GUILTY CA - Edward Andrews, 80, Hemet, 31 May 2008

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http://www.inlandnewstoday.com/story.php?s=3076

12 Aug 08

There’s been another development in the case of a missing Hemet man.

Thomas Brooks of San Diego has been arrested and taken to the Presley Detention Center in Riverside. Brooks, 39, is held on suspicion of murder.

Edward Andrews has not been seen since leaving his home May 31st. Since then, a man whose photo was captured at ATM machines in three counties, has taken more than $92,000 from Edwards’ checking account.

Andrews’ vehicle is also missing.

Investigators have not discussed the evidence against Brooks or why he is a suspect.

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http://www.mymurrieta.com/wordpress/?p=2698

9 Sept 08

The victim’s body was removed from the location and an autopsy was conducted. The San Diego Medical Examiner declared the cause of death to be asphyxia. However, due to the condition of the body, the victim has not been positively identified as Edwards Andrews. However, investigators believe this is the body of Andrews. DNA analysis of the remains will be conducted.

much more at link
 
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Man_Admits_Encasing_Body_in_Concrete_San_Diego.html

Thomas Jeffrey Brooks pleaded guilty to killing Edward Andrews
Source: Man Admits Encasing Body in Concrete | NBC San Diego

http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12165427

Ex-con admits killing pen pal, encasing him in cement
Posted: Mar 18, 2010 4:05 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 18, 2010 7:41 PM EDT

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) - A man has pleaded guilty to killing his pen pal, encasing the body in cement and living off the victim's savings and credit cards.

Thomas Jeffrey Brooks faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty Thursday in San Diego to first-degree murder.

Brooks killed 80-year-old Edward Andrews in May 2008 after befriending him. Brooks and an accomplice then encased Andrews' body in a concrete orb that was the centerpiece of a rock garden in Brooks' landlord's backyard in San Diego.
 
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“I’ve seen my fair share of dead people in weird places,” Jim Peters, an investigator with Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, told Buried in the Backyard, airing Saturdays at 8/7c on Oxygen. “This is a first.”

An autopsy conducted the next day showed that the “mummified” male victim had been bent and bound into the fetal position. He had a belt around his neck. Who was he?
 

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