July Murder, September Suicide

"MACON, GA — Jones County sheriff’s investigators are treating the shooting death of a homicide suspect as a suicide, officials said Wednesday.

"Sheriff’s investigator Kenny Gleaton said Debra Warren Brown, 47, was found by a family member at her home Tuesday afternoon with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Gleaton said his office is waiting for an official determination by the medical examiner.

"Gleaton declined to say who found the body or if there was a suicide note at the scene, citing the ongoing investigation.

"Brown was arrested July 9 and charged with felony murder in the shooting death of her husband, Mitchell Reid Brown, 52, at their residence at 592 Creekside Drive in Jones County. During that incident, deputies responded to a 911 call at 3:30 a.m. and found Mitchell Brown suffering from a gunshot wound to the torso during an apparent domestic altercation. He died at the scene.

"Debra Brown was released on bond about two weeks after her arrest, Gleaton said. She was indicted in August. Gleaton said a court date had not been set for her trial.
Gleaton said the gun used in the apparent suicide was different than the one used in the death of her husband. That gun was being held as evidence.

"With Debra Brown’s death, Gleaton said that will close the book on the investigation into Mitchell Reid Brown’s death.

"`There are a few things we’ll follow up with,` Gleaton said. `But there won’t be a prosecution on it, obviously.`"

From macon.com...