Joseph Brown, 57, was found dead in his Whispering Pines Lane home in Fort Pierce, Florida, on May 26, 2017. The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head; the Fort Pierce Police Department opened an immediate homicide investigation.

Detectives developed a case that led to the arrest of 20-year-old Arkevius Malone of Fort Pierce. Malone was already in custody at the St. Lucie County Jail on unrelated charges when investigators linked him to Brown through text messages recovered from Brown’s phone that were traced to Malone. Additional digital evidence came from Malone’s Facebook account, and a burglary report filed by his girlfriend, Dallas Crometie, placed Malone at Brown’s apartment after meeting him on Facebook to borrow $40. Crometie said she dropped Malone off and later saw him return home upset and saying he had done something bad. Prosecutors charged Malone with premeditated murder and he was held without bond.

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