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Park Bench Murders /// Part 2 /// 821

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🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Park Bench Murders /// Part 2 /// 821 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com On June 4th, 2019 shortly after 5pm, longtime friends Carnell (Nell) Sledge and Katherine (Kate) Brown arrived at the Rocky River Reservation in Fairview Park, Ohio. The two met at the pull-off lot north of the Lorain Road bridge. They both were shot and killed while sitting at a park bench next to the river. Anyone with information regarding these murders is asked to call the FBI’s Cleveland Field Office at 216-622-6842. Tips can also be submitted at tips.fbi.gov

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The

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The Thank you. We are using all available resources to bring justice of the victims of this tragedy. We continue to use all

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available resources in this investigation with the support from the Cleveland

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Division of the FBI and the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office. I'd

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now like to introduce Special Agent in Charge of the Cleveland Division of the FBI, Eric Smith.

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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

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My name is Eric Smith.

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I'm the Special Agent in Charge of the Cleveland Division of the FBI.

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I want to start by thanking the Cleveland Metro Parks and the Cleveland Metro Parks Police Department for their

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partnership and their professionalism and our collective pursuit of justice for Kate Brown and Carnell Sledge.

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As Chief Dolan has already laid out some of the publicly releaseable facts in this unsolved case,

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I would like to ask the public for

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assistance the area known as the pull-off lot north of the Lorraine Road

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Bridge in the Cleveland Metro Park's Rocky River Fairview Park reservation is in a

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highly trafficked area especially in the late afternoon and early evening weekday

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hours there are numerous joggers walkers especially in the late afternoon and early evening weekday hours.

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There are numerous joggers, walkers, bicyclists, kayakers, and even vehicles cutting through the area to avoid interstate backups.

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And this is true for this area on any given day.

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Tuesday, June 4th, was a nice, warm, early evening, temperatures in the mid-70s,

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and accordingly, there were plenty of people and plenty of activity in the park.

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We're asking the public to take a look at the maps displayed here.

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If you were in the area on the evening of Tuesday, June 4th,

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