Jason Derek Brown- Arizona- 2004

Guys/girls stay on the run for two reasons (besides going to foreign countries where extradition is difficult)- 1. They assimilate themselves somewhere or 2. They are constantly on the move making them harder to track. Would obviously be the latter if it really was Brown. Interestingly, I mentioned looking for Brown in places like Wal-Mart where he may be shopping for essential items and then that's basically exactly how they caught USMS Top 15-er Jeff Forrest, so further makes me hope they are looking for where Brown may be buying stuff seeking refuge etc... of course all depends on how credible the FBI feels the sighting is.

There's been a lot of seemingly good leads leading to dead ends in the past though- although I will admit this lead to me seems more promising than past ones. As I said, there is an LDS church in Mansfield so this lead is intriguing me more than past leads. Just I've been burned so many times by past leads I don't want to jump to conclusions. Hopefully this is finally the one that isn't a letdown. Oddly they are really publicizing the lead locally and the FBI itself isn't really publicizing it nationally.

  If the police think they spotted Jason Derek Brown in a certain Ohio town,
the LAST THING the FBI or local police are going to do is tell anybody about it.
For obvious reasons of course. That's how the police operate.

And the authorities are certainly not going to tell the media. I think the FBI already
learned that hard lesson back in 2004. It's just another media fake news BS to help

Also the FBI and US Marshals have publicized possible sightings of fugitives in their most wanted lists before, but it is usually a case-by-case basis.

If they feel they are zeroing in, they might keep the lead quiet but if they get information he or she is in a certain city but they can't narrow it down any further, they may ask for help, at least what I've seen from past manhunts.

Well I do want to add davep does have a good point about how the media leak is what caused the FBI to not catch Brown right away in the first place, So the FBI does err on the side of caution when it comes to lead. In retrospect, it makes sense they're not really publicizing what is a local potential lead.

The Ohio lead is not the first lead on Brown, there have been numerous supposed sightings during his 15 plus years on run that have lead to dead ends, so I'd also advise against getting tunnel vision the other way and just assuming a lead is legitimate every time there is a possible sighting.

Although not a top ten fugitive, AMW fugitive Dennis Lilly, a decades-long prison escapee was supposedly spotted teaching parasailing classes in Mexico in the early 2000s. A decade or so later, it turned out he was living in a suburban town in Washington state the entire time he had been on the run (and passed away while on the run as well). I think someone honestly thought they spotted Lilly, but it obviously was not a legitimate sighting.

I know this sounds like damned if you do damned if you don't, but in my opinion, we shouldn't be immediately dismissive or overly optimistic every time there is a lead on Brown. (I am not accusing anyone here of being either one). Take every lead for what it is and hope for the best.

Since he's not a pro I just don't think he's smart enough to run for
2.) I don't believe Brown can commit crimes for 16 years for a living
without getting caught and of course fingerprinted. Also, he's to
3.) Here's a surprise. I don't think Brown meant to kill Kieth. I don't
think that was his game plan. I think he wanted to take the money, tell
Kieth to lie down, take Kieth's gun, and run for it.
But Kieth didn't cooperate. Instead, Kieth went for his gun, as evidenced
with his gun next to his body. Brown panicked and killed Kieth. Brown
shooting 6 times instead of once or twice is a sign of panic in my opinion.
Nobody has ever seen the entire video of the crime from all the camera angles.
4.) So now Brown has $56,000 of blood money. He just took a human life. How does
he feel? He hides his emotions well playing golf with his brother David after
the crime and staying with his sister in Orange County, but how does he feel
when he's by himself. When he doesn't need a facade. When the act of what he
did confronts him and he has no more diversions to hide behind.

There use to be a picture of Brown on the internet wearing a red-striped shirt.
He's at the bank teller window depositing some of his blood-money days after
the crime. The lady servicing him goes off to do something, and Brown is left
there for awhile by himself with his thoughts, blood money, and the memory of
taking a human life. In the picture he is clearly not a happy man. He looks
depressed to me. Very depressed! Sometimes just a quick bank-snapshot can
capture a split second into ones state of mind. That one picture alone does it
for me. I think he took his life within a year after the crime, but went through
a lot of trouble for his body not to be found. Maybe killed himself in some small
remote cave in the vast Canadian wilderness would be one way. Animals would scatter
his bones and he would never be found. Anyways, just my thoughts.

Dave

Hi SHunter,

Suicide Angle.
A lot of people who are vain and cocky kill themselves. Your right that Brown made
a huge jump from petty con jobs to murder. That's a HUGE jump. Maybe over a couple
of years it was a jump he couldn't handle mentally anymore.

Taking Someone Out.
Yes, allegedly is hearsay in a courtroom. Brown would be an idiot to say that to
anyone. I'd throw that one away. I want more concrete stuff. It's the lame media
who likes words and phrases like allegedly, maybe, possibly, could have, might have
been, etc. The media can give a story legs by always using those words.

Truck Owner Had To Be Thinking.
Brown really took a chance by deciding to go ahead with the crime after shooting that
truck and then confronting the truck owner. Put yourself in the truck owners shoes...

   1.) You meet Brown in the desert shooting without a backstop that hits your truck
        and then...
   2.) You hear about an armored car robbery on the news.

  It's only natural for the truck owner to maybe put 1 and 1 together and start speculating.
I think Brown knew this, so it was imperative for Brown to be calm when talking to the

Yes, I agree, whatever Brown's plans were he still killed Kieth and should be pay for it.
I have ZERO sympathy for Brown

Dave