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Three weeks before Christmas, he decided to send letters to only 38 sheriff's employees. Within days of the mailing, he met with some of them and decided to let eight stay on. Some friends noticed that Derwin had a lot on his mind, too distracted by the tasks ahead to act like himself. On Friday, Dec. 15, Brown finished a sheriff's training course an hour south in Forsyth. He invited his friends to drive down to watch his graduation. Over lunch, he announced he was having an impromptu celebration later that night at his favorite restaurant. They were...
...celebration; nor had she been invited to the graduation in Forsyth, but she attended it nevertheless. Phyllis watched as her husband and Hood found a booth away from the crowd. They appeared to be talking intently. Phyllis then asked a friend to drive her home and told Derwin she was feeling tired. "I'll see you in a few minutes," he replied. He was with Hood when the band asked him to sing. Others say he saw her to her car, but Hood says no. Whatever happened, he soon headed home himself. He would not see his wife again...
...task force of detectives from four agencies, including the FBI, has yet to solve the Derwin Brown mystery. "We're not ignoring the possibility that he was killed for some reason other than he was going to be sheriff," says the new interim sheriff, Tom Brown, who is not related to Derwin. "We don't want to get into the possibility of narrowing our investigation too much and missing something...
...police have talked to Hood, who has changed her phone and pager numbers several times recently, out of habit, she says, not because she is hiding. She says on that Friday night, Derwin Brown talked to her about handling his press. She says she does not understand why the Browns or others would suggest she knows more than she is telling. "How could I signal the killer? How do you do that? I don't know anything about killers," she says. She says she admired Derwin as well as his wife. And even though Hood was busy with charity work...
...wrongdoing at three of the bonding companies, including one formerly owned by civil rights pioneer Hosea Williams. Apart from not paying rent, the companies may have been allowed by former sheriffs to operate without posting $150,000 cash or property bonds, contrary to jail policy. After being sworn in, Derwin planned to evict the bail bondsmen, which would have had deep financial consequences. A legit bonding company in DeKalb County can generate $40,000 a month. There may have been other ways to boost income. Already, auditors are trying to account for $400,000 in bond forfeitures that are missing...