Sister hopes the Unsolved Mysteries episode can help find her sister’s killer

Sister hopes the Unsolved Mysteries episode can help find her sister’s killer

CLEVELAND, OH – Not a day goes by that Lauren Roa doesn’t think about her sister, Katherine Brown.

“Kate probably had the biggest heart of anyone I knew,” Roa said. “She was the best aunt to her three nephews and her niece…she would bring them little treats in her purse. So they called her TT, and every time she came over, they knew TT was bringing them something special.”

But that all ended on June 4, 2019. Katetherine went to the Rocky River Reservation that day and never came home. She was found dead on a park bench along with Carnell Sledge by kayakers who tripped over them.

“There are a lot of bizarre things,” Roa said. “The fact that no one saw anything, no one heard anything, that someone was able to come into a very crowded park and not just shoot one person, but murder two people. This is incredible!”

On October 2nd, the Netflix series “Unsolved Mysteries” is about the murders that day. Volume five, episode one is titled “Park Bench Murder.”

Roa hadn’t seen the episode before it was available to stream, but hopes it jogs someone’s memory and can provide some closure for the Brown and Sledge families.

“We as a family have tried to keep their story alive and stay informed about the case, but it is challenging and a great emotional burden on our families,” Roa said. “We hope that Unsolved Mysteries can shed light on some of the details surrounding their case, and not only that, but also give people a sense of who Kate and Carnell were and learn more about their families and childhood .”

“I’m hoping I walk in on Thursday morning and the detective who runs the office says, ‘You’re not going to believe this, but someone called with a tip that we think is 100% accurate,'” Chief Kelly said Stillman of the Cleveland Metroparks Police Department.

Chief Stillman arrived two years after the Rocky Reservation murders, but remembers being briefed on the case.

“And what struck me first and to this day is that no one has seen anything, no one has reported anything that could put us in the right direction of where we wanted to go,” Stillman said, adding that he also wanted closure .

Stillman says they attracted 19.1 million visitors to the park last year and believes the person who has the answers may live in another state or another country. You may not even know it.

“So we’re really hopeful. You know, we’re still not giving up. We use everything we have at our disposal to get more leads, so to speak. And we’re very excited about partnering with unsolved mysteries,” Stillman said.

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