Tuesday, March 11, 2014

White Preacher Earnest Brannon Fled Black Racial Terror in Los Angeles, Only to be Murdered in His New Home

 
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Image of Earnest Brannon provided by family members.

 

Re-posted by Nicholas Stix

Thanks to reader-researcher RC for the article.
 

Homicide Victim Had Preached on Night He Was Killed, Family Members Say

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By John A. Moreno
KTLA

Minister Found Strangled to Death in South L.A. Home

Homicide detectives on Monday were investigating the death of a 67-year-old man whose body was found in a home in the South Los Angeles area after he was apparently strangled, authorities said....


Homicide detectives on Monday were investigating the death of a 67-year-old man whose body was found in a home in the South Los Angeles area after he was apparently strangled, authorities said.

Investigators responded about 10:43 p.m. Sunday to a house in the 1100 block of West 98th Street, where a female homeowner had made the grim discovery in a bedroom, according to Lt. John Corina of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The homeowner ran next door and alerted a neighbor after finding the body.

“As soon as I got inside the house, it did appear that the man was dead so I called 911 immediately,” said the neighbor, Willie Miller.

The victim was one of two tenants who rented a room from the owner, who is also a resident of the house. Authorities

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The body of a man identified by relatives as Earnest Brannon was found in a home in the South Los Angeles area late March 9, 2014. (Credit: KTLA)


were trying to find the other tenant to question him.

The home is in the unincorporated Westmont neighborhood, which is policed by the Sheriff’s Department.

Family members identified the victim as Earnest Brannon, a minister who had preached at a nearby church on the evening he was killed.

“It just snatched my heart right out of my body,” his granddaughter Chalona Bell said tearfully. “Just snatched it and ripped it apart.”

Brannon, who was white, had moved to the home two months before to escape bullying in his predominantly black community, Bell said.

“He left and he felt like, if he came over here, it was going to be different,” Bell said.

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A family member provided this photo of Earnest Brannan, who was found killed in a home he was renting.

 

The victim had marks on his neck and appeared to have died after a violent struggle, according to authorities. His body had been removed from the home by midday, but investigators remained on scene.

The home had been ransacked, but it was unclear if any property had been stolen.

Investigators said they would like to speak with the other tenant, whose whereabouts were unknown Monday morning.

KTLA’s Kareen Wynter and Melissa Pamer contributed to this article.

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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousTuesday, March 11, 2014 at 9:10:00 PM EDT

    I wonder if he was followed by those that previously had bullied him?

    He was the target and no matter where he went, it would not have mattered, he was marked by those he had previous "brushes" with.

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