Arica Delaine Brown, 53, was found dead in the Ohio River near Cox Park in December 2024 with a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Police say the investigation quickly focused on a history of domestic violence between Brown and 57-year-old Anthony Nichols. Responding officers had been called to Brown’s Shively home for a shooting but did not find her there.

Investigators report that Nichols allegedly confessed to the shooting during a phone call with the 911 caller and later to Brown’s children. Surveillance footage reportedly shows a vehicle linked to Nichols entering and leaving Cox Park around the time Brown’s body was found, and a search of his car allegedly produced what was suspected to be blood. Nichols had multiple prior arrests for assaulting Brown and an active emergency protective order against him when she died.

Nichols was arrested and charged with murder, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and violation of an emergency protective order, held on $1 million bond; while detained he reportedly said the incident was an accident. Does anyone have information about Arica Brown, her family, or events in Shively and Cox Park that could help clarify what happened?