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On 30 September 1997, in St. Kitts and Nevis, 20-year-old beauty queen Leyoca Browne and her mother, 36-year-old Violet Browne, were fatally shot by Fox, then 46. Fox, who previously had been engaged to Leyoca, was arrested and charged with the murders. On 22 May 1998, Fox was convicted of murder of
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A letter from Bertil: Bertil Fox is serving a life sentence for double murder on the island of St. Kitts. In this FLEX exclusive, he gives his version of what happened on that fateful day in 1997 | Flex
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The murder trial of Bertil Fox | Bodybuilding champion of the Golden Age | Web site of classic pro physique muscle star and contest winner, Bertil Fox | AAU, NABBA and IFBB boby building show winner
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