Another interracial romance ends in murder
From the blog of James Edwards
Gee, who woulda thunk it? I mean he's black, she's white...what could
go wrong? The media and the churches make miscegenation out to be the
greatest thing since sliced bread, so it sounds like the perfect match.
And
last week there were only 5 or 6 horrific murders involving black/white couples.
But interracial romance proved fatal for Dawn Brooks of South Bend, Indiana. And cops "want to talk to" Julius Gerard Anderson.
Oh well, I'm sure her preacher will say some real nice things at her funeral.
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Police, friends say South Bend woman may have been murdered
By Kelli Cheatham (kcheatham@wsbt.com)
SOUTH BEND  Police say a woman found dead in a South Bend house
after a fire early Tuesday morning may have been murdered. The woman's
friends believe their friend may have died at the hands of an abusive
ex-boyfriend.
Just before 3:30 a.m., police got a 911 call from a house in the
1700 block of Catalpa, about a man "covered in blood." Minutes after
that first call, firefighters were called to another nearby home in the
2000 block of Kendall Street.
While fighting the fire, they found 29-year-old Dawn Brooks. St.
Joseph County Metro Homicide detectives said medics discovered injuries
on her body they don't think came from the fire.
Brooks' friends are remembering a kind, outgoing woman and wondering if they could have done more to prevent her death.
"I couldn't, I don't know how to explain it," said Misty Mann. "[I'm] still shocked."
Shocked and saddened at the loss, Brooks' friends tried to piece together her final hours.
"I spoke with her at 12:30 [this morning]," said Mikelle Jaquish.
"She said she was in a car with her boyfriend. She seemed pretty happy."
Police said the first 911 call came from the home on Catalpa Street.
A man who lives there told WSBT he knew the young man who knocked on
his door. He also said one of the man's arms was bloody.
South Bend Police Capt. Phil Trent said another 911 call came in a short time later for the fire at the Kendall Street address.
Both police and Brooks' friends said they don't think the fire
killed her. Police records show there may have been a history of
violence and abuse.
"It's a boyfriend of a few months," explained Cindy Mann.
"I had been there to witness him beating her on multiple occasions
and we always had to stop him," said Jaquish. "And the reason she stuck
with him was because he said he was going to kill her if she decided to
leave him."
The Colonel's comment-Cindy Mann, you are a really great friend for knowing and doing nothing. Sickening!
Police were called to Brooks' house March 19. They say a man Brooks
called her ex-boyfriend was arrested for assault and battery after
allegedly slapping her across the face. Then on April 2, police filed a
report saying the ex-boyfriend held Brooks at gunpoint.
"Guns to the head, knives to the throat, he actually held her down
one time and beat her with his knees in her chest," Jaquish said.</blockquote>
Watch the video here.
Edited by: Colonel_Reb