PAUL ANTHONY BROWN Death Row Case Summary

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DC Number:  V02093 Name:  BROWN, PAUL A Race:  WHITE Sex:  MALE Hair Color:  BROWN Eye Color:  HAZEL Height:  5'10'' Weight:  163 lbs. Birth Date:  07/31/1967 Initial Receipt Date:  04/19/2000 Current Facility:  UNION C.I. Current Custody:  MAXIMUM Current Release Date:  DEATH SENTENCE

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Aliases:
PAUL A BROWN	PAUL ANTHONY BROWN

Scars, Marks, and Tattoos:
Type	Location	Description
TATTOO	BACK	DEATH BEFORE DISHONNOR
TATTOO	LEFT ARM	CARDS DEMON 67 13 HORSESHOE FEMALE
TATTOO	LEFT CHEST	FIRE SKULL
TATTOO	RIGHT ARM	CASTLE DEVIL
TATTOO	RIGHT CHEST	DAGGER SWATZKA
TATTOO	STOMACH	TENNESEE

Current Prison Sentence History:
Offense Date	Offense	Sentence Date	County	Case No.	Prison Sentence Length
11/04/1992	1ST DG MUR/PREMED. OR ATT.	11/07/1996	VOLUSIA	9234756	DEATH SENTENCE
11/04/1992	ROBB. GUN/DEADLY WPN	11/13/1996	VOLUSIA	9234756	17Y 0M 0D
11/04/1992	BURGLARY,ARMED W/EXP. OR WEAPO	11/13/1996	VOLUSIA	9234756	17Y 0M 0D

Note: The offense descriptions are truncated and do not necessarily reflect the crime of conviction. Please refer to the court documents or the Florida Statutes for further information or definition.

Detainers: (Further information may be obtained by contacting the detaining agency)
Detainer Date	Agency	Type	Date Canceled
04/27/2000	U.S.M. TALLAHASSEE	DETAIN

Incarceration History:
Date In-Custody	Date Out-of-Custody
04/19/2000	Currently Incarcerated

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Circumstances of Offense:

Paul Anthony Brown was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Roger Hensley on 11/05/92.

Paul Anthony Brown moved from Tennessee to Daytona Beach in October of 1992. He met Scott Jason McGuire and the two spent several weeks abusing drugs and alcohol together. Brown decided to go back to Tennessee, however, had no means of getting back, and McGuire’s vehicle was immobile.

Brown and McGuire met Roger Hensley, the victim, outside a bar on 11/05/92. The three men returned to Hensley’s apartment to have a beer and smoke marijuana. At one point, Hensley invited Brown and McGuire to stay the night, and then he retired to bed. According to McGuire’s court testimony, Brown told him that he was going to shoot Hensley and steal his vehicle. McGuire was concerned about the loud sound that a gunshot would produce, so Brown obtained two knives from the kitchen and motioned to McGuire that he would slit Hensley’s throat. McGuire reportedly threw the knife down and refused to participate in the murder. At that point, Brown said he would do it himself, but ordered McGuire to block the doorway, so that Hensley could not escape. Brown entered the bedroom and began to stab Hensley. McGuire heard Hensley exclaim “No!” and upon entering the room, he saw Hensley drenched in blood and gasping for air.

Brown found the keys to Hensley’s vehicle and the two men fled to Tennessee. Brown was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on 11/08/92 for his involvement in a Tennessee bank robbery. When the FBI questioned him, Brown confessed to partaking in the murder of a Florida man, but implicated McGuire as the one responsible for slitting Hensley’s throat.

Codefendant Information:

Scott Jason McGuire pled guilty to Second-Degree Murder for his part in the murder of Roger Hensley on 11/05/92. On 09/28/93, McGuire was sentenced to 40 years in prison.