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Beverly Bruneau

Cold-case homicide prosecution in Grapevine, Texas; the charge is an unproven allegation.

Charged · allegations
last updated 24 August 2026 · 2 sources
Confirmed facts
13
Open questions
5
Victim age
35
Case stage
Charged
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Case file Beverly Bruneau, reference D C zero zero six seven. CBS News Texas, citing court documents, reported that in February nineteen eighty one, Grapevine police responded to an apartment after a nine one one caller said he found his girlfriend, Beverly Bruneau, dead. CBS News Texas, citing court documents, identified Bruneau as thirty five. CBS News Texas, citing an indictment, reported that Larry Dean Brown is alleged to have used his hands or an electrical cord to strangle Bruneau just before Valentine’s Day. That charge is an unproven allegation. CBS News Texas, citing the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office, reported Bruneau’s death was ruled a homicide caused by strangulation. CBS News Texas reported that clothing collected at the autopsy was later tested, and in twenty ten, a DNA sample indicated blood from an unknown man, with no CODIS match. According to CBS News Texas, in May twenty twenty six, DNA from trash outside Brown’s Colorado home matched blood found on Bruneau’s clothing. CBS News Texas reported Brown was later held in Tarrant County Jail on a murder charge, then posted a one hundred thousand dollar bond and was released with conditions. The file’s open questions include the exact date of Bruneau’s death, whether the defense has filed a response, what additional evidence prosecutors may rely on, what release conditions were imposed, and what court date is set. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero zero six seven at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed13 entries
February 1981
Grapevine police responded to an apartment after a 911 caller said he found his girlfriend, Beverly Bruneau, dead; CBS News Texas, citing court documents, identified Bruneau as 35.
CBS News Texas, citing court documents
February 1981
An indictment alleges Larry Dean Brown used his hands or an electrical cord to strangle Beverly Bruneau just before Valentine's Day; the allegation is unproven.
CBS News Texas, citing the indictment
February 1981
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office ruled Bruneau's death a homicide caused by strangulation, according to CBS News Texas.
CBS News Texas, citing the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office
February 1981
Bruneau's clothing was collected and preserved at the time of her autopsy, according to CBS News Texas.
CBS News Texas, citing court documents
February 1981
Court documents cited by CBS News Texas say officers learned Bruneau was a Braniff flight attendant.
CBS News Texas, citing court documents
February 1981
Records cited by CBS News Texas say Larry Brown told detectives that Thelma Brown and Bruneau had been roommates and co-owned a Dallas home that had been badly damaged in an arson a few months earlier.
CBS News Texas, citing records
February 1981
Records cited by CBS News Texas say detectives noted Larry Brown's answers as evasive and observed a fresh wound to his right thumb; CBS News Texas reported he was not arrested then.
CBS News Texas, citing records
2010
Court documents cited by CBS News Texas say Bruneau's clothing and other evidence were sent to a lab; a DNA sample indicated blood from an unknown man, and a CODIS upload returned no match.
CBS News Texas, citing court documents
2025
Grapevine officers began investigating the cold case and found a mortgage agreement between Thelma Brown and Bruneau, according to CBS News Texas.
CBS News Texas, citing court documents and police
February 2026
The Grapevine Police Department contacted the Larimer County Sheriff's Office, where Larry Brown lived in Loveland, Colorado, according to CBS News Texas.
CBS News Texas
May 2026
DNA samples collected from trash outside Larry Brown's home, including soda bottles and a BBQ sauce bottle, matched the blood found on Bruneau's clothing, according to CBS News Texas.
CBS News Texas, citing law enforcement and lab results
18 July 2026
Larry Dean Brown was being held in the Tarrant County Jail on a charge of murder, intentionally causing death, according to court documents and jail records cited by CBS News Texas.
CBS News Texas, citing court documents and jail records
21 July 2026
Larry Dean Brown posted a $100,000 bond and was released with conditions, according to CBS News Texas; the murder charge remains an unproven allegation.
CBS News Texas, citing court documents and jail records · added 24 Aug 2026
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
What is the exact date of Beverly Bruneau's death?unconfirmed in trusted sources reviewed · unconfirmed
Has the defense filed any court response to the murder charge?unconfirmed in trusted sources reviewed · unconfirmed
What additional evidence, if any, will prosecutors rely on beyond the DNA match and court-document allegations reported by CBS News Texas?unconfirmed in trusted sources reviewed · unconfirmed
What specific release conditions were imposed after Larry Dean Brown posted bond?unconfirmed in trusted sources reviewed · unconfirmed
What court date or arraignment date is currently set for Larry Dean Brown?unconfirmed in trusted sources reviewed · unconfirmed
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