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Parolee Living In RV Outside Parents' Huntington Beach Home Charged With Murder

HUNTINGTON BEACH (CBS) — A newly-released parolee was back behind bars Monday after he was charged in the murder of woman found dead in his Huntington Beach trailer.

On January 8, 2012, at about 12:10 PM, Huntington Beach police officers received information of a possible dead body in a recreation vehicle parked in a driveway in the 8300 block of Danbury Circle.

The police officers contacted the residents and verified there was a dead body inside the vehicle.

Ean Keith Brown, 38, the adult son of the residents, had been living in the vehicle. He had recently been released from prison and was on parole.

Huntington Beach police officers, detectives and several outside agencies started an intensive search to locate Brown.

At around 4:00 PM, the San Bernardino County Sheriff Department and the California Highway Patrol initiated a vehicle pursuit of Ean Keith Brown in his vehicle northbound on the 15 Freeway.

After the CHP was able to stop the pursuit just short of the Nevada state border, Brown was arrested and turned over to detectives with the Huntington Beach Police Department.

Brown was booked for murder and violation of his parole in the Huntington Beach Police Department city jail and is being held without bail.

Police have not identified the 21-year-old female victim pending notification of her next of kin.

The cause and manner of death has not been determined and is the case is still under investigation.

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