Pa. Police Arrest Supposed Friend, Business Partner in Death of Mom Found in Shallow Grave

April 2024 · 4 minute read

Pennsylvania specialists have captured the “assumed companion and colleague” of Jennifer Brown in her killing, authorities said Thursday. Blair Watts, 33, was captured on charges of first-degree murder, third-degree murder, robbery by unlawful taking/demeanor and access gadget extortion, as indicated by a Facebook post by the Montgomery Region Lead prosecutor’s Office.

He is anticipating arraignment at the Montgomery District Remedial Office. He was captured while showing up in court on an irrelevant case, as per NBC Philadelphia.

Brown, 43, was most recently seen on Jan. 3. The Royersford, Pennsylvania, lady was accounted for missing by Watts on Jan. 4.

Earthy colored’s body was found on Jan. 18 to some extent covered in a field close to the city of Royersford, which is around 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

The lead prosecutor’s office said their examination started after Watts announced Brown missing. The two were purportedly companions who had started a new business as partners last August, with Earthy colored putting resources into a prospective eatery called “Birdies Kitchen” in Phoenixville, as per the head prosecutor.

“For 37 days since this dedicated mother was accounted for missing, investigators have been amassing proof, piece by piece, bringing into center what befell Jennifer and who killed her,” said DA Kevin R. Steele. “That image shows Blair Watts killed Jennifer Brown on Jan. third, then, at that point, moved her body and eventually covered her in a shallow grave.

He is presently in jail at the Montgomery District Remedial Office.” Court records, naming him as Blair Anthony Watts, show no bond has been set.

His lawyer, Christopher David Mandracchia, didn’t promptly answer Individuals’ solicitation for input on Thursday.

Specialists utilized a corpse canine, cellphone records and business records to sort the case out. Specialists researched their deals and observed that the day preceding Brown was accounted for missing, two money moves were produced using her records to Watts for a sum of $17,000, which supposedly were never important for a composed understanding between the two.

In Instagram posts, Watts purportedly referred to the launch of the café toward the start of this current year, however analysts say they gained from the Phoenixville land owners that they examined the investment property back in August yet a rent was never endorsed by Watts and no cash was turned over.

They permitted Watts to balance a standard on the veneer of the structure however no remodels were made to prepared it for an eatery opening, as per the public statement.

In late December, one of the land owners told Watts they chose to not lease the property to him, which prompted Watts taking steps to sue, the head prosecutor’s office said.

Be that as it may, he returned on Jan. 4, “presently saying he had cash to put down on a rent,” the lead prosecutor’s office said.

Examiners with the Limerick Municipality Police and Montgomery Province criminal investigators said on the day Brown disappeared, Watts got her child from the school transport stop and told the 8-year-old his mother was at the supermarket and that he would be dozing over at his home at last. The 8-year-old purportedly told investigators he saw Watts with his mom’s cellphone at that point. As per the head prosecutor’s office, Earthy colored’s very own cellphone voyaged away from the home prior to returning a brief time later. The cellphone actually stays missing.

Once more the following day, cellphone records show, Earthy colored’s telephone and Watts’ telephone voyaged together before the telephone’s sign was lost at around 7 a.m.

The body canine demonstrated human remaining parts inside Earthy colored’s home and two vehicles possessed by the Watts family.

Earthy colored’s reason for death was “manslaughter by unknown means,” the delivery expressed. She additionally had three broken ribs, the lead prosecutor’s office said. Watts has protected himself openly for the situation. “I don’t have anything to do with anything,” Watts told NBC Philadelphia recently. “Since I’m the last individual to see her, that amounts to nothing.”

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