Suspected Stockton serial killer returns to court Monday
Wesley Brownlee will return to court on Monday. He faces nearly a dozen charges, including seven murders. He faces the death penalty if he's convicted.
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Wesley Brownlee will return to court on Monday. He faces nearly a dozen charges, including seven murders. He faces the death penalty if he's convicted.
One year ago, Wesly Brownlee was handcuffed and accused of murder. The 43-year-old's alleged crimes covered Stockton but stretched into Alameda County. Police searched nationwide for a possible suspect. Eventually, they tracked him down in Stockton. The police chief says that the officers arrested him at 2 a.m. in the morning at his home after tips from the public led the officers there.
The accused Stockton Serial Killer appeared in a San Joaquin County courtroom Tuesday in a hearing that lasted all of 15 minutes, never turning to acknowledge the family members of victims, prosecutors say, Brownlee shot and killed.
Suspected Stockton serial killer Wesley Brownlee now faces four additional murder charges and an attempted murder charge after prosecutors filed an amended complaint, the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday.
Natasha Latour says she was shot in April of 2021 -by suspect Wesley Brownlee. According to the Stockton Record, police quietly apologized to Latour before a vigil back in October for failing to conduct a follow-up investigation. Brownlee is suspected of killing six men in Stockton and Oakland. We have reached out to the Stockton Police Department for comment but have not yet heard back.
Monday's (11/14/22) hearing was a continuation of Wesley Brownlee's arraignment. He's facing three counts of murder, but could face additional charges, the county D.A. says.
Suspected Stockton serial killer Wesley Brownlee appeared in a Stockton courtroom Monday for an arraignment hearing.
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CBS13 visited his home and discovered Brownlee lived just a few doors down from one of his alleged victims.
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Still too emotional to talk on camera, Shuly Yaw's husband, Paul, was the first victim in the Stockton serial killings. He was ambushed at a park on Kermit Lane in July. Shuly shared two children with Paul. Their 15-year-old boy is devastated to have lost his Dad, who, Shuly says, was his best friend. Now she hopes out of such grief comes unity.
Natasha Latour, the only surviving victim of the Stockton serial killer, attended the arraignment for Brownlee. She said: "I imagined being in his situation, so I prayed for him." Latour was shot in Stockton in 2021.
The families of some of the victims of the suspected Stockton serial killer were outside the courthouse where the suspect, Wesley Brownlee, was arraigned on three murder charges. CBS13 spoke to the family of Lorenzo Lopez, the final victim. Lorenzo's brother Terry said he couldn't bring himself to enter the courthouse.
Stockton's suspected serial killer Wesley Brownlee was in court today to face three murder charges.
Wesley Brownlee was arraigned on murder charges. Three of the six murders he's accused of happened within a mile and a half of his Stockton home.
On Tuesday (10/18), San Joaquin County Tori Verber Salazar announced the charges against suspected Stockton serial killer Wesley Brownlee. He was arrested Saturday morning by police in Stockton.
Wesley Brownlee will be arraigned on murder charges on Tuesday.
As the Stockton community breathes a sigh of relief that an alleged serial killer is now off the streets, the question of why someone would commit these crimes still remains.
As the Stockton community breathes a sigh of relief that an alleged serial killer is now off the streets, the question of why someone would commit these crimes still remains.
While the suspected serial killer, Wesley Brownlee, has been convicted of various crimes, none were violent, records show.
Wesley Brownlee, a Stockton man suspected of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings in Northern California has a criminal history that includes traffic violations and convictions for drug crimes, authorities said Monday.
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