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Man Indicted For Pregnant Woman’s Murder; Could Face Charges For Baby
July 29, 2010
An Escambia Count Grand Jury has indicted the man accused of the the stabbing death of a pregnant mother and her unborn child July 5 in Cantonment.
On Wednesday, the Grand Jury returned a first degree premeditated murder indictment against Phillip Arnold for the murder of Angela Castella Brown, according to State Attorney Bill Eddins. He faced Judge Ron Swanson in an arraignment hearing on Thursday.
Arnold, 65, of 349 South Chipper Road, fatally stabbed Brown in the chest, according to the State Attorney’s Office. Brown was about six months pregnant at the time. Doctors performed an emergency C-section to deliver the baby, which died about seven hours later, prosecutors said. The State Attorney’s Office is continuing to consult with the medical examiner’s office to determine whether any additional charges will be filed.
Arnold and Brown were neighbors, and that was their only known connection, according to Sgt. Ted Roy, spokesperson for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were dispatched to the stabbing at a mobile home at 349 South Chipper Road about 8:35 p.m only July 5. When they arrived, witnesses told deputies that Arnold fled into a nearby wooded area. As deputies were arriving in the area, EMS personnel advised they had seen a black male running down the railroad tracks on South Chipper Road.
Witnesses at the scene reported observing a black male known to them as Arnold running from the scene moments before they discovered the victim, according to the Sheriff’s Office. K-9 officers attempting to track Arnold discovered a knife that was believed to be the murder weapon. As deputies were surrounding the area to search for Arnold, he called sheriff’s dispatchers about 9:10 p.m. Arnold said he was at a home at 2473 Stacey Road and that he wanted to turn himself in. He was taken into custody without incident.
Brown was the mother of seven other children.
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8 Responses to “Man Indicted For Pregnant Woman’s Murder; Could Face Charges For Baby”
REGARDING:
“This just couldn’t be bad upbringing and poverty”
True for the second hafl at least. Billions live in poverty and kill nobody.
REGARDING:
“They were in a relationship that went bad. there is always two sides to every story.”
You do realize there is only one alive to tell any story at this point don’t you?
Even if they were in some sort of relationship and even if it did go bad, what story would justify cutting and murdering someone with a steak knife in her own home? Or what would make it not be murder?
Certainly we will let the justice system deal with the matter but there is no particular reason to not discuss it and ponder the events.
There are a number of lessons to be learned if we don’t just sweep it all under the rug and decide it’s none of our business. There are lessons we can teach our children and share with our friends. Things like: hang around the wrong people and you might be murdered. Make the wrong people mad and you might be hurt.
I don’t know what other lessons might be learned, shared and taught but surely there are a few worth pondering.
David wondering how to justify such
First, let stop pointing fingers, and let look at what happen? They were in a relationship that went bad. there is alway two side to every story. but it seem that they only remember history. which stand for His story and the news will tell it the way they want it. or it ’s being told to them. Why don’t we wait and let the system work. I glad we don’t let the people judge us and let God do the judging. We are quick to let famous people off on all kind of charges. But the normal everyday people seem to be convicted and placed on death row. once again let the system work.
For the life of me, I just can’t understand why someone would want to do this. This is so sad, that this poor pregnant woman and her unborn child are both dead, and now the other children she had, will have to go through life without their mother. I don’t know what this man was thinking, when he took their lives.
May Justice be served and let him pay for what he has done!!!
EVERYTIME I hear about this, I can’t help but to think about all those little children that will grow up without thier mama.
this is unreal, what is the world coming to now? i generally don’t believe in the death penalty, but i hope this man gets it. how can you take a life, let alone the life of a pregnant woman? i wonder what he was thinking, if he even was. What’s going to happen to the rest of her children now? Bless their hearts =( this is just horrific.
This man is just pure evil.He knew she was was pregnant.
killed pregnant neighbor, her unborn child and she had 7 other children
who depended on her.
Boy just another escambia guy who actually came from a good home.
I’m sure he had great parents.
This just couldn’t be bad upbringing and poverty