Rexxfield Located Murder Fugitive Dinkue Brown after 2 Months on the Run – Three Arrests

U.S. MARSHALS & Rexxfield: Murder Fugitive Captured in Just 73 Minutes After Two-Month Manhunt

August 26, 2013

In a dramatic turn of events, a joint task force comprised of U.S. Marshals and the Maryland State Police successfully apprehended Dinkue Brown, a 27-year-old murder suspect, just 73 minutes after receiving crucial intelligence. Brown had been on the run since June 21, 2013, in connection with the murder of 26-year-old Luis R. Rodriguez.

On August 14, Maryland State Police reached out to Rexxfield for guidance on obtaining information from Google. Rexxfield’s CEO, Michael Roberts, offered more than just advice—he extended the company’s full technical and investigative support.

The Rexxfield team devised a sting operation that was greenlit by law enforcement. A message, containing one of Rexxfield’s proprietary forensic tripwire payloads, was sent to a family member of the suspect.

The Capture of Dinkue Brown

Once the tripwire was activated, it relayed several electronic traces, some of which were directly linked to Brown, despite his efforts to conceal his location using anonymous proxy servers. Over the next several hours, Rexxfield collaborated closely with the task force to navigate through Brown’s digital smokescreen.

Thanks to the digital evidence gathered by Rexxfield and relayed to the US Marshalls, the team was able to identify a cell phone number connected to a disposable SIM card that Brown was using. Although the SIM card did not reconnect to the cell-tower network, making triangulation impossible, the task force obtained a court warrant to trace the unique device identifier IMEI linked to the SIM card.

A few days later, the same EMIE resurfaced with a new disposable SIM card, allowing U.S. Marshals to pinpoint Brown’s location in Indiana. He was arrested at the identified location and waived his right to contest extradition. In 2016, he was convicted of murder in the 1st degree, and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. 

Two Additional Arrests

The US marshals also arrested two persons for the crime of harbouring a fugitive at the Indiana address. 

Associated Press Article: Life Sentence for Murderer Dinkue Brown