Yolanda Brown (singer): Difference between revisions

On October 19, 2007, Brown and her boyfriend, JeTannue "Kool Aid" Clayborn, were shot and killed by an unknown gunman in the Milwaukee Loud Enuff Productionz recording studio in her hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Both had been dead at least 3 days before they were discovered. They were reportedly dating. Although [[autopsies]] were scheduled on both Brown and Clayborn results had not been released. She is survived by her mother, father, siblings, other family members and her daughter Amirrah Brown whom she gave birth to at the age of 16 in 2002.<ref name="Spice 2007">{{cite news |url= http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/29438909.html |title= Singer's promising career cut short |first1= Linda |last1= Spice |first2= John |last2= Dobberstein |newspaper= Journal Sentinel |location= Milwaukee, WI |date= October 23, 2007 }}</ref> Her funeral was held on October 25, 2007 at the Mason Temple Church of God in Christ, at 609 N 35th Street in Milwaukee. Hundreds of people attended the funeral service for LaLa Brown including her family and Lyfe Jennings. After the funeral, she was buried at the Graceland Cemetery.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/45593187.html |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090807112311/http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/45593187.html |archivedate= August 7, 2009 |title= Raw Video: Funeral Held For LaLa Brown |first= Katie |last= DeLong |publisher= WTMJ TV 4|accessdate=October 1, 2007}}</ref> The case was featured on [[America's Most Wanted]] in February 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/84809342.html |title= La La Brown murder featured on America's Most Wanted |newspaper= Journal Sentinel |location= Milwaukee, WI |first= Bruce |last= Vielmetti |date= February 19, 2010 }}</ref> As of October 2012, the case had not been solved and police continued to search for a motive for the killings.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/174679361.html |title= Police seek motive in La La Brown murder |publisher= WTMJ TV 4 |first= Jermont |last= Terry |date= October 17, 2012 |accessdate= October 17, 2012 }}</ref> On October 22, 2012, [[TV One (US TV network)|TV One]] aired a Celebrity Crime Files episode about La La Brown's Life and Death.<ref>{{cite episode |url= http://tvone.tv/7419/season-one-episodes-3/ |title= LaLa Brown: Double Homicide |series= Celebrity Crime Files |episode= 2 |season= 1 |network= [[TV One (U.S. TV network)|TV One]] |date= October 22, 2012}}</ref>