by Ireland Hayes | Aug 15, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
After hearing nearly a dozen witnesses lay out the prosecution’s case against Chester Brown in the murder of Washington resident Doris Critzer — including new DNA evidence — a Rappahannock County District Court judge on Tuesday found enough probable cause to send the...
by Ireland Hayes | Jun 11, 2025 | Crime and Courts
Chester Brown made his first court appearance via video from prison Tuesday after being charged last week with first-degree murder and strangulation of Doris Critzer, 74, a Washington resident who was found dead in her home in August 2023. Brown, 64, formerly from...
by Ireland Hayes | Mar 12, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Politics
Chester BrownChester Brown Retired Circuit Court Judge Dennis Lee Hupp deferred ruling on a motion Monday to relocate Chester Brown’s two upcoming jury trials from Rappahannock County to a different venue after a jury could not be selected for his first trial on Feb....
by Ireland Hayes | Feb 16, 2024 | Art, Crime and Courts
Chester Brown stepsChester Brown arrives for a January court hearing. Multiple potential jurors struck from pool Chester Brown’s first jury trial was postponed today after the jury pool became too small to proceed. Brown, 63, appeared Thursday morning in Rappahannock...
by Mary Ann Kuhn | Feb 13, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
Five months later, what we know — and don’t know — about a murder in Washington, Virginia Five months have passed since the body of Doris Ann Critzer was found in a grisly scene on the kitchen floor of her home, located within easy walking distance to the historic...
