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309:, about 25 kilometers north of Montgomery, from where about 140 vacationers were evacuated. Brown was arrested that same afternoon, after he walked out of the woods to a service station where he bought cigarettes and a soft drink. The clerk serving him and the gas station employees paid attention to his unkempt appearance, at which point they contacted police. He did not resist his arrest, and after examining his clothing and the interior of his car, authorities found drops of blood. A forensic examination later determined that the blood type of the stains matched that of LeMonte.
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where they found the bodies and Aaron. During the preliminary investigation police interviewed LeMonte's ex-husband, David, who told them that Brown was at the house when he brought Aaron over. On the basis of his testimony, in addition to evidence recovered from the crime scene that pointed towards his guilt, Brown was put on a wanted list.
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camera and attached the photograph to the TV screen in the room, before scattering playing cards around the bodies and leaving a piece of paper with his victims' names and the word "me" written on them. After LeMonte failed to show up at work and her children at school, her parents went to her house,
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