The Pikeville, Tenn., woman charged in the August slayings of two elderly sisters now faces a preliminary hearing in the killings and a separate probation revocation hearing.
Brenda K. Brown, 47, was on probation when she was charged with murder in the shooting deaths of her mother-in-law, Elizabeth Brown, 82, and Elizabeth Brown’s sister, Billy Sue Blaylock, 79. The sisters’ bodies were found Aug. 16 on their property on Mills Dam Road.
Assistant District Attorney Jim Pope said Brenda Brown is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Nov. 14 and faces a tentative Dec. 2 date in Bledsoe County Circuit Court for a probation revocation hearing.
The revocation hearing stems from probation ordered after her unrelated convictions in August 2010 on felony charges of aggravated burglary, theft over $10,000 and vandalism over $500, court records show.
In August 2010, Brown pleaded guilty to all counts and was sentenced to four years and 10 days by Circuit Court Judge Curtis Smith, records show. Smith ordered Brown to serve all but 10 days of the sentence on probation.