Hattie Gertrude Brown
- Age
- 51
- Gender
- F
- Race
- Black
- Eye color
- brown
- Hair color
- black
#11-22827Tier-2 extracted
Hattie Gertrude Brown
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Aug 1, 2011
Recovery location
Halifax County, VA
Coordinates
36.6981, -78.9284
Days open
5,423
Victim
ExtractedCase narrative
Source text · highlightedHattie Gertrude Brown was last seen alive on May 16, 2009, in Halifax County, Virginia. Ms. Brown was observed in the company of her nephew at a Sheetz gas station at approximately 2:11 AM on May the 16th. Days later, after having no contact with Ms. Brown, her family reported her as missing. The Virginia State Police initiated a missing person investigation. Ms. Brown's financial accounts lay inactive in the months following her disappearance and all attempts to locate her provided no information as to her whereabouts. In July of 2009, Ms. Brown's Volkswagen Jetta was discovered destroyed by fire in Halifax County, approximately 12 miles from the Sheetz gas station where she was last seen on May 16, 2009.
In 2011, the Virginia State Police opened a homicide investigation into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Ms. Brown. Information obtained during the missing person investigation led to the opening of the homicide investigation. To date, neither Ms. Brown nor her remains have been located. The case remains as active homicide investigation.
Modus operandi
Tier-1 + Tier-2Weaponfire
Locationpublic_outdoor
Date2009-05-16
Addressuncertain
Ageuncertain
GenderF
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Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 36.6981
- Longitude
- -78.9284
- Precision
- —
Possibly related cases (0)
No plausible matches in geographic + temporal proximity. Methodology →
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- Phone
- (434) 352-7128
- Address
- Appomattox Field Office, 240 Third Division Loop, Appomattox, VA 24522