As we reported last night, 24 year old Dernell Brown was fatally injured on Saturday night at the National Agriculture and Trade Show. Brown was stabbed in his head - so deep that the knife was left projecting from his skull. He never regained consciousness and died yesterday morning at 9. Police told us he got into a fight with a group of men because of a dispute over a female. But when we spoke to Brown's father today, he had a very different account:
Horace Brown, Father
"The young man told me that they were heading home. They say that my son was walking to the back and the guys just attacked them. They say that they had my son and he turned back to help, but the other two guys that were with them ran away. The x-ray shows that the knife went through his head. The doctor said that it was an inch away from popping through the other side of the head. On the x-ray, it shows that the knife went across the two eyes. I don't know if he was a trouble person. I know that he was a nice fellow. He was a student at Maud Williams High School and most of the kids at Hattieville who have problems with their school work would come to him and he would work it out for them. My son is a guy who does anything, he do carpenter work with me - he does any kind of work. The government needs to do more to curve crime. With all the money they have, they are not doing anything to stop the crimes."
Police have two men in custody pending charges. Brown was staying with his brother in Teakettle. He was the father of a 3-year-old boy.
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