Charity Leader Charged With Attempted Murder
August 5, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
The head of a Richmond, Va., advocacy group for parents in child-custody battles has been arrested and charged with attempted murder for allegedly arranging the killing of her former boyfriend and the man’s wife in a custody dispute of her own, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Members of the Virginia state police arrested Caren T. Brown, executive director of Children Without a Voice, on Friday. The police say Ms. Brown gave $2,000 to an undercover police officer to kill her former boyfriend and his wife.
Officials said Ms. Brown told the undercover officer that she was upset with the custody arrangement for her 11-year-old son. The newspaper article contained no direct comment from her about whether she had a role in the murder.
Ms. Brown faces two attempted capital-murder charges for allegedly arranging the killings. She is being held without bond pending an August 19 court appearance.
