Navy veteran was reportedly charged with the kidnapping of a Virginia Beach teen whose body was later found behind a church more than 300 miles away. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced Wednesday that Eric Brian Brown, 45, was charged in connection with Ashanti Billie’s disappearance. Billie, 19, was reported …
Recently-uncovered surveillance footage reportedly shows someone exiting from a slain Virginia Beach teen’s car the same day of her disappearance. WVEC reported that the video captured someone exiting Ashanti Billie’s Mini Cooper at around 5:40 a.m. on September 18 and head east toward Azalea Garden Road in Norfolk, Virginia. The person is then seen throwing objects …
The FBI is asking for the public’s help in locating footage believed to show Ashanti Billie’s Mini Cooper traveling from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Charlotte, North Carolina. According to an October 12 FBI statement, Billie, 19, was driving a white or cream-colored 2014 with Maryland tag 2CX-0575. The agency is urging` anyone who might’ve seen the …
Detective Tom Fassbender, the lead investigator on the team that convicted Steven Avery for the murder of Teresa Halbach, tells Nancy Grace why the Wisconsin man should not get a new trial. An appeals court has denied Avery’s latest motion for a second chance. New York criminal defense lawyer Hunter Shkolnik, forensics expert Joseph Scott …
The FBI has confirmed that remains found behind a Charlotte, North Carolina, church on Friday belong to a missing Virginia Beach teen. “It is with deep regret that I inform the community that Ashanti Billie has been located, deceased, in Charlotte, North Carolina,” Martin Culbreth, Special Agent in Charge of the Norfolk Division of the …
A body found behind a Charlotte, North Carolina, church Friday morning could belong to a Virginia Beach teen who disappeared 12 days earlier. The anonymous source told The Virginian-Pilot that a landscaper discovered Ashanti Billie’s possible remains while trimming behind East Stonewall AME Zion Church. At this point, however, there is no official confirmation that the body …
