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Category: The Brannon Triple Homicide
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?
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Researching a Murder Case
This is Captain Rick Gerken, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office “boots-on-the-ground” lead detective on the Brannon triple homicide investigation in 1999. He was a deputy in the photo and I haven’t seen him for many years now. He may have aged a tad, but this is the way he looked when I first met him…