CT CT - Regina Brown, 35, Newtown, 26 March 1987

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http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2218dfct.html

http://z10.invisionfree.com/usedtobedoe/index.php?showtopic=19438
Archived articles about Regina.

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/show/2018
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Regina Brown went missing after she dropped her babysitter and children off at LGA Airport (NYC) to visit Regina's parents in Texas. Regina returned back to her Newtown, Connecticut home and was never heard from, spoken to or seen again.



http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/A-mother-vanishes-overnight-1460334.php
John Pirro, Staff Writer
Published 10:37 p.m., Sunday, July 10, 2011

Van Horn believes it was Willis Brown, Regina's husband during a turbulent five-year marriage marked by violence, unsubstantiated allegations of promiscuity and drug use, and Willis Brown's almost paranoid belief -- despite scientific proof to the contrary -- that the couple's children had been fathered by other men.
(Van Horn is a friend of Regina's)

(Photo of Regina from Doe Network first link in this post)
 

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http://newtown.patch.com/articles/cold-case-regina-brown


February 15, 2012


In addition, police also discovered a map Willis Brown is alleged to have drawn of a part of Block Island, Rhode Island with the words "Regina, O God" written on it. Although police searched 37 acres of the island, Brown's body, or any remains of it, were never found, according to reports.
 
Some other articles within the last year:

http://www.ctpost.com/policereports/article/Heath-verdict-could-motivate-breakthrough-in-4910004.php#page-1

Their three children, who grew up with Regina's parents in Texas before later going to live with their father, were told for years their mother had disappeared, Reina Brown, now 29-year-old, said.

"I remember standing by the window and asking my grandmother when my mom was coming to get me," Reina Brown recalled. "She just cried."

Article covers similar information, also includes that sad quote from the daughter. They also believe that the (ex)husband is the only suspect but there was never enough evidence to charge him.

http://blog.ctnews.com/newsdesk/2014/10/22/missing-newtown-flight-attendant-featured-on-cold-case-cards/

Regina was added to the "cold case" deck of cards last month.
 
Regina Brown Cold Case Gets Exposure On Facebook

http://newtownbee.com/regina-brown-cold-case-gets-exposure-on-facebook/

A Texas woman, who is interested in having the mysterious 1987 disappearance of former Newtown resident Regina Brown solved, has created a Facebook page that seeks information from the public on the missing person case.

The Facebook page is Missing American Airlines Flight Attendant Regina F. Brown.

Lisa Peterson, a former reporter at The Newtown Bee who covered the Brown disappearance for the newspaper, is an administrator for the Facebook page. Ms Peterson has been working on a book on the Brown disappearance.

Newtown Police Detective Jason Frank has investigated the Brown case for many years. Det Frank welcomed the Facebook page, saying, “I think it’s a wonderful thing that’s being done.”

The detective said that a couple of new leads have occurred in the Brown case, but declined to be specific. He said he will continue working on the case.
 
Police Revisiting Disappearance Of Regina Brown

http://newtownbee.com/police-revisiting-disappearance-of-regina-brown/

Town police are revisiting the Regina Brown missing person case, seeking new clues in trying to learn what happened to the 35-year-old American Airlines flight attendant, who went missing from her Whippoorwill Hill Road home in 1987.

Starting on May 31, police stationed themselves at the end of that dead-end street, which extends from Mt Pleasant Road, in seeking clues at an undeveloped overgrown tract of rolling terrain lying generally north and west of that road.

Police had cadaver search dogs on hand on the morning of June 2. The German shepherds have been trained to focus their very sensitive sense of small on detecting the buried remains of humans.
 
http://newtownbee.com/police-continue-probe-into-regina-browns-disappearance/

Starting on May 31, and continuing for four weeks, police thoroughly searched an approximately 1.5-acre section of a 102.7-acre tract adjacent to the former Brown residence in seeking any remains of Ms Brown that might be in the area...

According to those documents, “Regina Brown has not been located or heard from in over 29 years… Knowing that Willis Brown had been physically violent with Regina during the course of their relationship…[police]…believe that there are human remains buried in the area where all four K-9s are alerting”...

The court papers state that four cadaver dogs had showed a distinct change in behavior at a 1.5-acre section of the tract, which lies about 200 feet away from the backyard of the property where the Browns once lived.

Chief Viadero did not disclose if police found any pertinent evidence in the Brown murder investigation through the excavation work.
 
Missing Person / NamUs #MP2018
Regina F. Brown, Female, Black/African American
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Date of Last Contact: March 27, 1987
Missing From: Newtown, Connecticut

Last Known Location: Map
Missing Age: 35 Years
Height: 5' 3" - 5' 5"
Weight: 115 - 120 lbs

Hair Color: Black, long shoulder length
Eye Color: Brown
Scar/Mark: Abdominal scar

Clothing: White sweater, sneakers

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Regina Brown went missing after she dropped her babysitter and children off at LGA Airport (NYC) to visit Regina's parents in Texas. Regina returned back to her Newtown, Connecticut home and was never heard from, spoken to or seen again.

Comments: Regina’s vehicle was located in New York City with the key in the ignition - several days after she was reported missing. Regina Brown was a Flight Attendant for American Airlines Regina's estranged husband was also a pilot for American Airlines.
 
After reading these circumstances, I’m curious as to what method was used to exclude Regina as being this UID. o_O Charley Project also lists her missing from Queens, NY. FWIW

Regina F. Brown
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Regina, circa 1987

Missing Since: 03/26/1987
Missing From: Queens, New York
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date of Birth: 12/04/1951
Age: 35 years old
Height, Weight: 5'3, 115 pounds
Hair, Eyes: Black, brown

Clothing/Jewelry Description: A white fleece jacket, a white sweater, white sweatpants with a light tan stripe, size 7 1/2 tan snakeskin shoes, a size 34B bra and a gold rope necklace with a diamond pendant.

Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American female. Regina is of Creole descent; she has very light skin and appears to be Caucasian. She normally wears her hair pulled back in a ponytail. Regina has a Cesarean section scar on her abdomen. Three of her teeth are missing and she has several dental fillings.
Details of Disappearance
Regina was last seen at LaGuardia Airport in the New York City borough of Queens on March 26, 1987. She resided in on Whippoorwill Hill Road in Newtown, Connecticut at the time of her disappearance, and was employed as a flight attendant for American Airlines. Regina had previously sent two of her three children to live with her mother in Texas and she was last seen after placing her third child and the family's live-in babysitter on a plane to join the others.

On the way back to Newtown, Regina called her best friend and said that if her parents hadn't heard from her within four days, to be alarmed. She said that in that instance, her friend should wait another two days, then try to contact her. If her friend was still unable to reach her, that meant her estranged husband of five years had "done to me what he promised to do to me."

On March 27, Regina's dog began barking continuously and a neighbor called the police to complain, but nothing was done. Regina subsequently missed a lunch date with her best friend and two flight assignments with American Airlines. Her employer notified her parents, who asked her best friend to check on her.

On April 2, Regina's friend went to her home, opened the garage door and found her dog alone. The floor was covered with feces and there was a bowl of water and an unopened bag of dog food which had been purchased at a supermarket Regina didn't shop at.

Regina's best friend and her estranged husband, Willis Brown, both filed missing persons reports for her. It turned out it was he who had left the dog food bag at her home. He said he bought it on March 26, the same day he was in Newtown for a dental appointment, but couldn't remember what else he'd done that day.

Regina left most of her personal belongings behind at her residence, including her airline identification badge, her makeup bag and a check for $1,000. Willis suggested the police look for her car in a certain part of the New York City borough of Manhattan, a neighborhood known for its drug activity.

On April 6, her bronze Honda Accord hatchback was found parked in front of an apartment building on 104th Street in Manhattan. The keys were in the ignition, there were two child seats in the backseat, and the windshield had several parking tickets. There was no sign of her at the scene and no indications of a struggle.

Regina had been in the process of a divorce from Willis, a senior American Airlines pilot. Willis into an apartment in Queens, New York, and Regina had a court order barring him from the house in Newtown. She did let him come over to visit their children, however.

The Browns' marriage had been troubled, with allegations of domestic violence. Willis insisted the couple's children had been fathered by other men, although paternity testing proved otherwise. In June 1987, he drove to Texas, forcibly removed his children from their grandparents' home and took them back to Connecticut, where he hired another live-in babysitter to care for them. Three weeks later, however, a judge ordered him to return the children to the care of Regina's Texas relatives.

Willis went forward with the divorce after Regina's disappearance and the case went to court on September 28. He sought custody of the children and no longer denied paternity, and claimed his wife had abused drugs and had numerous affairs, including one with the couple's marriage counselor (whom Regina saw alone, after Willis refused to go). He had made similar allegations during his divorce from his first wife.

One of Regina's friends testified against him in court, saying Regina was terrified of her husband. Her loved ones described her as a deeply religious woman and a devoted mother who wouldn't have abandoned her children, and police never found any evidence of extramarital affairs or drug use on her part.

In April 1988, the divorce judge granted custody to Regina's family in Texas. In his ruling, the judge wrote Willis had physically and mentally abused his wife and "reduced her existence to a living nightmare." After Regina's disappearance, Willis told various people false stories that she had been sighted in faraway places around the world.

Willis has never been charged in connection with his wife's disappearance or even been named as a suspect, although police did call him a "person of interest." A Massachusetts television station did a documentary on Regina's case in 1990; the program implied Willis was responsible for his wife's murder. He sued the television station for defamation, invasion of privacy and and intentional infliction of emotional distress, but his claims were dismissed.

The police did not search Regina's house until May 7, six weeks after her disappearance. They did search a tract of land for her body in 1989. Willis had rented a trailer on the property at the time of Regina's disappearance. No evidence was uncovered during any of the searches.

Willis owned a small private plane in 1987 and the police were unable to locate it for years. They finally found it in 2008. They weren't able to determine whether Willis was using the plane at the time of Regina's disappearance, however, as the airport he used was a very small one that didn't keep a consistent record of flights.

Regina's disappearance remains unsolved and foul play is suspected. She was declared legally dead in 1995.
 
Bumping..
Kat Leigh
Nov 23, 2019
''Regina and Willis had a complicated five year marriage. Willis was accused of domestic violence several times and was even arrested after strangling Regina during one of their fights.

A judge issued a restraining order against Willis; he was not allowed near Regina, their children, or the family’s home. He moved into an apartment in Queens, New York.''

''On her way back home from the airport, she called her close friend Hope Lambert. Regina told her to be alarmed if her parents hadn’t heard from her in a couple of days. If she was not at her parents’ house by then, she said: “Willis will have done to me what he promised to do to me”.

''Interestingly, Willis began to tell people that Regina had been spotted in random places around the world. He told one of Regina’s neighbors that she was with “some guy” on an island in the Pacific.''''
 
https://www.wtnh.com/news/missing-in-connecticut/

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  • Regina Brown of Newtown – Last seen March 27, 1987 at 25 years old
    • Regina went missing after she dropped her babysitter and children off at LaGuardia Airport in New York City to visit Regina’s parents in Texas. Regina returned back to her home in Newtown and was never heard from, spoken to, or seen again.
 

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