Texas Heavy Metal Fan Charged With Murder Of Classmate

July 16, 2006

Houston Chronicle reports that an 18-year old Texas heavy metal fan, whose MySpace profile opens with a blaring "Meaning in Tragedy" by AS I LAY DYING, is charged — along with his best friend and next-door neighbor — with murder in the death of a classmate, accused of shooting her in the head and burying her body in a shallow grave.

Sean H. Brown (photo),whose MySpace profile features a black background with swirling white skulls, and Matthew R. McCombs, 18, were caught July 12 as they tried to cross the border into Canada.

Brown was headed for an uncertain future as he abruptly quit high school this past spring semester. Friends had no idea why.

"He never said. Academics are really tough and getting tougher at Clements. Some kids drop out and enroll somewhere else," said George Hopkins, 17, a member of Junior ROTC at the Clements High School. He said Brown was talented in art, doing "amazing painting and sculptures."

Ashton Glover, 16 (photo),was last seen early Saturday (July 8) at a coffee shop in Sugar Land. She was found dead by a construction crew laying utility lines just before noon Monday.

A motive for the killing is not yet known.

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