VA-Hattie Brown, 48, Halifax County

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.wset.com/news/stories/0709/644470.html

28 July 09

The family of a missing Halifax County woman is speaking out, after police declared one of their family members a suspect.

Derek Edward Brown was the last person seen with his aunt, Hattie Brown. Police think Derek has left the area and that has Hattie's brothers and sisters angry.

Several family members say they're ready to find out the truth about what happened to Hattie.

much more at link

pics of Hattie and Derek
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[imamaze]

Have not really found anything updated but here are a couple more articles discussing Hattie Brown...

Missing Halifax woman's car found burned (http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/southside/article/missing_halifax_county_womans_car_found_burned/40921/)

Published: July 8, 2009
Updated: July 8, 2009

State Police say they’ve found a car belonging to a missing Halifax County woman, burned on a farm.

Troopers tell WSLS that Hattie Gertrude Brown’s Volkswagen Jetta was found on a farm near Virgilina. Brown has been missing since Saturday, May 16th...More...


Person of involvement named in missing woman case (http://www.wset.com/news/stories/0709/639043.html)

Investigators have released the name of the man last seen with a Halifax County woman before she went missing eight weeks ago.

Hattie Brown was last seen outside the Sheetz gas station near South Boston - with her nephew, Derek Edward Brown.

Police say he is a "person of involvement" because he was with her right before she went missing...More...



Press Release on the Hattie Brown case (http://www.southsidecentral.com/wordpress/2009/07/27/todays-press-release-on-the-hattie-brown-case/)

Today, the State Police issued a press release regarding new development in the case of Hattie Brown (missing since May 16). The current reward poster is available at the end of this posting.

RELATIVE OF MISSING HALIFAX COUNTY WOMAN CONSIDERED SUSPECT IN HER DISAPPERANCE

Family Increases Reward for Arrest/Conviction in Her Disappearance

HALIFAX CO. – The on-going investigation into the whereabouts of a missing Halifax County woman, Hattie Gertrude Brown, has now identified the woman’s nephew as a suspect in her disappearance. Derek E. Brown, 30, of Virgilina, Va., has been elevated from a person of interest to a suspect in the missing person’s case.

Hattie Gertrude Brown, 48, was last seen Saturday, May 16, 2009, at a Sheetz gas station at the intersection of Route 501 and Route 58 just outside South Boston in Halifax County. A video camera captured the woman and her car at the gas station at approximately 2:33 a.m. It has been determined that she was accompanied at the gas station by her nephew, Derek E. Brown...More...