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Jury Picked In Double Murder Trial Of Cantonment Man
August 16, 2011
A jury was seated Monday morning in the double murder trial of Phillip Arnold, the Cantonment man accused in the stabbing death of a pregnant Cantonment woman and her baby last summer.
The 66-year old Arnold, is facing two first degree premeditated murder charges for the stabbing deaths of Angela Castella Brown, 44, and her newborn child on July 5, 2010, in Cantonment. Arnold’s trial is set to begin Thursday and is excepted to last two days.
Brown, who was six months pregnant, underwent an emergency C-section after she was stabbed. The newborn, later named Angela Chambers, died just over seven hours after being delivered.
Arnold, 65, of 349 South Chipper Road, fatally stabbed Brown in the chest, according to the State Attorney’s Office. Arnold and Brown were neighbors, and that was their only known connection, according to 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 on 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 ranging in age from an infant to 18-years old.
Arnold remains in the Escambia County Jail without bond.
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4 Responses to “Jury Picked In Double Murder Trial Of Cantonment Man”
I doubt if he even remembers the act, he looks to be as messed up, as a box of rocks. A double murder, I doubt if this guy could premeditate cleansing himself. I bet he gets life, at 65 hes well into the fourth quarter.
>>Does anyone know how old Ms. Brown
She was 44. Added that to the story.
Seven other children–plus number eight died. Does anyone know how old Ms. Brown was and was there a husband or ex-husband or ex-husbands? I looked back on the old write ups on the case on NorthEscambia and the PNJ and fail to see her age.
A senseless killing if I ever saw one.