Crime & Safety

Mother, 2 Children Found Dead in Clearwater Area

Deputies believe the 34-year-old woman killed her children and then hung herself.

Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputies had a grisly discovery this morning when they responded to a call for help from a home in unincorporated Clearwater.

According to a sheriff’s office media release, when deputies went inside the home at 2015 Sidney St. just after 2 a.m. Sept. 22 they found Dawn Brown, 34, and her two children, ages 5 and 9, dead.

“Although the investigation is still ongoing, it is believed that Brown took the lives of her two children and then hung herself, utilizing an electrical cord, from a bedroom ceiling fan,” the release said.

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Deputies are not releasing the cause of death for the children until an autopsy is completed.

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