Missing
Norma Jo Brown
Brown, approximately 2014
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/25/2014
Missing location (approx) :
Mount Sterling, Kentucky
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 08/06/1981 (40)
Age at the time of disappearance: 33 years old
Height / Weight : 5'1, 136 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Brown has tattoos on both arms and on her breast, and a surgical scar on her left lower leg. She wears eyeglasses.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Brown was last seen getting into a vehicle with a man at her residence in Mount Sterling, Kentucky on September 25, 2014. She has never been heard from again.
There was a possible sighting of Brown walking down the road with Kevin Howard. In October of that year, he and another man, Charles Black were charged with murdering Randall Russ in August. Brown knew all three men. Ultimately, Howard pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and Black, who helped dispose of the body, pleaded guilty to facilitation to commit robbery and evidence tampering. They were sentenced to twenty and fifteen years in prison respectively.
It's unclear whether Brown's disappearance is connected to Russ's murder, but her family fears for her safety. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Kentucky State Police
606-784-4127
September 2021 updates and sources
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