The Brief
- Thomas Brown, 31, a former standout athlete and U.S. Army staff sergeant from St. Peter, Minnesota, was arrested and accused of two counts of premeditated first-degree murder for the shooting deaths of Pandora Kjolsrud, 18, and Evan Clark, 17, who were killed during a camping trip to Mount Ord.
- The arrest shocked Brown’s former teammate, while investigators say DNA was found inside the victims’ car and on bloody gloves linking him to the murders, despite his attorney claiming a lack of DNA evidence and Brown’s own Facebook posts placing him on Mount Ord the weekend of the killings.
MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. – The man arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Arcadia High School students has been identified as Thomas Brown, a 31-year-old Chandler resident.
What we know:
Brown, who grew up in the small town of St. Peter, Minnesota, is now accused of two counts of premeditated first-degree murder.…