True Crime Mama
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In 1999 Sherry Brannon and her two young daughters were brutally slain in their secluded suburban Manatee County home. Many suspected Sherry’s estranged husband, Dewey Brannon, of the crime. He was never prosecuted for the crime. What really happened, and how did the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office discover the truth?

The evidence behind the facts that Major Shingledecker had shared with our Famous Murders class was collected by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Crime Lab. Dianna Taylor was its Unit Manager, a Senior Crime Scene Technician. When she answered her cell phone on her way to work on the morning of September 16, 1999, Lieutenant…