PA - Regis Brown, convicted of double murder, now charged in five 1988 slayings *charged Oct 2018*

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Double murderer charged in 1988 cold case killing, may be linked to 5 other slayings
Regis Brown, 59, is serving life without parole after he was arrested this March for the brutal slayings of his wife, Michelle Brown, and stepdaughter, Tammy Greenawalt, Pennsylvania State Police trooper Joe Vascetti told ABC News on Thursday.

Immediately after his arrest for the March crimes, Brown confessed to the cold case killing of 45-year-old Bryce Tompkins, Vascetti said.

"He has either confessed to, been arrested for, or is a strong suspect in eight homicides right now," including those three, Vascetti said. He declined to release more information citing the ongoing investigations.
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State police: Brown suspect in five other homicides
 
Other articles state he could be responsible for up to 8 additional homicides.

Pa. Man Charged In Connection To 1988 Cold Case, Suspected In Multiple Other Homicides
Brown was arrested in 2018 for allegedly murdering his wife and stepdaughter in Erie County in March, and officials say Brown has been arrested for, confessed to or is a strong suspect in eight homicides in northwestern Pennsylvania dating from 1986 to 2016. Further details are not available because the investigations are ongoing.

Officials say Brown also may be tied to or have information related to an additional six to eight homicides.
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Man confesses to 30-year-old killing. Police say he is a suspect in more deaths
Regis Brown, 59, admitted to killing Bryce Kenneth Tompkins, 45, whose body was found by hunters partially submerged in Neshannock Creek in Lawrence County in December 1988, authorities said. He told police that Tompkins was killed because he witnessed a burglary.

Brown was sentenced last month in the March deaths of his wife, Michelle Brown, 53, and his stepdaughter, Tammy Greenawalt, 35.

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Brown is considered a suspect in as many as eight other cold cases, Vascetti told CNN. Altogether, he said, Brown may have information about as many as 15 other killings.
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Okay - some of you might have noticed I'm going thru some of my "older" cases. :)

So @lsv7 - I believe you are my "go-to" for Pennsylvania? The county is Lawrence, I believe. Here's the info I have so far on him:

PA - Bryce Kenneth Tompkins (45) (Dec. 25, 1988, New Castle; Dec. 26, 1988 found Hickory Township in the Neshannock Creek in Lawrence County) - *Regis Andrew Brown (59) arrested & charged (Oct. 18, 2018) with criminal homicide, 2 counts of aggravated assault & intimidation of a witness.
Plead guilty (Mar. 2018) & sentenced (Oct. 2018) & is serving a life sentence (w/o parole) for the 1st degree murder & 3rd murder in the deaths of his wife, Michelle Brown () & his step daughter Tammy Greenawalt () in Erie County.
Strong suspect in eight homicides in northwestern Pennsylvania dating from 1986 to 2016.
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
v.
Regis Andrew Brown
CASE INFORMATION
Judge Assigned: Date Filed: 03/01/2019 Initiation Date: 10/17/2018
OTN: U 638922-4 LOTN: Originating Docket No: MJ-53304-CR-0000309-2018
Initial Issuing Authority: Scott McGrath Final Issuing Authority: David B. Rishel
Arresting Agency: NEW CASTLE PSP Arresting Officer: Vascetti, Joseph J.
Complaint/Incident #: 451755
Case Local Number Type(s) Case Local Number(s)
STATUS INFORMATION
Case Status: Active Status Date Processing Status Complaint Date: 10/17/2018
06/12/2019 Awaiting Trial
05/28/2019 Awaiting Formal Arraignment
04/04/2019 Awaiting Trial
03/01/2019 Awaiting Formal Arraignment
03/01/2019 Awaiting Filing of Information
CALENDAR EVENTS
Schedule
Status
Start Room Judge Name
Time
Schedule
Start Date
Case Calendar
Event Type
04/09/2019 9:30 am Courtroom 1 President Judge Dominick
Motto
Formal Arraignment Scheduled
Judicial Call of the 05/06/2019 1:30 pm Courtroom 2 Judge J. Craig Cox Continued
Trial
06/03/2019 1:30 pm Courtroom 1 President Judge Dominick
Motto
Judicial Call of the Continued
Trial
07/08/2019 1:30 pm Courtroom 1 President Judge Dominick
Motto
Judicial Call of the Continued
Trial
08/05/2019 1:30 pm Courtroom 1 President Judge Dominick
Motto
Judicial Call of the Continued
Trial
Trial Status 08/14/2019 9:30 am Courtroom 3 Judge John W. Hodge Scheduled
Conference -
Criminal
09/09/2019 1:30 pm Courtroom 1 President Judge Dominick
Motto
Judicial Call of the Scheduled

https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Docke...-CR-0000198-2019&dnh=xD8zxPXawEiXJl+IxZqJgg==
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Regis Andrew Brown
​
Case Status: Active
Complaint Date: 10/17/2018
​
Event Type Judicial call of the Trial Start Date 10/07/2019 Start Time 1:30 pm Room Courtroom 1 Judge Name President Judge Dominick Motto Status Scheduled

Status Date Processing Status
06/12/2019 Awaiting Trial
05/28/2019 Awaiting Formal Arraignment
04/04/2019 Awaiting Trial
03/01/2019 Awaiting Formal Arraignment
03/01/2019 Awaiting Filing of Information

https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Docke...-CR-0000198-2019&dnh=xD8zxPXawEiXJl+IxZqJgg==
 
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Updating thread with some new links.

Is the trial going on because he recanted his early confession to killing Bryce Tompkins or is it for a different victim?

Thank you for listing all the motions and hearings. They are very helpful. When I went into the docket though, I couldn't find which victim the trial was for (unless I missed it). Since he could be charged with the murder of more victims in this thread, it would be helpful when posting a listing to add the victims name once in awhile so we would know which trial is going on. I was assuming it was for the Bryce Tompkins murder until I saw in a link that he had already confessed. I admit that I never did find his sentence for it so now I am thinking maybe he recanted.

Regis Brown pleaded guilty in the killings of his wife and stepdaughter.
Trucilla sentenced Brown to life in prison without parole plus 20 to 40 years, the maximum possible sentence allowed by law.

Brown gets life plus 20 to 40 years in double slaying in Fairview

Regis Brown, 59, confessed in March to the 1988 killing of Bryce Tompkins in Lawrence County.

Man convicted in double murder charged in 1988 killing

Regis Brown was held for trial on all charges during a preliminary hearing Thursday for the 1988 murder of Bryce Tompkins, 45, of New Castle.

Regis Brown Faces Trial for 30-Year-Old Murder Case in Lawrence County
 
Testimony: Double murderer also confessed to Erie killing


A double murderer's confession to a third killing has created a strange wrinkle in the conviction of the man who pleaded guilty to the slaying, in which the victim's body was burned at an east Erie apartment.

John E. Poole Jr., 38, is serving 30 to 60 years in state prison for the death of 42-year-old Robert McCarthy in February 2017.

But Poole has asked a judge to take another look at the case after learning that Regis A. Brown, 60, confessed to killing McCarthy when state police interviewed Brown in September 2018.
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Brown is serving life in prison for fatally stabbing his stepdaughter, 35-year-old Tammy Greenawalt, and bludgeoning to death his wife, 53-year-old Michele Brown, at their residence on West Ridge Road in Fairview Township in March 2018. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced in September 2018.
 
Monday, October 7th:
*Trial set to begin (@ 1:30pm ET) - PA - Bryce Kenneth Tompkins (45) (Dec. 25, 1988, New Castle; Dec. 26, 1988 found Hickory Township in the Neshannock Creek in Lawrence County) - *Regis Andrew Brown (59) arrested, charged (Oct. 18, 2018) & arraigned (5/28/19) with criminal homicide, 2 counts of aggravated assault & intimidation of a witness.
During an interview with officials this year, Brown confessed to Tompkins’ murder, saying Tompkins had witnessed one of the burglaries.
Plead guilty (Mar. 2018) & sentenced (Oct. 2018) & is serving a life sentence (w/o parole) for the 1st degree murder & 3rd murder in the deaths of his wife, Michelle Brown (53) & his step daughter Tammy Greenawalt (35) in Erie County.
Strong suspect in eight homicides in northwestern Pennsylvania dating from 1986 to 2016.
Trial set to begin 10/7/19
 
Niner said:
@SeesSeas - can you look up this case to see if a trial is ongoing?

Regis Andrew Brown - Lawrence County #MJ-53304-CR-0000309-2018

TIA!
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Hi Niner! You're awake 'late'. . . or maybe you are still on USA CA time? o_O
Nothing new on the docket.
https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Docke...-CR-0000198-2019&dnh=xD8zxPXawEiXJl+IxZqJgg==

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY
DOCKET
Docket Number: CP-37-CR-0000198-2019
Court Case
CRIMINAL DOCKET
Originating Docket No: MJ-53304-CR-0000309-2018
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Regis Andrew Brown

CALENDAR EVENTS
10/07/2019 1:30 pm Judicial Call of the Scheduled Trial

ENTRIES
09/12/2019 09/12/2019 Motto, Dominick Order of Court (Mtn/Cont Granted; Trial Cont to October 2019 Trial Term)
 
Thanks for checking for me SeesSeas! Yes, up late - 2am!!! :confused: got up about 1am to "go" & just could not get back to sleep - so was up for about a 1/2 an hour - and then went back to sleep and woke up again at 6am. I did get 7 hours of sleep though! :D
I believe it's called "jet lag".... LOL!
 
Niner said:
Thanks for checking for me SeesSeas! Yes, up late - 2am!!! :confused: got up about 1am to "go" & just could not get back to sleep - so was up for about a 1/2 an hour - and then went back to sleep and woke up again at 6am. I did get 7 hours of sleep though! :D
I believe it's called "jet lag".... LOL!
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Jet Lag. . . not fun.:(
Decided to check the case docket again. There are posts on 10/10/19 - Motion and Order. No new hearing dates.
https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/CPReport.ashx?docketNumber=CP-37-CR-0000198-2019&dnh=xD8zxPXawEiXJl+IxZqJgg==
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Regis Andrew Brown

CALENDAR EVENTS
10/07/2019 1:30 pm Judicial Call of the Scheduled Trial

ENTRIES
1 10/10/2019 Lawrence County Public Defender's Office
Motion For Funds
Lawrence County Adult Probation
10/10/2019 eNotice Notified
Lawrence County District Attorney's Office
10/10/2019 eService Served

2 10/10/2019 10/10/2019 Cox, J. Craig
Order Of Court (Mtn Granted; Cost Of Services Approved By The Court Shall Not Exceed $2,500.00)
Lawrence County Adult Probation
10/10/2019 eNotice Notified
Lawrence County Court Administrator, New Castle
10/10/2019 Hand Delivered
Lawrence County District Attorney's Office
10/10/2019 eService Served
Lawrence County Public Defender's Office
10/10/2019 eService Served
 
Niner said:
@SeesSeas - it's been about a week - any updates in court site? TIA! :)
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https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Docke...-CR-0000198-2019&dnh=xD8zxPXawEiXJl+IxZqJgg==
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Regis Andrew Brown

CALENDAR EVENTS
11/04/2019 1:30 pm Judicial Call of the Trial Scheduled

ENTRIES
1 10/23/2019 Lawrence County Public Defender's Office Motion for Continuance
2 10/23/2019 Motto, Dominick Order of Court (Mtn/Cont Granted; Trial Cont to November 2019 Term of Trials)
 
Thanks a bunch!
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Monday, Nov. 4th:
*Trial set to begin (@ 1:30pm ET) - PA - Bryce Kenneth Tompkins (45) (Dec. 25, 1988, New Castle; Dec. 26, 1988 found Hickory Township in the Neshannock Creek in Lawrence County) - *Regis Andrew Brown (59) arrested, charged (Oct. 18, 2018) & arraigned (5/28/19) with criminal homicide, 2 counts of aggravated assault & intimidation of a witness.
During an interview with officials this year, Brown confessed to Tompkins’ murder, saying Tompkins had witnessed one of the burglaries.
Plead guilty (Mar. 2018) & sentenced (Oct. 2018) & is serving a life sentence (w/o parole) for the 1st degree murder & 3rd murder in the deaths of his wife, Michelle Brown (53) & his step daughter Tammy Greenawalt (35) in Erie County.
Strong suspect in eight homicides in northwestern Pennsylvania dating from 1986 to 2016.
Trial set to begin 10/7/19-continued to 11/4/19
10/10/19: Motion for Funds. Motion Granted; Cost Of Services Approved By The Court Shall Not Exceed $2,500.00). Trial continued to 11/4.
 
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