*ARREST* AZ-Pandora Kjolsrud, 18 and Evan Clark, 17-Found shot to death in Maricopa County -May 27, 2025

[Niner]

Finally in the court site!

CR2025-139793
BROWN, THOMAS - DOB: 3/1994

Party Information
Party Name - Number Relationship Sex Attorney Judge Case #
State Of Arizona - (1) Plaintiff N/A COUNTY ATTORNEY CRIMINAL -CCC,
THOMAS HENRY BROWN - (2) Defendant M Public Defender-, Ccc CR2025-139793-001

Disposition Information
Party Name: THOMAS HENRY BROWN Crime Date: 5/25/2025
Description: MURDER 1ST DEG-PREMEDITATED ARSCode: 13-1105A1 (F1)
Disposition Code Disposition

Party NamE: THOMAS HENRY BROWN Crime Date: 5/25/2025
Description: MURDER 1ST DEG-PREMEDITATED ARSCode: 13-1105A1 (F1)
Disposition Code Disposition

Case Documents
Filing Date Description Docket Date/Filing Party
10/6/2025 DCO - Direct Complaint - Party (001) 10/6/2025
10/6/2025 CID - Court Information Sheet - Party (001) 10/6/2025
10/6/2025 RQU - Release Questionnaire - Party (001) 10/6/2025
10/6/2025 MOT - Motion - Party (001) 10/6/2025
NOTE: MOTION TO FILE VICTIM IDENTIFIER UNDER SEAL
10/6/2025 SDO - Order to Seal Documents - Party (001) 10/6/2025
10/6/2025 SDD - Notice: Sealed Document - Party (001) 10/6/2025
NOTE: RULE 2.3 VICTIM IDENTIFIER INFORMATION FORM (RDOC)
10/6/2025 RQU - Release Questionnaire - Party (001) 10/6/2025
NOTE: Release Questionnaire
10/6/2025 ROC– Release Order/Order Regarding Counsel - Party (001) 10/6/2025
NOTE: IA Release Order
10/6/2025 IAD - Initial Appearance Document - Party (001) 10/6/2025
NOTE: IA Packet

Case Calendar
Date Time Event
10/2/2025 23:00 Initial Appearance

10/8/2025 8:31 Status Conference

10/10/2025 8:31 Preliminary Hearing



link: Docket - Criminal Court Case History

 

[Chimera]

Thanks for this. I expect that his mental health and its possible deterioration as a result of interrupted or discontinued treatment is going to be an important element to this case.

Echoes of other stories we've seen here recently for sure.

Emphasis mine.
Agreed.
This is IMO --- if the murderer, T.B., gets off or a reduced sentence due to his mental issues, I think he might kill again.
To gun down two innocent young people who you don't know and have not harmed you-- about as low as it can get, and imo he needs to be locked away for the remainder of his life.
He can get help and treatment whilst locked up.

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, October 8th:
*Status Conference Hearing (@ 8:30am AZT} – Pandora Sapphire Lynn Kjolsrud (18) & Evan Clark (17) found deceased with gunshot wounds in campsite area near Mount Ord [off State Route 87, between Mesa & Payson] to Camelback Mountain in the Tonto National Forest on May 27, 2025; believed to have died on Monday, May 26, 2025. *Thomas Henry Brown (31) arrested & charged (10/2/25) with 2 counts of first degree premeditated murder. Bond set (on 10/2/25) @ $2M CASH Only. Maricopa County
Case info: Two students of Arcadia High School in Phoenix were found shot to death in a remote area. The two had reportedly gone camping over the holiday weekend & didn’t return home. Officials are investigating a possible homicide after two teenagers were found dead in an isolated area of Arizona, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Early Tuesday morning 5/27/25, deputies responded to a call for service in the campsite area of Mount Ord [off State Route 87, between Mesa & Payson. Mount Ord is located in the Tonto National Forest]. a remote hiking & camping area Once on the scene, officials located "two deceased individuals," the sheriff's office said in a statement. The victims were identified as 18-year-old Pandora Kjolsrud & 17-year-old as Evan Clark. The Maricopa County Medical Examiner lists the deaths as “homicides.” On Friday, 5/30/25, MCSO said the teens had died from gunshot wounds. They add that their deaths are being treated as suspicious. The two teens were students at Arcadia High School in Phoenix. Also see post #144, page 8 for info on how Brown’s DNA was found.
6/2/25 Update: The pair are thought to have died last Monday, May 26, 2025 & Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office reportedly listed both deaths as homicides. Sergeant Joaquin Enriquez, of Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO), has confirmed that police are investigating the "suspicious" deaths. The teenagers had set off for a Memorial Day weekend camping trip to Camelback Mountain, but never came home.
10/2/25 Update: The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) announced the arrest [on 5/27/25] of Thomas Brown, 31 in connection with the May deaths of 18-year-old Pandora Kjolsrud & 17-year-old Evan Clark, two Arcadia High School students found shot in the Tonto National Forest. MCSO has released limited details regarding the specific charges against Brown, but Sheriff Jerry Sheridan is scheduled to hold a press conference on Friday, Oct. 3, at 10 a.m. to provide an update on the case. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office website says he's accused of first-degree premeditated murder.
10/2/25 Update: During an initial appearance late Thursday night, a Maricopa County judge set a $2 million cash-only bond for Brown. He faces two counts of murder in the first degree. A judge found probable cause in the case. According to court paperwork, Brown's DNA was allegedly found inside the victim's vehicle & in gloves found at the crime scene. Brown is set to have a hearing on 10/8/25.
10/7/25 Update: Investigators are being tight-lipped about the kind of weapon involved & whether it was a 3-d printed firearm, the same kind the suspect made & sold himself. “We’re looking into everything,” said Capt. David Lee with MCSO’s major crimes division. It’s been months since Pandora & Evan were found shot to death on Mount Ord, but when it comes to evidence investigators aren’t saying what kind of weapon was used. “All I can say is that they were both shot multiple times,” explained Lee. Online, Brown advertised 3D-printed figurines & gun accessories & even posted photos of guns he designed & printed. “As far as the weapon, I can’t speak to whether or not that is what was used,” Lee stated. He admitted MCSO investigators are aware Brown had a background in 3D-printed firearms, something that he says can complicate the forensic process. According to firearms experts a 3D-printed gun doesn’t have a serial number & the plastic components can melt or deform after firing. That makes it difficult, if not nearly impossible, to match a bullet to a specific weapon.
10/6/25 Docket updates: Initial Appearance Document[IA Packet]. Release Order/Order regarding counsel. Release questionnaire. Notice: sealed document: Rule 2.3 victim identifier information form. Order to seal documents. Motion to file victim identifier under seal. Release questionnaire. Court information sheet. Direct complaint filed. Next status conference hearing on 10/8/25 @ 8:30am & preliminary hearing on 10/10/25 @ 8:30am.

 

[Niner]

Case Documents
Filing Date Description Docket Date/Filing Party
10/7/2025 NOT - Notice - Party (001) 10/8/2025
NOTE: Notice of Invocation of Fifth and Sixth Amendment Rights

10/7/2025 NAR - Notice Of Appearance - Party (001) 10/8/2025
NOTE: NOTICE OF APPEARANCE

Case Calendar
Date Time Event
10/8/2025 8:31 Status Conference

10/10/2025 8:33 Preliminary Hearing


link: Criminal Court Case Information - Case History

 

[Niner]

Friday, October 10th:
*Preliminary Hearing (@ 8:30am AZT} – AZ – Pandora Sapphire Lynn Kjolsrud (18) & Evan Clark (17) found deceased with gunshot wounds in campsite area near Mount Ord [off State Route 87, between Mesa & Payson] to Camelback Mountain in the Tonto National Forest on May 27, 2025; believed to have died on Monday, May 26, 2025. *Thomas Henry Brown (31) arrested & charged (10/2/25) with 2 counts of first degree premeditated murder. Bond set (on 10/2/25) @ $2M CASH Only. Maricopa County
Case & Court info from 6/2/25 thru 10/7/25 reference post #163 here:
https://websleuths.com/threads/az-p...-in-maricopa-county-may-27-2025.744871/page-9
10/6/25 Docket updates: Initial Appearance Document[IA Packet]. Release Order/Order regarding counsel. Release questionnaire. Notice: sealed document: Rule 2.3 victim identifier information form. Order to seal documents. Motion to file victim identifier under seal. Release questionnaire. Court information sheet. Direct complaint filed. Next status conference hearing on 10/8/25 @ 8:30am & preliminary hearing on 10/10/25 @ 8:30am.
10/7/25 Docket updates: Notice of appearance on 10/8/25. Notice of invocation of 5th & 6th Amendment rights. Next preliminary hearing on 10/10/25 @ 8:30am.

 

[Niner]

Anything interesting happen at the preliminary hearing? Not finding any current articles & the court site has not updated yet for the next hearing date. TIA!

 

[Knox]

Nothing listed for 10/10/25 so far - Criminal Court Case Information - Case History

 

[Niner]

No docket updates yet. It takes awhile for Arizona to update their dockets....

Case Calendar
Date Time Event
10/10/2025 8:33 Preliminary Hearing

10/17/2025 8:30 Original Arraignment Hearing


link: Criminal Court Case Information - Case History

 

[Niner]

Case Documents
Filing Date Description Docket Date/Filing Party
10/15/2025 ROD - Record of Distribution - Party (001) 10/15/2025
NOTE: Record of Distribution

10/13/2025 MOT - Motion - Party (001) 10/14/2025
NOTE: MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL DEFENDANT'S OBJECTION TO CAMERA COVERAGE AND PHOTOGRAPHY FOR OCTOBER 17, 2025, COURT HEARING

10/10/2025 NSI - Notice of Supervening Indictment - Party (001) 10/14/2025
10/10/2025 606 - ME: GJ Not/Supervening Indictment - Party (001) 10/14/2025
10/10/2025 IND - Indictment - Party (001) 10/14/2025
10/10/2025 CID - Court Information Sheet - Party (001) 10/14/2025
10/10/2025 MOT - Motion - Party (001) 10/14/2025
10/10/2025 SDO - Order to Seal Documents - Party (001) 10/14/2025
10/10/2025 SDD - Notice: Sealed Document - Party (001) 10/14/2025
10/10/2025 ORD - Order - Party (001) 10/13/2025
NOTE: GRANTING KNAPP COUNSEL APPOINTMENT
10/10/2025 NOI - Notice Of Intent - Party (001) 10/14/2025
NOTE: STATE’S NOTICE OF INTENT TO VACATE PRELIMINARY HEARING

10/8/2025 MOT - Motion - Party (001) 10/10/2025
NOTE: MOTION TO ASSOCIATE AS KNAPP COUNSEL


Case Calendar
Date Time Event
10/17/2025 8:30 Original Arraignment Hearing

12/4/2025 8:15 Initial Pretrial Conference

1/15/2026 8:31 Complex / Capital Case

6/2/2026 8:30 Pre-Trial Conference

6/9/2026 9:00 Trial


link: Criminal Court Case Information - Case History

 

[Niner]

Friday, October 17th:
*Arraignment Hearing (@ 8:30am AZT} – AZ – Pandora Sapphire Lynn Kjolsrud (18) & Evan Clark (17) found deceased with gunshot wounds in campsite area near Mount Ord [off State Route 87, between Mesa & Payson] to Camelback Mountain in the Tonto National Forest on May 27, 2025; believed to have died on Monday, May 26, 2025. *Thomas Henry Brown (31) arrested & charged (10/2/25) & indicted (10/10/25) with 2 counts of first degree premeditated murder. Bond set (on 10/2/25) @ $2M CASH Only. Maricopa County
Trial set to begin on 6/9/26.
Case & Court info from 6/2/25 thru 10/7/25 reference post #165 here:
https://websleuths.com/threads/az-p...-in-maricopa-county-may-27-2025.744871/page-9
10/7/25 Docket updates: Notice of appearance on 10/8/25. Notice of invocation of 5th & 6th Amendment rights. Next preliminary hearing on 10/10/25 @ 8:30am. 10/8/25 Docket update: Motion to associate as Knapp counsel. 10/10/25 Docket updates: State's Notice of intent to vacate preliminary hearing. Order-Granting Knapp counsel appointment. Notice: Sealed document. Order to seal documents. Court information sheet. Indictment. Grand jury Notice/supervening indictment. 10/13/25 Docket update: Motion to file under seal defendant's objection to camera coverage & photography for 10/17/25 court hearing. 10/15/25 Docket update: Record of distribution. Next original arraignment hearing on 10/17/25 @ 8:30am, initial pretrial conference hearing on 12/4/25 @ 8:15am, Complex/Capital case hearing on 1/15/26 @ 8:30am. pretrial conference hearing on 6/2/26 @ 8:30am & trial has been set to begin on 6/9/26 @ 9am.

 

[Niner]

Just a docket update - dates stay the same as above. Do not know "what" Order was entered though. Lousy court site....

Case Documents
Filing Date Description Docket Date/Filing Party
10/17/2025 023 - ME: Order Entered By Court - Party (001) 10/17/2025
10/17/2025 017 - ME: Counsel Appointed - Party (001) 10/17/2025
10/17/2025 ROR - Release Order - Party (001) 10/17/2025
NOTE: Release Order

link: Docket - Criminal Court Case History


and an article I found

Man accused of killing 2 Phoenix teens enters not guilty plea

The suspect accused of killing two Phoenix teenagers during a camping trip is scheduled to appear in court on Friday morning.

www.kold.com

Oct. 17, 2025

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The suspect accused of killing two Phoenix teenagers during a camping trip appeared in court to enter his initial plea.

Thomas Brown, 31, pleaded not guilty in front of the judge during Friday morning’s court hearing. Earlier this month, Brown was arrested in connection with the murders of Pandora Kjolsrud, 18, and Evan Clark, 17.

Brown’s next court date is scheduled for Dec. 4, and his trial is tentatively set for next June.

 

[Niner]

Docket updates:

Case Documents
Filing Date Description Docket Date/Filing Party
12/1/2025 STA - Statement - Party (001) 12/2/2025
NOTE: INITIAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT
12/1/2025 RAD - Request For Automatic Additional Disclosure - Party (001) 12/2/2025
NOTE: DEFENDANT'S REQUEST FOR AUTOMATIC DISCLOSURE REQUIRED BY RULE 15.1(a) and (b) AND REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE REQUIRED BY RULE 15.1(c)

11/26/2025 RTR - Return Receipt For Official Court Files/Transcripts/Exhibits - Party (001) 11/26/2025

11/25/2025 RTR - Return Receipt For Official Court Files/Transcripts/Exhibits - Party (001) 11/25/2025
NOTE: TRANSCRIPT 910 GRAND JURY 437 READING OF STATUTES 8/5/2025
11/25/2025 MTR - Motion for Temporary Removal Of Court File/Transcripts/Exhibit - Party (001) 11/25/2025
11/25/2025 OFT - Order for Temporary Removal of Court File/Transcripts/Exhibits - Party (001) 11/25/2025
11/25/2025 RRF - Release Receipt For Official Court Files/Transcripts/Exhibits - Party (001) 11/25/2025
11/25/2025 RTR - Return Receipt For Official Court Files/Transcripts/Exhibits - Party (001) 11/25/2025
NOTE: TRANSCRIPT 910TH GJ 437 EMPANELMENT 8/1/2025
11/25/2025 RTR - Return Receipt For Official Court Files/Transcripts/Exhibits - Party (001) 11/25/2025
NOTE: TRANSCRIPT 910TH GJ 437 ORIENTATION READ 8/8/2025

11/24/2025 MTR - Motion for Temporary Removal Of Court File/Transcripts/Exhibit - Party (001) 11/25/2025
NOTE: TRANSCRIPT 910 GRAND JURY 437 READING OF STATUTES 8/5/2025
11/24/2025 OFT - Order for Temporary Removal of Court File/Transcripts/Exhibits - Party (001) 11/25/2025
NOTE: TRANSCRIPT 910 GRAND JURY 437 READING OF STATUTES 8/5/2025
11/24/2025 RTR - Return Receipt For Official Court Files/Transcripts/Exhibits - Party (001) 11/25/2025
NOTE: TRANSCRIPT 910 GRAND JURY 437 READING OF STATUTES 8/5/2025
11/24/2025 MTR - Motion for Temporary Removal Of Court File/Transcripts/Exhibit - Party (001) 11/25/2025
NOTE: TRANSCRIPT 910TH GJ 437 ORIENTATION READ 8/8/2025
11/24/2025 OFT - Order for Temporary Removal of Court File/Transcripts/Exhibits - Party (001) 11/25/2025
NOTE: TRANSCRIPT 910TH GJ 437 ORIENTATION READ 8/8/2025
11/24/2025 RRF - Release Receipt For Official Court Files/Transcripts/Exhibits - Party (001) 11/25/2025
NOTE: TRANSCRIPT 910TH GJ 437 ORIENTATION READ 8/8/2025
11/24/2025 MTR - Motion for Temporary Removal Of Court File/Transcripts/Exhibit - Party (001) 11/25/2025
NOTE: TRANSCRIPT 910TH GJ 437 EMPANELMENT 8/1/2025
11/24/2025 OFT - Order for Temporary Removal of Court File/Transcripts/Exhibits - Party (001) 11/25/2025
NOTE: TRANSCRIPT 910TH GJ 437 EMPANELMENT 8/1/2025
11/24/2025 RRF - Release Receipt For Official Court Files/Transcripts/Exhibits - Party (001) 11/25/2025
NOTE: TRANSCRIPT 910TH GJ 437 EMPANELMENT 8/1/2025

11/17/2025 NOT - Notice - Party (001) 11/18/2025
NOTE: DEFENDANT'S RULE 15.2 DISCLOSURE

11/12/2025 GJT – Grand Jury Transcript - Party (001) 11/13/2025

11/7/2025 STP - Stipulation - Party (001) 11/10/2025
NOTE: Stipulation to Extend Deadline

10/20/2025 022 - ME: Order Signed - Party (001) 10/20/2025
10/20/2025 569 - ME: Not Guilty Arraignment/Complex Case Order - Party (001) 10/20/2025


Case Calenar
Date Time Event
12/4/2025 8:15 Initial Pretrial Conference

1/15/2026 8:31 Complex / Capital Case

6/2/2026 8:30 Pre-Trial Conference

6/9/2026 9:00 Trial


link: Criminal Court Case Information - Case History

 

[Chimera]

Thank you for the updates re. the court proceedings, @Niner !

 

[nhmemorymaker]

There are certainly outlying issues with this case:
.
Psychiatric dependency, and no treatment available. AND the VA did keep reaching out to him even thought they could not provide an appointment for him. That says to me, that they knew he had issues.

But I DO wonder, did his previous psychiatric providers KNOW that he was producing 3-D guns??? I got more and more worried about these home-made guns with the Mangione case... but how many people are out there producing these, with no documentation or regulation at all????

Watching the video again and again.... reminds us of how evil this guy was.....

At first I had a personal twinge with this case, given my first "love of my life was "Thomas Brown".
But I soon felt he had a "haunted" look, just like Bryan Kohberger, so my early love was forgotten.

oh...and yes.. ditto'ing @Chimera ... thanks always @Niner for keeping these cases alive for so many of us.

 

[Niner]

Thursday, December 4th:
*Pretrial Conference Hearing (@ 8:30am AZT} – AZ – Pandora Sapphire Lynn Kjolsrud (18) & Evan Clark (17) found deceased with gunshot wounds in campsite area near Mount Ord [off State Route 87, between Mesa & Payson] to Camelback Mountain in the Tonto National Forest on May 27, 2025; believed to have died on Monday, May 26, 2025. *Thomas Henry Brown (31) arrested & charged (10/2/25), indicted (10/10/25) & arraigned (10/17/25) with 2 counts of first degree premeditated murder. Plead not guilty (10/17/25). Bond set (on 10/2/25) @ $2M CASH Only. Maricopa County
Trial set to begin on 6/9/26.
Defense attorney Gerald Bradley.
Case & Court info from 6/2/25 thru 10/13/25 reference post #170 here:
https://websleuths.com/threads/az-p...-in-maricopa-county-may-27-2025.744871/page-9
10/15/25 Docket update: Record of distribution. Next original arraignment hearing on 10/17/25, initial pretrial conference hearing on 12/4/25 @ 8:15am, Complex/Capital case hearing on 1/15/26 # 8:30am. pretrial conference hearing on 6/2/26 @ 8:30am & trial has been set to begin on 6/9/26 @ 9am.
10/17/25 Docket update: Order entered By Court. Counsel appointed. Release Order. At arraignment hearing Brown pleaded not guilty in front of the judge during Friday morning’s court hearing. Next pretrial conference hearing on 12/4/25 @ 8:15am. 10/17/25 Docket update: Not Guilty Arraignment/Complex Case Order. Order Signed. 10/7/25 Docket update: Stipulation to extend deadline. 11/12/25 Docket update: Grand Jury Transcript. 11/17/25 Docket update: Notice: Defendant's Rule 15.2 Disclosure. 11/24/25 Docket updates: Release Receipt For Official Court Files/Transcripts/Exhibits. Transcript 910th Grand Jury 437 emplanelment 8/1/25. Order for Temporary Removal of Court file/Transcripts/ Exhibits. Motion for Temporary Removal Of Court File/Transcripts/Exhibit. Release Receipt For Official Court Files/Transcripts/Exhibits, Transcript of 910th GJ 437 Orientation read 8/8/25. Order for Temporary Removal of Court File/Transcripts/Exhibits. Motion for Temporary Removal Of Court File/Transcripts/Exhibit. Return Receipt For Official Court Files/Transcripts/Exhibits. Transcripts 910 GJ 437 reading of statutes 8/5/25. Order for Temporary Removal of Court File/Transcripts/Exhibits. Motion for Temporary Removal Of Court File/Transcripts/Exhibit.
11/25/25 Docket updates: Return Receipt For Official Court Files/Transcripts/Exhibits. Transcript 910th GJ 437 Emplanelment 8/1/25 & Orientation read 8/8/25. Return Receipt For Official Court Files/Transcripts/Exhibits. Transcript 910 GJ 437 reading of statues 8/5/25. Motion for temporary removal of court files. Order for temporary removal of court files. Release receipt for Official court files. 11/26/25 Docket update: Return Receipt For Official Court Files/Transcripts/Exhibits.
12/1/25 Docket update: Request for automatic additional disclosure. Defendant's request for automatic disclosure required by Rule 15.1(a) & (b) & request for additional disclosure required by Rule 15.1(c). Initial pretrial conference statement.

 

[Niner]

Case Documents
Filing Date Description Docket Date/Filing Party
12/4/2025 016 - ME: Ext/Time/Filing Granted - Party (001) 12/4/2025

12/2/2025 DAR - Notice of Disclosure and Request for Disclosure - Party (001) 12/3/2025
NOTE: STATE’S NOTICE OF DISCLOSURE AND REQUEST FOR DISCLOSURE


Case Calendar
Date Time Event
12/4/2025 8:15 Initial Pretrial Conference

1/15/2026 8:31 Complex / Capital Case

6/2/2026 8:30 Pre-Trial Conference

6/9/2026 9:00 Trial


link: https://www.superiorcourt.maricopa....rtCases/caseInfo.asp?caseNumber=CR2025-139793

 

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