The mother and son had just gotten home from a trip to the store and had no sooner brought

their bags into their Bridgeport, Connecticut home when they heard the doorbell ring.

As Karen Clark turned the doork to see who was on the other side, she and her son,

B.J. Brown, were ambushed and gunned down in their own home.

This case has eyewitnesses. It has clear and critical evidence. It has a strong motive.

And I'm here to tell you that it has an ending. But I wouldn't say it has justice in its entirety.

The rug was pulled out from under the feet of Karen and BJ's family

earlier this year when they learned one of the perpetrators would see the outside of prison

walls long before they ever thought possible. I'm Kylie Lowe and this is the case of Karen

Clark and Leroy B.J. Brown Jr. on Darkdowneast.

It was around 11.16 a.m. on January 8th, 1999, and a co-worker of 30-year-old Karen Clark was standing at Karen's duplex on Earl Avenue and Bridgeport, Connecticut, trying to figure out why the dedicated U-Haul employee hadn't shown up to work. She'd also missed another co-workers' going away party the night before,

and none of it made any sense to the people who knew Karen as passionate and punctual.

According to an Associated Press Report published in the Hartford Current, Karen's co-worker

stepped into the house to find a devastating scene. At the top of the stairs lay Karen's eight-year-old son, Leroy Brown, who went by BJ.

He was the victim of multiple gunshot wounds.

Just feet away was his mother, Karen, who also suffered gunshot wounds.

Karen's outstretched arm gave the impression that she was reaching for the phone to

call for help when she was gunned down. When police arrived at the scene and the investigation of the

double homicide began, they came face to face with the unconscionable reality and apparent motive

for these senseless killings.

BJ may have only been a second grader, a kid who loved basketball in reading, but he was also expected to play an important role in a pending murder trial.

BJ was a key witness, and authorities had reason to believe that this murder was intended

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