Deceased/Not Found CA - Erica Brown 36, suspicious circ, her bf Mark Randle 45 is POI, he drives early 2000s 4dr blk Mercedes, last seen at home Fairfield, 20 Aug 2023

[Unalienable Rights]

Press Release August 27, 2023

The Fairfield Police Department requests the public’s assistance as it works tirelessly to locate 36-year-old Erica Brown. Ms. Brown was last seen at her home in Fairfield on August 20, 2023, and her disappearance is being investigated as suspicious in nature.

Ms. Brown’s boyfriend, 45-year-old Mark Randle, who was living with her at the time, is a person of interest in the case. He was last seen driving an early 2000’s model, 4-door, Black Mercedes sedan.

We ask that anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of either Erica Brown or Mark Randle, please contact the Fairfield Police Department’s Investigations Unit at (707)428-7600. Photographs of both persons are included with this release.

To preserve the integrity of the ongoing investigation, however, no further details will be released at this time.

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In the comments on the PD page, Fairfield Police posted a comment addressing SM rumors that she has been found deceased:

Fairfield, CA Police Department
xxxxxxxxxx that is not true, the investigation remains ongoing as indicated in the release. Social media is not a valid source for information. The person found in Vallejo is an unrelated case.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Officers say Randle was last seen driving an early 2000's model 4-door black Mercedes sedan. Authorities declined to share any more information about the disappearance, but are asking anyone who sees the two or who has information about their whereabouts to call the police at 707-428-7600.

The Fairfield Police Department requests the public’s assistance as it works tirelessly to locate 36-year-old Erica...
Posted by Fairfield, CA Police Department on Sunday, August 27, 2023

Fairfield Police investigate suspicious disappearance of Erica Brown

According to police, Erica Brown was last seen on Aug. 20.

www.abc10.com

 

[PommyMommy]

AUG 31, 2023

Missing Fairfield woman believed dead; warrant issued for boyfriend

A missing Fairfield woman is believed to be dead with suspicion falling on her boyfriend in connection with the case, according to police.

www.ktvu.com

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"Information provided to detectives leads them to believe Ms. Brown is no longer alive," the Fairfield Police Department said Thursday. "Although we hoped to safely return Ms. Brown to those who care for her, we felt from the outset that her disappearance was suspicious in nature, and have treated it as such."

In the wake of her disappearance, detectives also tried to track down the victim's boyfriend, Mark Randle, 45, who lived with her before she went missing.

Randle, who is also known as "Tweezy," "Tweez," and "Mark Twain," has not been located. On Thursday, Fairfield police announced that they issued a warrant for his arrest.

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[Seni]

Just awful. LE knew it would be a bad outcome...

 

[Knox]

Another domestic homicide

 

[LovesPeace2]

Just geez I hate this. I hope her family can get closure jmoo

 

[imstilla.grandma]

On Thursday, Fairfield police announced that they had gotten information that led them to believe that Brown was dead.

"Although we hoped to safely return Ms. Brown to those who care for her, we felt from the outset that her disappearance was suspicious in nature, and have treated it as such," police said in a statement.

No other information about Brown, including how she died and where detectives learned the information about fate, has been released.

An arrest warrant has now been issued for Randle. Detectives say he has strong ties to Fairfield and Vallejo.

Anyone who sees Randle – who also goes by the names "Tweezy," "Tweez," and "Mark Twain" – is urged to call authorities immediately.

Police: Missing Fairfield woman Erica Brown believed to be dead, arrest warrant issued for boyfriend

An arrest warrant has now been issued after detectives found reason to believe that a missing Fairfield woman is dead.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Boyfriend of Erica Brown, missing Fairfield woman believed to be dead, arrested in Sacramento area

The boyfriend of a missing Fairfield woman who police detectives said they believe is no longer alive has been arrested in connection to homicide.

www.cbsnews.com

FAIRFIELD – The boyfriend of a missing Fairfield woman who police detectives said they believe is no longer alive has been arrested in connection to homicide.

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No other information about Brown, including how she died and where detectives learned the information about fate, has been released.


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On Thursday, Fairfield police announced that Randle had been taken into custody in the Sacramento area.

"We extend our deepest condolences to Erica's family and friends during this difficult time and are committed to bringing Mark Randle to justice," police said in a statement after Randle's arrest.

Fairfield police said the Sacramento Police Department's Career Criminal Apprehension Team and Sacramento County Sheriff's ffice S.W.A.T Unit helped take Randle into custody.

 

[PommyMommy]

Was his arraignment rescheduled? I can't find anything about it.

SEP 16, 2023

'It could have been me:' Ex of murder suspect Mark Randle suffered abuse years before his girlfriend went missing in Fairfield

A Fairfield man believed by police to have killed his missing girlfriend was arrested on Thursday night in Sacramento.

www.cbsnews.com

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Randle is behind bars in Solano County with no bail facing charges of murder, torture and violating parole. He is expected to be arraigned on Monday, Sept. 18.

Fairfield Police told CBS13 it is likely they will be able to share more details in their investigation surrounding Brown's disappearance next week.

"We extend our deepest condolences to Erica's family and friends during this difficult time and are committed to bringing Mark Randle to justice. Because of the ongoing investigation no further information will be released at this time," Fairfield Police said in a statement.

 

[Caring1]

Erica Marie Brown was last seen on the evening of Sunday, August 20, 2023, in Fairfield, CA. The investigation into Ms. Brown's disappearance revealed evidence of foul play and on 09/14/2023 her boyfriend, Mark Anthony Randle Jr, was arrested on suspicion of her homicide. Mr. Randle is currently in custody awaiting trial.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[cvaldez1975]

im thinking there was evidence in the home that she was not alive

 

[mlhenn]

https://www.thereporter.com/2024/07/26/jurors-find-fairfield-man-45-guilty-of-killing-girlfriend-last-year/

Jurors find Bay Area man guilty of killing missing girlfriend​

The panel of nine women and three men declared its unanimous finding against Mark Anthony Randle Jr. shortly before 2 p.m. in Department 23 in the Justice Building in Vallejo.

He was charged with killing his girlfriend, Erica Brown, on Aug. 20 at the Sunrise Drive home they shared in Fairfield. Her body has not been found.


Nguyen, the lead prosecutor, built her case largely on the eyewitness testimony of Jan E. Agacinski, a former sexual partner with Randle.


In exchange for her testimony, the Solano County District Attorney’s Office dropped an accessory-after-the-fact charge against her.

 

[mlhenn]

im thinking there was evidence in the home that she was not alive

https://www.thereporter.com/2024/07/26/jurors-find-fairfield-man-45-guilty-of-killing-girlfriend-last-year/

Agacinski spent two long days on the witness stand, providing information about the date and time of the killing, seeing the physical condition of Brown, whom she saw lying naked on a bed but covered with a blanket some time just before midnight, her face severely battered and bloodied. She checked Brown’s pulse and found it to be “faint.”

Agacinski also testified that, after visiting the Sunrise Drive home for a second time in the early hours of Aug. 21, Randle told her Brown was dead. He later loaded her body, wrapped in a blanket, into a black Mercedes parked in the driveway.

Agacinski’s statement, coming on Day 3 of the trial and her second on the witness stand, followed cross-examination by Latka, who also made a reference to the body being loaded into a car and “blood in the driveway” of the Fairfield home.

Fingerprint and cellphone data also figured in the trial.

 

[mlhenn]

Boyfriend convicted of killing missing woman whose remains have not been found

FAIRFIELD, Calif. (TCN) -- A 45-year-old man has been found guilty of killing his 36-year-old live-in girlfriend, who went missing last year.

truecrimenews.com

July 30
The Fairfield Police Department announced that a jury convicted Mark Randle on July 25 of the first-degree murder of Erica Brown. Officers initially arrested him in the Sacramento area on Sept. 14, 2023.

Randle’s trial began July 10. According to police, the Solano County District Attorney’s Office "presented irrefutable evidence of Randle’s guilt, including witness testimony, officer/detective testimony, cellular phone date, video surveillance footage, DNA evidence, and FLOCK data."

Brown's remains have not yet been found, but police said, "Still, it’s our hope this verdict brings some peace to the family and friends of Ms. Brown."

 

[PommyMommy]

JUL 31, 2024

Her body still missing, Erica Brown's boyfriend found guilty of her Fairfield murder

A Fairfield man who went on the run for weeks when his girlfriend was first reported missing last year was found guilty of killing her in Solano County court Thursday, July 25.

www.cbsnews.com

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Key testimony during the trial came from Randle's mistress, Jan Agacinski, who was charged with accessory to murder after the fact.

She made a deal with prosecutors that her case would be dismissed if she testified truthfully against Randle.

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Loved ones have held a candlelight vigil to honor Brown but their wish is to give her the dignity in a funeral and final goodbye that she deserves.

"To be able to speak over her and send her away with those well wishes. To look at her and know she was receiving that would be the most closure anybody could get, I think," said Armstrong.

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Randle will be back in court Aug. 23 when a judge is expected to set a date for his sentencing hearing.

The prosecution is pursuing 25 years to life in prison.

 

[mlhenn]

Erica Marie Brown – The Charley Project

Erica Marie Brown​

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Details of Disappearance​

Brown was last seen at her home in Fairfield, California on August 20, 2023. She lived on Sunrise Drive with her boyfriend, Mark Anthony Randle Jr., at the time of her disappearance. She was reported missing on August 25, and on August 31 authorities announced they'd issued a warrant for Randle's arrest for her murder.

A photo of Randle is posted with this case summary. He was at large for a further two weeks before he was located in the Sacramento, California area on September 15 and arrested.

Authorities stated they found two vehicles linked to Randle, both of which were reported stolen, which had incriminating evidence: a Chevrolet Malibu was found abandoned and burned in Richmond, California, with bloodstains matching Brown's DNA on the door. Randle's fingerprints were found on a black Mercedes which was found abandoned in Vallejo, California. In the trunk of the Mercedes were three gas cans, which were empty but which had been used.

Randle's mistress, Jan Agacinski, was charged with being an accessory to murder after the fact, but the case was dismissed on her promise to testify against him. She did testify at the trial, stating that she came over and found Brown lying nude in a bed, covered with a blanket, her face battered and blooded and her pulse faint. Randle told her there had been an argument and he had had hurt Brown. Agacinski left, and then when she returned a second time in the early hours of August 21, Brown was dead.

Agacinski said there was a blue tote inside Randle's Chevrolet Malibu, and she moved it so he would have room to load Brown's body into it. A neighbor's security camera showed Agacinski moving the tote. The tote was subsequently found in Rio Vista, California, and Randle's cellular phone records indicate he was in Rio Vista after Brown's disappearance.

Randle's attorney tried to argue that Brown had died of an accidental drug overdose, not murder, and that he had panicked and tried to hide her body. The jury convicted him of first-degree murder after just five hours of deliberation, however.

Brown's remains have never been located, but foul play is suspected in her case due to the circumstances involved.