On July 2, 2023, 34-year-old Ashley Dove Brown, a White female, was found shot to death in her home on Bethel Church Road in North East, Maryland. Her 45-year-old boyfriend, Christopher Blaine Thomas, was found alongside her; both victims had been fatally shot in what authorities described as a double homicide. A relative discovered the two unconscious and called for help.

The Cecil County Sheriff’s Office led the investigation with assistance from the Aberdeen Police Department and the Harford County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators identified Jordan Patrick Perry and Richard Lee Stone as suspects. A search warrant executed at a residence in Aberdeen led to Perry’s arrest without incident and the recovery of evidence reportedly linking the suspects to the scene, including two handguns and the victims’ stolen cell phones. Witnesses and surveillance footage placed both men outside the victims’ home shortly before the shootings.

Ballistic testing was reported to link the recovered firearms to the slayings. No other details about motive or additional suspects have been released. If anyone has information about Ashley Brown, Christopher Thomas, or the events on July 2, 2023, please come forward.