Regis Brown, 59, of Fairview, pleaded guilty to brutally murdering his wife, Michelle, 53, and his
35-year-old stepdaughter Tammy Greenawalt inside their Fairview Township home
earlier this year. Investigators said he killed the two women in the presence
of Brown’s 14-year-old stepgranddaughter, whom he held captive for several days, police said.
Brown received a life sentence last month after pleading
guilty to one count each of first- and third-degree felony murder.
The story might’ve ended there, police said, had Brown not
decided to keep talking about his past, which they now suspect involves up to a
half-dozen other homicides.
During a Thursday news conference, Pennsylvania State Police
Detective Joseph Vascetti announced charges against Brown in the 30-year-old
cold case slaying of 45-year-old Bryce Kenneth Tompkins, of New Castle.
Tompkins’ body was found partially submerged in a Lawrence
County creek on Dec. 26, 1988. An autopsy determined he’d been shot twice in
the back. According to Vascetti, Brown admitted to killing Tompkins because he
was a witness to a burglary Brown had committed.
Up to this point, Brown has only been charged in Tompkins’
death. But officials say there’s much more to this case.
“He’s either been arrested for, or confessed to, or is a
strong suspect in eight homicides right now in the northern part of the state
from Lawrence County to Erie,” Vascetti said.
The detective declined to provide additional information in
the five other homicides. It’s also unclear why, after so many years, Brown has
allegedly decided to cooperate.
Brown faces multiple charges in connection with Thompkins’
slaying, including criminal homicide, aggravated assault and intimidation of
witnesses, police said.
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