I have read much on this event and was a friend and classmate of Pat Brown. What IVe not seen are reports of fingerprints lifted from the spent shells or the unused bullet. If they were ejected at that site, likely they were not wiped clean. Fingerprint databases were thin in 1964 but are far fuller today from many sources. Today, even DNA may have been recovered from those shells. Has this ever been pursued?Francis Patrick Brown
Francis Patrick "Pat" Brown was 17 years old when he was shot to death on Robert C. Milan Memorial Playfield, a half block from his home at 17655 Huntington, NW Detroit, Michigan on 3 July 1964.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brown. His two brothers were Richard (20) and Coast Guardsman, and Mark (11). His father worked in Chevrolet experimental engineering at the General Motors Technical Center.
Pat had red hair and freckles and was an outgoing, friendly person. He attended Benedictine High School where he was an 11th grader and a member of their basketball team. Prior to high school, he had attended Emerson School. He caddied at Plum Hollow Golf Club and was saving his money in hopes of attending the GM Institute after high school to study Engineering.
"Pat was all boy", according to his parents. He was fond of his Irish Setter, Brigit, and walked her each evening after dinner. He had the usual boyish interests. Described as an average student, but a hard worker, he was known by many friends in the neighborhood.
Funeral services for Pat Brown were held on Tuesday, 7 July 1964 at Saint Scholastica Church and he was buried the same day in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Sheldon Miller
Sheldon "Shel" Miller was 14.years old when he was shot to death on a public school playfield in North West Detroit on 3 July 1964.
He was the son of Abe and Marjorie Miller of 17663 Huntington, NW Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Miller was a salesman for People's Outfitting Company.
Sheldon had an older sister, Linda, age 17, who was one of the last people to see him alive. That evening, she had driven Sheldon to an ice cream stand at Six Mile Rd. and West Outer Drive shortly before 10 PM. They returned home at about 10:10 PM and Sheldon saw his friend Pat. Linda accompanied the two boys part way into the playfield and watched them set off about 8 firecrackers. She returned home but both boys decided to walk a little further to try and buy some more fire crackers. A short time later, both boys were gunned down by an unknown assailant.
Sheldon was a student at Cass Technical High School, where he was an "academically gifted" student - one of a group of selected ninth grade students allowed to enter the school's accelerated arts and science program. He was especially talented in Math and hoped to become an electronics engineer.
Prior to entering Cass Tech, Sheldon had attended Emerson School which was adjacent to the Robert C. Milan Memorial Playfield.
Sheldon was buried in Machpelah Cemetery on Sunday, 5 July 1964, after services at the Hebrew Memorial Chapel in Oak Park, Michigan.
Richard. Thank you for your note. It gave me another perspective. I was Pat’s classmate and one of the pall bearers at his funeral. I’ve always thought of Pat and Sheldon and this tragic event. I’ve been a detective for over 50 years working numerous homicides and other crime cases and have many ideas as to additional avenues to pursue. Technology of today could be helpful perhaps.Dark Impulse Dark Action by Frederick Gibson
''I am writing this to attest to the respect and admiration I have for the author of this book, Frederick Gibson. Though I have never met Mr. Gibson, I never met anyone quite like him. I am Richard Brown, brother of Pat Brown. He was murdered along with his friend Sheldon Miller July 3, 1964. For 47 years I have tucked these murders away in a dark place never really realizing the pain I was in. Then, early this year, 2011, I went to the Detroit Police Dept. in an effort to learn if DNA, unavailable in 1964, could be helpful in solving these murders. This same year, as I was discouraged, thinking nothing could ever be done to help solve this case, Frederick Gibson’s book "Dark Impulse Dark Action: The murders of Sheldon Miller and Pat Brown" was brought to my attention. Amazingly, unknown to me, Frederick had doggedly been pursuing the killer of Sheldon and Pat for years. This year he was interviewed on television at the sight of the murders by a prominent local reporter. My family found me and told me how this amazing author has been pursuing the killer of Pat and Sheldon. Fred was there! Fortune sent him out of the park not long before the murders. I have to assume he could have been there for the "fireworks" and died himself. His tenacity is unequaled in any of my lifetime experiences. The results of his efforts are astonishing. He has made clear to me the number of lives this case has touched. I thought it was long since forgotten.... Not so.... I have talked with Fred at some length, filling in what details I could and more keeps surfacing. Whatever the outcome, my brother and his good friend Sheldon are not and will never be forgotten.
I am proud to know Mr. Frederick Gibson! Read this book; there is true humanity in this world as you will be reminded.
Richard Brown''
Dark Impulse Dark Action
Sheldon Miller Francis Brown murdered July 3, 1964. Detroit Michigan UNSOLVED COLD CASE - Newspapers.com
I have read much on this event and was a friend and classmate of Pat Brown. What IVe not seen are reports of fingerprints lifted from the spent shells or the unused bullet. If they were ejected at that site, likely they were not wiped clean. Fingerprint databases were thin in 1964 but are far fuller today from many sources. Today, even DNA may have been recovered from those shells. Has this ever been pursued?
Bet it happens frequently, not necessarily with these titles. imo. rbbmThere has been some advertising on various book selling sites about a book or books titled, "Pat Brown and Sheldon Miller: The Secret Death".
Strangely, the book is attributed on different sites separately to three different authors and when you try to view the advertisement, two out of three sites have nothing on it, while the third only has a photo of a book cover with nothing more about the murders, the author, or the book.
I wonder how much of my writing was taken from this site and put into the book(s)?
Bet it happens frequently, not necessarily with these titles. imo. rbbm
View attachment 429426Pat Brown And Sheldon Miller
The letter attests to the respect and admiration which you will have for the author of this book. Stories of the death of Pat Brown and his friend Sheldon Miller on July 3, 1964, however, were secret.This same year, as could not be done to help solve this case, then this book was brought to the...www.google.ca
Pat Brown And Sheldon Miller
The Secret Death: The Death Of Pat And Sheldon
By Gayle Swetland · 2021
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''The Murders Of Sheldon Miller And Pat Brown
True Humanity In The Crime World: Sheldon Miller
By Elois Plaas · 2021''
Exactly. And here is yet another listing of this same so called book and a different author:
Pat Brown And Sheldon Miller: The Secret Death by Edison Bracamonte
It looks to me like a Scam and I would urge anyone to not waste their money.
The "book review" that I quoted in my previous post sounds like something out of the Peace Loving People's Democratic Republic of Communist Red China.
Following the link, it says that book is only 57 pages. Good grief.
Those reviews don't seem to be written by anyone familiar with the English language. It would be a shame if someone is publishing books that came from research and analysis done by WS members. It wouldn't surprise me, either. There are a lot of unethical people out there who take advantage of work done by others to make a fast buck.
Wow, it really is the same. Crazy. Is anyone buying these "books"?Notice that the last sentence in the "review" was stolen word for word from the introduction of the book "Dark Impulse Dark Action" quoted in post #108 of this thread.
BBMFollowing the link, it says that book is only 57 pages. Good grief.
Those reviews don't seem to be written by anyone familiar with the English language. It would be a shame if someone is publishing books that came from research and analysis done by WS members. It wouldn't surprise me, either. There are a lot of unethical people out there who take advantage of work done by others to make a fast buck.
BBM
IMO it is not even written by a human. It is machine-generated.