Pregnant Mother of 7; Unborn boy dead (2010) - ANGELA BROWN - Pensacola FL

Pensacola FL ---- A Florida Panhandle man has been charged with fatally stabbing a
pregnant mother of seven children.Authorities arrested
65-year-old Phillip Arnold Monday night. He was scheduled to appear
before a judge Wednesday. Arnold was charged with premeditated murder in
the death of his neighbor, 44-year-old Angela Brown.Brown was
six months pregnant with her eighth child when she was killed in
Cantonment. Authorities say the unborn child did not survive. The youngest of
her seven children is an infant and the oldest is 18.


Authorities say they will be reviewing the case to see if Arnold
will face an additional charge for the death of the third trimester unborn boy.

A man accused of killing a pregnant woman and her unborn child makes
his first appearance in court. The crime happened Monday night on South
Chipper Road in Cantonment. Bond was denied because the suspect has
been convicted twice of murder.



Phillip Arnold, 65, made his
first appearance before a judge for allegedly killing Angela Brown and
her unborn child but the state attorney's office says it wasn't his
first time in a courtroom. This will be the third time Arnold has
been charged with homicide. The judge said he was convicted of murder
in 1965 and 1968. "We are researching what happened on those and
trying to look at it. But he has a very checkered past to say the least.
We'll have to look back at the computers and we'll have to actually
pull raw data from clerk's office," said John Molchan with the state
attorney's office. The latest crime happened Monday night. Investigators
say 44-year-old Brown was in the kitchen cooking for her children when
Arnold stabbed her in the chest. They say he then fled, but later turned
himself in. Brown was a mother of eight and was six-months pregnant
with a little boy. "A caring mother. She had eight wonderful
kids. How can a man take my sister like he did and she was pregnant,"
her sister, Faye Brown said. Investigators say the motive still
hasn't been determined. Arnold will remain in the Escambia County Jail
on no bond. He will be in court next for his arraignment on July 29.

Man accused of murder appears in court
Updated: Wednesday, 07 Jul 2010, 10:59 PM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 07 Jul 2010, 6:38 PM CDT

Christina Leavenworth
Photojournalist: Eric Lowe
PENSACOLA, Florida (WALA) - A man accused of killing a pregnant woman and her unborn child makes his first appearance in court. The crime happened Monday night on South Chipper Road in Cantonment. Bond was denied because the suspect has been convicted twice of murder.

Phillip Arnold, 65, made his first appearance before a judge for allegedly killing Angela Brown and her unborn child but the state attorney's office says it wasn't his first time in a courtroom.

This will be the third time Arnold has been charged with homicide. The judge said he was convicted of murder in 1965 and 1968.

"We are researching what happened on those and trying to look at it. But he has a very checkered past to say the least. We'll have to look back at the computers and we'll have to actually pull raw data from clerk's office," said John Molchan with the state attorney's office.

The latest crime happened Monday night.

Investigators say 44-year-old Brown was in the kitchen cooking for her children when Arnold stabbed her in the chest. They say he then fled, but later turned himself in. Brown was a mother of eight and was six-months pregnant with a little boy.

"A caring mother. She had eight wonderful kids. How can a man take my sister like he did and she was pregnant," her sister, Faye Brown said.

Investigators say the motive still hasn't been determined. Arnold will remain in the Escambia County Jail on no bond.

He will be in court next for his arraignment on July 29.

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Double Murder Trial Of Cantonment Man Delayed
April 6, 2011
Trial has been delayed for the man accused of the stabbing death of a pregnant Cantonment woman and her baby.

Phillip Arnold, 65, of Cantonment, is facing two first degree premeditated murder charges for the stabbing deaths of Angela Castella Brown and her newborn child on July 5 in Cantonment.

Judge Jan Shackelford has granted a motion for continuance filed by Arnold’s public defender; Arnold’s trial is now set for June. The court has also denied a motion to dismiss charges against Arnold for the death of the newborn.

Brown, who was six months pregnant, underwent an emergency C-section after she was stabbed. The newborn, later named Angela Chambers, died just over seven hours after being delivered.

Arnold, 65, of 349 South Chipper Road, fatally stabbed Brown in the chest, according to the State Attorney’s Office. Arnold and Brown were neighbors, and that was their only known connection, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were dispatched to the stabbing at a mobile home at 349 South Chipper Road about 8:35 p.m on July 5. When they arrived, witnesses told deputies that Arnold fled into a nearby wooded area. As deputies were arriving in the area, EMS personnel advised they had seen a black male running down the railroad tracks on South Chipper Road.

Witnesses at the scene reported observing a black male known to them as Arnold running from the scene moments before they discovered the victim, according to the Sheriff’s Office. K-9 officers attempting to track Arnold discovered a knife that was believed to be the murder weapon. As deputies were surrounding the area to search for Arnold, he called sheriff’s dispatchers about 9:10 p.m. Arnold said he was at a home at 2473 Stacey Road and that he wanted to turn himself in. He was taken into custody without incident.

Brown was the mother of seven other children.

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08/15/2011 8:30:00 AM 8:30:00 AM JURY SELECTION SHACKELFORD , JAN

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ESCAMBIA - A Cantonment man was found guilty of murdering his pregnant friend and her child.
Phillip Arnold could now face life in prison.
Channel 3's Jacqueline Hince was there as the jury read the verdict.


we the jury find as follows...
Phillip Arnold showed no emotion ...As the jury found him guilty of 2nd degree murder for the death of Angela Brown.
And guilty of first degree murder for the child she carried.
Brown had an emergency C-Section after she was stabbed.
The baby boy...Named Angel...Lived for 7 hours.
justice has been served
joy..I'm glad its over with and we can live our lives
...
The defense calls Phillip Arnold
And Arnold took the stand in his own defense.
when she grabbed that knife i knew she was going to stab me so i stabbed her cause I was scared
Arnold also claimed brown had stolen all his money.
And that she started the fight that led her death on July 5th 2010.
she said I played you...I played you
The defense further attacked Brown's character with testimony from a toxicologist...Who found drugs in her system.
we found in post mortuary blood with 76 mg of cocaine
The state pointed out holes in Arnold's story and targeted his credibility.
he's gonna tell you whatever it takes for you to think it's ok what he did
But 12 jurors had the final say.
Brown's loved ones told us the guilty verdict brought them closure.
I have to continue to live my life cause i have six kids to take care of

I'll always remember her and never forget her cause she left me 6 reasons not to


Friday, August 19 2011, 11:51 PM CDT

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CANTONMENT - A man who killed his pregnant girlfriend is sentenced for her murder and her baby's.

Phillip Arnold stabbed Angela Brown to death in her Cantonment home in July 2010.

She was six months pregnant.
The baby was removed by C-Section but died several hours later.

Judge Jan Shackelford sentenced Phillip Arnold to 2 concurrent life sentences for the murders.
Thursday, September 15 2011, 08:16 PM CDT


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