5 chilling details about Billy Ray Brown's murder 

Billy Ray Brown's murder was the subject of the latest episode of Snapped on Oxygen. The series explores female criminals and some gruesome crimes that get uncovered along the way.

Season 32, episode 5 of the series titled Connie Brown delves into the murder of Billy Ray Brown orchestrated by his wife. The episode initially aired on Oxygen in March 2023. The episode was re-aired on August 27, 2024 on Oxygen.

Billy Ray Brown was found murdered next to his bed along with one of his friends named Ronnie McDowell. As per Connie Brown, two men had come in to rob the family and stabbed Billy Ray Brown and his friend to death. However, it was only revealed later that it was Connie Brown who was behind the murder of her husband and his friend.

The details of the Billy Brown murder case were explored in detail on the latest episode of Snapped on Oxygen. Here are the 5 most chilling outtakes about the case from the latest episode of Snapped.

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5 chilling details about Billy Ray Brown's murder following Snapped on Oxygen

1) Billy Brown was found lying in a pool of blood

Billy Ray Brown was found murdered in his home (Image via Unsplash)

On June 21, 2000, Billy Brown was found dead on the floor next to his bed in a pool of blood. The police arrived at the bloody crime scene after receiving a 911 call from Brown's residence at 1280 Olive Drive in Green Sea, near Myrtle Beach.

There were trails of blood throughout the house and Billy's friend Ronnie McDowell, was found dead in a hallway bathroom. As per Billy's wife Connie, Ronnie was sleeping on their couch that night.

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2) Connie Brown claimed that her husband was murdered by masked assailants

Connie Brown framed a story including two unknown assailants (Image via Unsplash)

When the police arrived at the scene, Connie Brown and her father John Nealy were at the scene. Connie Brown claimed that two masked men broke into their house and stabbed and beat up her husband to death. She claimed that she fled the house with her three children and made the 911 call.

However, the police felt something strange when they talked to the children. They all said that they did not see anyone coming into the house and only told the cops what their mother asked them to.

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3) The murder was premeditated by Connie's family

Billy's assault was planned ahead (Image via Pexels)

A breakthrough in the case came when Connie Brown revealed that one of the attackers was her brother Andy Nealy. Police located Andy Nealy's car near Jodis Washington's house. Melba Nealy (Andy and Connie's mother), and Jodis Washington were romantic partners. Renee Young, Melba's other daughter was also discovered by police in the residence.

Melba reported that she went to the Brown residence with her boyfriend, Jodis Washington, and her two kids, Andy and Renee Young. Billy Ray came outside when Connie answered the door, and Andy struck him with a stick.

As per Melba, Washington is said to have slashed Billy Ray's neck with a knife. This was a different account from what Connie and her kids told the police.

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4) Billy's friend Ronnie was killed due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time

Ronnie McDowell was an unsuspecting casualty (Image via Pexels)

Ronnie McDowell was an unfortunate casualty when Jodis Washington and Andy Nealy murdered Billy Ray Brown. He woke up to the commotion and tried to run away, however, he was also murdered by Andy & Washington, since he witnessed them at the crime scene.

The events of the crime were eventually confessed to the police by Connie's sister Renee Young. She said that Connie knew about the plan and opened the door to lure Billy to her family.

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5) Billy Ray Brown was allegedly abusive towards his family

Billy Brown was an abusive husband and father (Image via Pexels)

The motive for the murder planned by Connie's family circled back to Billy's alleged abusive nature. Connie had confessed to her mother Melba that Billy Ray was abusive towards her and her children.

Melba wanted to teach Billy a lesson, and what was supposed to be only a physical assault by Jodis Washington and Andy, allegedly turned into a murder scene.

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Connie Brown, along with her mother, her sister, and her brother were all sentenced to prison in connection to the murders. Jodis Washington was found not guilty of murder by a jury, as he convinced the jury that Renee allegedly lied about him being at the crime scene.