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Suspect Arrested Months After 2 Teens Found Murdered in Remote Arizona Hiking Area
Thomas Brown was charged with first-degree murder after a months-long investigation into the fatal shootings of two unrelated Arizona teens in a remote forest area.
- On May 27, 2025, deputies found two teenagers dead off Mount Ord, and Thomas Brown, 31, was arrested on the same day in connection with their deaths.
- Friends and classmates at Arcadia High School notified police after Pandora Kjolsrud and Evan Clark, on a Memorial Day weekend camping trip, were reported overdue on May 26, 2025.
- Investigator said physical evidence and inconsistent statements led them to Thomas Brown, who told authorities he camped May 23-26 and `He mentioned that he flew a drone around the mountain and that's one of the reasons we contacted him`.
- He is being held on $2 million bond and a further hearing is scheduled for earlier this year, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office press conference.
- Authorities said the victims and suspect were likely strangers, and victims' families launched fundraisers while Sandra Malibu Sweeney, Evan Clark's mother, wrote it is a small comfort to share memories.
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Arrest made in murders of teens who were camping near Mount Ord
PHOENIX (Scripps News Phoenix) — An arrest has been made in the shooting deaths of two teens who were camping near Mount Ord in late May, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. Thomas Brown, 31, is in custody in connection with the shootings on Thursday. Thomas Brown is taken into custody for the murders of Pandora Kjolsrud and Evan Clark. (Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office) The bodies of Pandora Kjolsrud, 18, and Evan Clark, 17, were…
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