GUILTY PA - Brandi Dunn, 22, found slain in burned Grove City home, 14 Jan 2006

[taz]

http://www.legacy.com/ButlerEagle/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=16383489

I'm not very good at this, so I hope this worked!

 

[mssheila]

Wow, the obit says she was preceeded in death by a sister who died in dec of 1983. Brandi was born in August of 1983, so her parents lost another daughter when she was only 4 months old. How horrible for this family. My sympathies are with them, and I hope the guilty party is charged quickly.

 

[PrayersForMaura]

Police Investigate Grove City Homicide Following Weekend Fire

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A neighbor told me police went door-to-door several months back, showing a picture of Scott Dunn, asking if they'd seen him. Police say they've questioned Dunn, now they're asking other potential witnesses to contact them.

“We're trying to establish a timeline, to establish anyone who may have been in that area. We just want to make sure that we cover all bases,” said Michalski.

So what's the story about Scott Dunn? Was his marriage troubled? Did he have a criminal record? Did his wife have an enemy? Those are questions investigators cannot or will not answer yet. They're hoping to establish a timeline for the crime and fill in some blanks. If you think you can help, contact them at the Mercer post of the Pennsylvania State Police.

More: http://www.wkbn.com/news/local/2208812.html


Whoa! Checking up on Scott a few months ago?
Interesting.

 

[mssheila]

Does anyone have a link to the "Heartbroken" profile on myspace? I'd like to see if his is still there, but I didnt bookmark it, and my search has resulted in nothing.

 

[dragonfly]

Speaking of Timelines... I haven't seen this mentioned yet but the story Scott Dunn is telling does not make sense with what the evidence so far has proved.

Brandi Dunn's cause of death was blunt force injury to the head...so she was already dead when the fire was started. No reports of her dying of smoke inhalation...Scott says the fire was raging so much so that he couldn't enter the house...but the intruder was still beating Brandi in an attempt to kill her. The timeline Scott gives and the evidence don't add up.

Also, the fire was ruled Arson. Can we assume the intruder set the fire while Brandi was still alive and then stuck around to kill her while the fire was raging and barely escaped with his life?

 

[Liz]

Does anyone have a link to the "Heartbroken" profile on myspace? I'd like to see if his is still there, but I didnt bookmark it, and my search has resulted in nothing.

Link to Heartbroken's profile.

Apparently Brandi's comments have been deleted. I recall one comment she posted to his page (on the 12th I think), about how messed up she'd been the night before.

I agree with you, after reading "biff's" comment on Steve's blog - I'm not so sure it can be taken seriously, either.

 

[mellybean]

One of the messages from Scott on Brandi's myspace account really stood out for me...at some point she sent an "I love you" message to his comments, and he replied something along the lines of "I love you too...more than you'll ever know." I know it's always easy to take things people say out of context after the fact, but it still seemed a little creepy in face of what's happened.

That, combined with the drinking and the "I'm sorry" message, makes you wonder if something happened while she was drunk and partying two nights before that really set him off. Maybe the confines of married life (for what they were) were getting to her? She was reaching out to strangers on myspace, saying she had been out of the area for a while and needed to find cool new people to hang out with.

I scratch my head wondering what could have happened at an hour when many people are still in bed (considering it was a weekend) to precipiate such a violent event - possibly one (or both) coming home after too late of a party and an argument starting?

 

[mssheila]

There is a new comment at Steve's blog, from a friend of Brandi's, saying that she hadn't heard if Scott confessed, but that if he did, then the "showing" will be more comfortable because she wont have to worry about what to say to him at the casket. Yikes. Sounds like her friends suspect him too, even if he didn't confess.



http://huffcrimeblog.com/

 

[Taximom]

There is a new comment at Steve's blog, from a friend of Brandi's, saying that she hadn't heard if Scott confessed, but that if he did, then the "showing" will be more comfortable because she wont have to worry about what to say to him at the casket. Yikes. Sounds like her friends suspect him too, even if he didn't confess.



http://huffcrimeblog.com/

This comment reminded me of the Nicole Brown Simpson funeral/services. I remember people (particularly her family members and close friends) being uncomfortable that OJ was there.....because they knew who put her in that coffin.

 

[Taximom]

One of the messages from Scott on Brandi's myspace account really stood out for me...at some point she sent an "I love you" message to his comments, and he replied something along the lines of "I love you too...more than you'll ever know." I know it's always easy to take things people say out of context after the fact, but it still seemed a little creepy in face of what's happened.

That, combined with the drinking and the "I'm sorry" message, makes you wonder if something happened while she was drunk and partying two nights before that really set him off. Maybe the confines of married life (for what they were) were getting to her? She was reaching out to strangers on myspace, saying she had been out of the area for a while and needed to find cool new people to hang out with.

I scratch my head wondering what could have happened at an hour when many people are still in bed (considering it was a weekend) to precipiate such a violent event - possibly one (or both) coming home after too late of a party and an argument starting?

First of all, do we know that she was killed right at 7:30 a.m.? That's just what HE's saying, right? She could have been killed way earlier in the morning or the evening before. Anyone know when people saw her/them last? Maybe he was drunk and blacked out, came out of it and saw what he had done. I don't know.

I also saw that "love you more than you'll ever know" quote he wrote and shivered a little. If my husband said that to me, I don't think it would make me feel very comfortable. To me it sounds like that is something you hear from a stalker type person-someone who doesn't feel the love he has for that person is being returned in the way he expects it to. It also makes me feel as if he's anticipating (ok, premeditating) that she's not going to be around long enough to know just how much he loved her.

I bet it will come out that he was one of those super-controlling, ultra-jealous and possessive types and the friends all knew it but they couldn't do anything about it because she loved him so much.

This case won't take too long to crack, IMHO.

 

[Shadow205]

http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/WebDocketSheets/OtherCriteria.aspx

Search Mercer County, there is information there. No violent crimes just charges like, burglary,theft.ect.

 

[Mellen]

One of the messages from Scott on Brandi's myspace account really stood out for me...at some point she sent an "I love you" message to his comments, and he replied something along the lines of "I love you too...more than you'll ever know." I know it's always easy to take things people say out of context after the fact, but it still seemed a little creepy in face of what's happened.

That, combined with the drinking and the "I'm sorry" message, makes you wonder if something happened while she was drunk and partying two nights before that really set him off. Maybe the confines of married life (for what they were) were getting to her? She was reaching out to strangers on myspace, saying she had been out of the area for a while and needed to find cool new people to hang out with.

I scratch my head wondering what could have happened at an hour when many people are still in bed (considering it was a weekend) to precipiate such a violent event - possibly one (or both) coming home after too late of a party and an argument starting?

Yeah, I'm really curious about what happened during the night of drinking too. There was a post from Brandi to Go Steelers/Heartbroken on myspace (and I wish they were still there to confirm it) saying something along the lines of: I (rather than "we") am planning to finish the keg tonight, come join me (rather than "us") if you want to. It struck me as slightly odd that she was planning to finish the keg without Scott. Maybe Scott was working that night, and Brandi and Go Steelers/Heartbroken got really drunk and ended up fooling around. When people get completely blotto (and Brandi apparently did get really drunk), they often act on repressed desires they would otherwise keep repressed.

I don't really see anything odd about Brandi reaching out to people on myspace. If they had just moved back to the area, I can see how she would want to try to track down people she hadn't seen in a long time and/or meet new people in the area regardless of how things were going in her marriage.

As to time of death — we only know when the fire broke out, not time of death. Maybe Scott killed her much earlier in the night and after mulling his options for a while decided to set the fire in the morning.

 

[mssheila]

Hubby was charged with posession of paraphernalia and several counts of burglary and other associated charges. I dont see any violent crime though. Interesting....

 

[JusticeMag]

Mssheila and others,
Just wanted to let you know that we had been on the story of Scott Dunn's previous record, and we'll have a complete story up for you all on our website, Justicemag.com, tomorrow morning.

(Good sleuthing, by the way.)

 

[misterallgood]

Hubby was charged with posession of paraphernalia and several counts of burglary and other associated charges. I dont see any violent crime though. Interesting....

No evidence of past violent crime, but evidence of past anti-social behavior. I'm finding more all the time that this is as strong an indicator as anything that a person may potentially one day commit a crime that indicates a complete lack of conscience. The past crimes need not be violent, they need only indicate a pattern of behavior that shows disregard for the lives, safety, feelings, etc, of others.

 

[concernedperson]

No evidence of past violent crime, but evidence of past anti-social behavior. I'm finding more all the time that this is as strong an indicator as anything that a person may potentially one day commit a crime that indicates a complete lack of conscience. The past crimes need not be violent, they need only indicate a pattern of behavior that shows disregard for the lives, safety, feelings, etc, of others.

I am so glad you said this. This is something I have tried to convey in the past to no avail. The trigger is unknown to us but the past behaviors are known. People like to nutshell, in some instances, without really looking at behavior.Thanks, Steve. I guess that is why I read your blog daily as someone seems to understand, it is a rough world out there.

 

[Vet4Bush]

Scott Dunn has lawyered up, clams up.

 

[mssheila]

Mssheila and others,
Just wanted to let you know that we had been on the story of Scott Dunn's previous record, and we'll have a complete story up for you all on our website, Justicemag.com, tomorrow morning.

(Good sleuthing, by the way.)

Fantastic. I'll be anxious to read it tomorrow. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Vet4Bush]

"i know you are still mad at me, but i still love you, im sorry baby."

I wonder if that message was really written by Scott and not Brandi. He obviously had her password and made some changes to her site. It was written the nite "before" she was murdered. He might have written it to throw off the cops to make them think she still loved him when she really didn't love him anymore and feared him.

 

[Vet4Bush]

It might indicate that he had to show she was still alive at a time when she was already dead.