Interview with Dusty Brown's Sister and Rocky Jackson

 Interview with Dusty Brown's Sister and Rocky Jackson

by Traciy Curry-Reyes

First recorded: February 6, 2009

This has been an interesting week. I had the chance to interview both Rocky Jackson and Dusty's sister again. Also made some headway with Hawaii by talking to the former prosecuting attorney today in Kathy Brown's case.




The former prosecutor, Mark Bennett, is now the Attorney General there in Hawaii. I am in the process of ordering some documents in the case and hope to scan and post the prosecutions opening statements. Remember, even though this is Kathy Brown's trial, the evidence is a repeat from the findings in Ralph Jackson's case. But for now here is a gist of the opening and closing statements:




 The evidence proved that Kathy Brown told her roommates that she wanted to see Chris dead for the insurance money. They testified in court that Kathy made these statements to them. Evidence showed that Kathy Brown promised Jackson that they would marry once Chris was out of the way. On the evening of the murder, Ralph Jackson broke into the living quarters and hid in Chris' bedroom.




 Chris was attacked by surprise and stabbed 26-27 times. It was a very bloody scene. According to forensic evidence, Chris suffered defensive wounds. Jackson had some wounds but not defensive wounds. Once the officials realized that Jackson  was their man, he was brought back and charged with the crime.




Kathy Charlene Brown made no contact with him at all while he was incarcerated. Rocky wrote many times but received no answer. One of the letters that she finally wrote to him was incriminating. Phone calls were also recorded between the two which further incriminated her. (Hopefully I will have more details, if and when I receive the actual documents.)

According to Edwina (Kathy Brown's Sister)

Chris is a sweet guy. But, it was proven that Chris was no saint. In fact I think they mentioned this in the movie. According to Kathy's family, Chris was abusive to her. According to Dusty's sister Edwina, Chris would break in and hide in Kathy's apartment and tell her you are "my F*****g wife!" There were physical altercations, slashed tires and the like. I asked Edwina to describe Kathy's reaction to Chris' death. She stated that Kathy "was more relieved than anything. Just not to have to deal with it anymore."

The night of the crime according to Edwina

Edwina said, when Rocky testified in Dusty's trial, she stepped in to see what his testimony would be. She said that Rocky stated that he went over to tell Chris to leave Dusty alone, and that when he got there Chris already had the knife and "was swinging at Rocky." Rocky then got the knife away from Chris and stabbed him. "But Chris just kept coming at him," she stated.

 Extra Tidbit

 Another source stated that Chris had been out to sea. A friend told him that Kathy was seeing another Marine. Chris returned earlier than expected. This is when Rocky decided to kill him. He got inside the apartment and waited. When Chris arrived, Rocky took him by surprise. Chris was stabbed 26 times. Chris' thumb was severed in the attack.