{"id":17038,"date":"2019-11-27T16:30:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T16:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/11\/27\/marine-deserter-charged-in-murder-case-captured-us-marshals-say\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:57:37","slug":"marine-deserter-charged-in-murder-case-captured-us-marshals-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/2019\/11\/27\/marine-deserter-charged-in-murder-case-captured-us-marshals-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine deserter charged in murder case captured, US marshals say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Marine deserter wanted in the fatal shooting of his mother\u2019s boyfriend was captured Wednesday after a weekslong, multistate search that had schools and neighborhoods on alert in Roanoke, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Alexander Brown<\/a>, 22, was safely taken into custody Wednesday morning in Franklin County, Virginia, U.S. Marshals Service spokeswoman Nikki Credic-Barrett told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brown is charged with second-degree murder in the Nov. 9 killing of a man described as his mother\u2019s boyfriend. The Franklin County Sheriff\u2019s Office has said a motive is unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marine\u2019s mother told investigators that she saw her son kill Rodney Wilfred Brown at a home in Hardy, Virginia, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court. She also identified the getaway vehicle, which was later found in South Carolina, hours southwest of Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, where her son had been stationed.<\/p>\n\n\n\t