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Child Prodigy Becomes Hit and Run Murder Victim
Overview
Eric Brown was an ambitious 12 year old.

Little Eric Brown was 12 years old and already showing a great zest for life. He'd already written two comic books, and was working hard on his third. His family says Eric had a passion for writing, and was a straight "A" student. He spoke three languages -- Japanese, Spanish, and English. And not only did he excel academically, but he strived for excellence in everything he did. As a beginning violinist, he wanted to learn as much as he could about the instrument, and yearned to compose music. He planned to spend this summer at a music camp practicing the violin. But Eric never made it there.

On May 28, 2005, Eric was on his way home after a night-time bike ride around the neighborhood, when a gray Nissan pick-up truck came down the 45-mile-per-hour road, swerving erratically. Witnesses in a car traveling behind the truck watched in horror as the truck slammed into Eric on his bike, then took off without even the slightest hesitation. Eric Brown, a little boy with a bright future, was killed.

Cops didn't know who had killed Eric, but they were determined to find out.


Illegal Aliens Wanted For Questioning
Overview
Pedro Rodriguez is wanted for questioning in the hit-and-run.

Cops didn't know who had killed Eric, but they were determined to find out. The next day, investigators got a big break in the investigation when they recovered the truck on a dead-end street just four miles from the hit and run scene.

Originally, the registered truck owner called officals to report the truck stolen. That was on the night of the crash around midnight. But later, the owner admitted he was lying -- and that the truck wasn't stolen at all. He was apparently trying to protect two men he says were using the truck. Cops say the men's names were Graciano Dejesus Lopez, and Pedro Rodriguez and both were illegal aliens with no driver's licenses.

Now cops were getting somewhere. Witnesses to the hit and run had already told cops two men were in the truck that killed Eric. The stories matched.

When cops ran Lopez and Rodriguez's records, they found Lopez had a long criminal record and was in violation of his probation. Warrants for both men's arrests have been issued -- and cops want to track them down for questioning in the hit and run murder of Eric.

Wanted For
Information valid as of last update.
Possession Of Fraudulent Identification Cards, Naples, FL; May 28, 2005