Overview
- After six weeks of evidence presentation, a San Joaquin County grand jury returned the indictment on Wednesday, which District Attorney Ron Freitas announced Thursday.
- The charges include six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, making the case death-penalty eligible under law despite California’s execution moratorium.
- Prosecutors say a suspected seventh homicide remains under investigation and was not included in the indictment.
- An Oakland killing was not pursued in this filing, which prosecutors characterized as a tactical decision they plan to explain later.
- Brownlee was arrested in 2022 when Stockton police said they caught him “out hunting,” and he did not enter a plea Thursday after previously pleading not guilty.