Overview
- Joshua Christian Brown admitted on Oct. 29 to killing 34-year-old Shawntae Lynn Brown in Spencer, Oklahoma.
- Investigators say he beat her over two days with a belt, a shoe, a flagpole and a handgun, and surveillance video captured portions of the assault.
- A probable cause affidavit described extensive blunt-force injuries, and a recovered handgun had a shattered front sight reportedly caked with blood and hair.
- Authorities report he forced their children, then ages 7, 14 and 15, to clean blood from the scene and told them not to speak about it.
- He received four life terms after pleading to first-degree murder and three counts of child abuse, and he had been held without bond since his arrest.