Northern Arapaho brothers charged for reservation murder

Friday, May 31, 2013  

Two brothers from the Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming have been charged with first-degree murder.

Vernon Lee Brown, 54, and Alan Brown, 61, allegedly killed Tad Paul Barnson, 61, in May 2006. The victim's body was discovered on the Wind River Reservation in March.

Barnson was from Idaho and was working near the reservation when he went missing in 2006.

Get the Story:
2 Wyoming men indicted in 2006 death of Idaho man (AP / Idaho Falls Post-Register 5/31)
Tribal Men Indicted for 2006 Murder of Idaho Man (K2TV 5/30)
First-degree murder charged in death of man found March 10 (The Riverton Ranger 5/30)