The Unsolved Case of Thomas Brown
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Thomas Brown went missing in the town of Canadian in 2016. The search was frustrated by a local sheriff's office who seemed uninterested in finding Thomas Brown, or inventing theories about what happened. However, when Thomas Brown was finally found, it raised more questions than answers.
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Had so much fun making this with ya Mike! This case was handed to me by a friend living nearby the area. It’s all that town talks about evidently. Such a crazy case and it really blows your mind the more you dig into this. Thanks for having me 😊
Thoughts with Thomas Brown’s family. What a horrible tragedy.
Thank you NightDocs!
This is great! More collabs will be appreciated.
Subscribed to your channel after watching your trailer!!!!
Was just about to watch the Eroda vid. Will watch after this lol.
After seeing this I just subbed to your channel. I like your content.
It's pretty clear that Thomas shot himself, walked 14 miles with a shotgun wound and had eaten the gun on the way as a snack. It's not rocket science!!
Yup... Thats what happened...
Only logical explanation....
The only other reasonable theory is alien abduction.
Malcolm Lang that’s how I died.
You rocked it
Malcolm Lang 14 miles? Nah.
The fact that an autopsy wasn't done to prove cause of death was the biggest red flag.
Was he cremated or why can't they still do an autopsy?
@ well you need to check for other stuff like perpetrator blood,DNA & hair,defence wounds, fibres,insects (can help give time of death according to when their maggots hatch) etc. not just cause of death at an autopsy.
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Who gave the order to not have an autopsy done?
I have been studying criminology for more than a decade now and this was for me the first time I had ever heard of an autopsy not being done on someone found dead . I would not even find myself passing through this town much less living there ; it would be great if someone that knew more would come forward . The hesitation to help is somewhat understandable due to the fact that they would fear for their life after what happened to Tom.... he does deserve justice .
If what happened to Tom had happened to someone that knows more about Tom's case than surely they would want someone to speak up for what happened to them .
A friggin’ 6 year old would know this from watching cartoons. Wtf?!!
Pyne Gregory was previously arrested because when he was chilling at home, someone drove by his house a couple times (and pulled into his driveway briefly). This set off Pyne, so he got into his car and followed the vehicle. He forced it over to the side of the road and pulled his gun on the driver...it was a pizza delivery driver. She was just having a tough time finding the place she needed to deliver to (this was before Google maps was a thing).
This shows that Pyne is a moron, he's prone to overreact, and he puts his nose into situations that are none of his business.
He's the shooter.
This is 100% a cover up. It just pisses me off how the police massively mishandled the situation. Almost too convenient.
They "mishandled" it on purpose to protect their murdering colleague.
Texas cops are known for covering shit up to protect other texas cops especially small town ones they're corrupt af
Absolutely not a single doubt in my mind this kid was murdered and Canadian(Texan) police department absolutely knows exactly what happened
Emerlad LAPD is worse. Very deep corruption. I heard a story once that they would pick up kids in lower income neighborhoods and just ride out into the desert and the kid to never be seen again.
Cops are ville creatures. I was thinking about that exact same thing while watching.
Poor boy. The question is why they did it? Out of sick pleasure?
-messy examination of possible crime scene
-no autopsy
-preventing klein from investigating properly
Yeaaahh no one will suspect anything, good job bois
Does it matter? Who is out there policing the police? This isn't an argument, btw. I watched a vid on this case before and they haven't done anything yet. I hope to God they get something, but you got one bad seed you probably have more.
@@Bigbilly-ms9bn exactly, they ruin an investigation and they get away free. If there is a Hell, it will be filled with these sort of people.
@@Bigbilly-ms9bn When the revolution comes these people will pay for their crimes
I'm from the same area and that whole TX Panhandle is loaded with corrupt police and other officials. Stay away!
Did the LAPD circa 1994 time travel to rural Texas 2018 for some reason?
I have a question. How the F does someone “commit suicide” in their truck, then get up and walk away?
The Canadian police are the only ones who can correctly identify the zombies that come from Canada.
14 miles, no less
Umm, hard to kill a Texan, maybe? This whole case is just FUBAR!! The whole Sheriff's Department needs to be replaced!
Jezebel Knight the police definitely had something to do with it and tried to cover it up obviously
the official term is Arkancided.
If the sheriff didn't kill him, then someone close to the sheriff did. We need to find out the motive.
I personally don’t think it had anything to do with the sheriff but I think it was something along the lines of the sheriff’s sister’s son murdered him or something like that. Ya know, someone not extremely close to the sheriff but someone close enough that he would cover up a crime for them.
tom swa the pigs molesting little kids so like all pigs i mean pigOphiles they killed him
The cop has been accused of harassment by teens, Texas is a hotspot drug smuggling and cops often collude with the drug lords, maybe jealousy? Those are the common ones
@@hairlesscat6458 You are insane. How could it have nothing to do with the Sheriff? My guess he was diddling kids and they they got too big to handle.
5 minutes in and it already sounds like the cops killed him.
Or covered it up
Yes, what I thought at the beginning also, I wonder if Tom found out something and was silenced maybe
Yessssss
or one of the cop's kid...
They 100% covered it up….either for a kid of an officer, or a kid from someone higher up….I guarantee it…
If it wasn't that deputy who killed him, it was definitely a cop's kid.
Yep
For sure.
Hmm sounds plausible
I agree. They were just a bit too invested in NOT solving this case.
YES...the cover-up is pretty deep
I fell so badly for his mother. Imagine the feeling of powerlessness she must feel. The people who are supposed to get you answers are stonewalling the investigation. What a tragedy for the family.
That Chapter's on the case.
the people who continually stonewall all truths, are the dna family. such a pain in the ass to get any truths. they just clearly have an agenda. this is not good and people dont realize they are screwed now for meddling in others issues. And THATS the truth.
@@loladeleone7121 what?
Those are my immediate thoughts as well. 👍
I agree my heart breaks for the family of the victim. How helpless they must feel. God bless them. A mother’s love is something very special and I can only imagine how she feels to this day. My prayers are with them all.
So according to the Sheriff, he committed suicide, then took a piss outside his truck, ran off with the gays, then hid his personal belongings, shot himself again, then walked 14 miles away, then hid himself among deer antlers at 3 AM in the morning, and ended up in the same exact location of a separate drug investigation.... So the sheriff found a dead body while looking for antlers coincidentally in the middle of a drug investigation...
Seems legit 🧐🧐🧐
Sounds right to me.
OMG, dude, what do you want from the Sheriff, to actually *do* his *job*? What is your problem?
@@thepanpiper7715 this sheriff did THE job !
It's pretty obvious that aliens are a better explanation. Or quite possibly faeries or perhaps just straight old witchcraft. They really should have checked to see if any of the suspects float.
They did find his body twice, didn't they
So he "kills himself" then cleans all of the blood from his vehicle, accidentally missing one spot?! Then wanders off 14 miles after all of this, while dead.. M'kay, yeah sounds plausible. 🙄
if you told christians, they will believe it...
The guy who even suggested this theory is guilty as sin
@@Renanaguilar ok, clown....
@@Renanaguilar you are an ignorant fool, an evil person and judgment will come to you in a wrath your feeble mind can't even conceive.
@@The_Trucker_Gamer but you can conceive stupid shit like flying people, virgins giving birth and zombie jesus¿?
I like how Mike doesn’t ask for people to subscribe or “smash the like button”
Yes ! Thats why he get like from me... :D
He does every now and then, or anyway I’ve heard him say “subscribe if you want” but maybe he doesn’t do that anymore
I like that too. I already know how to like, subscribe, and hit thumbs up.
He always says, "if you'd like." Gives us a choice. No pressure.
one of the things I like about him.
If I go missing and this channel does not cover my disappearance, my whole life would have been for nothing. 😏
MR PEEVES
Damn. Hope things get better for you in the new year brother. I sincerely mean that.
MR PEEVES Whoa! I said “go missing”! Who said anything about killing, you psycho!
Xavier Molina Dude! I'm sure you are loved.
Of course Mike is going to cover your story.
If. It. Is. On. The. Turdteen.
🙌🏼
Great comment. I admit I've considered orchestrating my own mysterious disappearance, with many twists and shocking clues, just to be worthy of Mikes channel
The “he ran off with an old dude” leads me to believe that a cop tried to put the moves on him and he declined. And then killed him
100% ... That Pyne Cop who "Found" him is straight up the guy of interest... the dirty sheriff is just doing his due diligence in being a piece of shit by covering it up for him... Pyne probably has dirt on him too... so, the ol' you scratch my back, i'll scratch yours was in effect ... they are both dripping in guilt :/
My thoughts exactly
For sure. Coming up with that theory outta thin air def makes it seem like this kinda scenario
that sherrif defintely looks suspect
Yep. And how exactly did he know,anyway?
This case just made me angry by how unjust and corrupt everything keeps getting.
"Keeps getting"....It's always been that way.
It's not that it "keeps getting" this way, it's that now we have the tools to know about it. This sh*t has been happening in small town, ass-backwards America for as long as cops have existed, the only difference is that now people have the means to share their stories, share their own evidence and get the support and help of others to reveal what happened. Back in the day, without the internet and cameras on phones, these corrupt cops could just go around town and threaten everyone to stay silent, and it would work. Now they don't have that power and anyone can share what they know anonymously with thousands of people.
Always have been going on. One thing is now with social media we all can hear about. VS years ago information just didn't spread like now.
Welcome to small towns in Texas. They are all corrupt.
Oh, you should have grown up with the sheriff like I did. It seems consistent with how he was back then.
The cops know something they seemed to have bumblefucked the whole investigation intentionally.
its texas its huge, and your allowed to have a gun on your person/in your car. A evil drifter could have just got him to, its possible.
RoBo And yet, that doesn’t make the sheriff’s office right for not doing their job properly and trying to push the suicide theory when it’s very clear that there was foul play involved.
@@CallMeRedon well yea some one was shot of course it was foul play, i was thinking about the different possibility's. IT is hella odd how the department handled that whole case.
@@grandshogunrobo927 They just wanted it to be under the rug.
Corruption doesn't rule out incompetence...
I live in the Panhandle, there's signs in some people's yards that ask "What happened to Tom Brown?" I hope his family will someday have the answers they seek. ❤ rip Tom
I don't know why, but that breaks my heart. Jacob Wetterling disappeared from my home town, and I remember seeing similar things there for decades.
@@hannahrose853 these animals taking and hurting/killing need to just be put down like the rabid cures that they are. Every day now it seems like a child is in the news missing. I watched enough of these to know what the outcome is going to be. We need tougher laws to hold them and keep them! No more deals to child predators!
@@kimberlyhood4095 The family actually wanted a deal with Jacob's killer. My town wants justice. This fucker was NEVER EVEN CHARGED with his murder. How is that a deal?
@@hannahrose853 That's how they're allowed to offend again and again. These freaks of nature have a sexual drive that has them hunting from the time they wake up till they go back to sleep, now that is a scary af thought. Yes, I've followed Jacob as well, I will never understand it.
ping the officers phone, bet it shows the officer and thomas's phone together before his death...
"Been a fan of yours for a long time and i--" Very good 😂
I laughed at that too
I lold too hes always cutting himself off to soon too haha
krissy Missy
Literally always 😂😂
He’s the best ❤️
That was funny 😂
I rewound it just to hear it again n it was just as funny the second time!
The police killed that kid. Period. The only question is why.
Officer Pyne was fucking him
J Gunn links to info or anything? That seems totally viable theory
Because he asked Brown to be his boyfriend but he refused.
No the question is why is America a failed state. American police can literally execute teens because they know they're untouchable.
@Nayr, seriously, don't be ridiculous.
The fact that the Deputy had a picture of Brown while he was pumping gas before he disappeared makes it look like Brown and the Deputy had some sort of personal relationship.
I thought so too. Especially when the sheriff brought up that Tom had run off with an older man. Lies usually contain pieces of truth.
Plus Tom had just broken up with his girlfriend! I was thinking secret relationship between the two! Left his GF! Then Maybe decided not to follow thru! With being with the deputy!
y’all are wild bruh
I just straight up died after how casually you dismissed your own guest after cutting him off in the intro
deputy found the boy alone in his car that night, tried a sexual approach and got denied by Tom so he killed him, case closed.
Yep.
Are you sure it wasn't that deputy himself? That pyne guy seems pretty feminine.
@@michaelwandell2533 Could be.
@@michaelwandell2533 Please keep your homophobic stereotypes out of murder investigations Michael
@@tanisrulerofall I agree, Tanis Madd
Sooo I live somewhat around Canadian and it’s well known the sherif for the county there is very shady. He was actually charged in the disappearance of another person because they were going to expose him for stealing money or something. He’s kind of rumored to be involved in this case as well, I’m just glad someone has reported on this finally in a somewhat big scenario!! A lot of crazy shit happens where I live.
He also does meth sometimes.
That’s frightening. :/
@@silkyjohnson4519 🙄 you know back in the late 80s crack was blamed for everything to,,, little known fact math has been around for over a hundred years and it used to be government prescribed.... they just needed a new drugs to be that evil one so since they wore out the name crack and now it's meth and they're wearing out meth so now that's why we've got the new ones coming up. My true Point behind the statement is almost everybody you know is doing one drug or another especially people in Big Shiny houses trust me! Reality is doing drugs does not define your life nor who you are, you choose that everyday, the sheriff chooses to be a piece of shit on a power trip that's why he has this job..... I bet y'all would be really really really shocked if you ran a drug test on every soccer mom living the perfect life and found out how many of them we're doing drugs you associate with Street people... how do I know all of this you ask because I've been asked by these people to get them drugs lawyers, Elementary teachers, diplomats soccer moms, church officials!!! .... all doing the same drugs as the skids on Skid Row.
I'm 38 and haven't touched a drug since I was 19 I had no idea that being the sober one would make me the odd man out. Thankfully I did enough stuff between 15 and 19 that I never need to do drugs again,,, but the people who were sober in their teens pushing as hard as they could trying to be perfect for Mommy and Daddy people that spent their early twenties pushing as hard as they could to have that perfect life well around 25 they start getting tired and they've got this image to maintain and that's where the meth or coke comes in,,,, Mrs perfect pta, spotless house kids in dance, soccer, hockey, swimming, and perfect body, yup high as a kite!!!
And if you think all drug dealers are the Shady guy in some back alley you are so wrong think more along the lines of the yoga instructor sweet hippie lady... Yup. Secret world right under your nose
@@moocyfarus8549 You dont have to educate me on methamphetamine. I know over a 100 people that use and abuse it. Ive done it myself and ive helped make it. Meth is a horrible drug and it changes people physically as well as mentally. Amphetamine and methamphetamine may have similar effects but meth is still a different monster. Its the devil. I am quite aware 90% of people use some kind of drug. I would myself if I wasnt getting tested, but I would use marijuana in the evenings. I know people in positions of power and business people who use drugs. I know at least 30 drug dealers. Some are shady people..
Moocyfarus I think his point was that he’s a position where 1) he SHOULD be tested regularly, and 2) they are supposed to be out there busting people from doing it. Hypocrisy I think being the key element. Not just the fact that he’s on drugs and possibly high.
The police sure seemed to be behaving suspiciously.
always wonder in cases like these if anyone has thought to trace officer’s phones during questionable and unexplained time windows, just like with anyone else’s phone 🤔
He was shot in the back of the head.
In the drivers seat of a car.
The car wasn't totalled so it must have been in park.
No windows were broken so the driver's window must have been down.
Is it just me or does that sound like the description you'd use for someone pulled over by police? Window down, car stopped, buckled into the seat with an officer approaching your blind spot from behind.
I thought the same scenario played out. It makes too much sense not to consider it.
melhupby ABSOLUTELY....
ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT INITIALLY TOOK PART IN THIS CASE NEED TO BE PROSECUTED..........
THIS WHOLE CASE IS VERY VERY FISHY.......
Really makes you 🤔.
Seriously though, this is way to obviously a setup, most likely by the police and if Klein Investigations is able to get evidence against them, I hope they lock the bastards up for good.
yes but if the window was rolled down for the police then how'd he get shot in the back of the head
@@qorso the cop might have walked back to the patrol car to run his plates, and in walking back to Tom's vehicle, he pulled his firearm and shot him from behind
Why do I always get the feeling that law enforcement that does a sloppy job on a murder does so because they are involved somehow? That is literally the first thing that pops up in my mind.
Probably cos you have a Brain!!! Aparently they think people are really that stupid to think they aren't corrupt!! The corruption is viral!!
Happens too often to not be common.
This case seems to be that" I think that sheriff pulled him over " then took his life and covered it up... He stumbled upon the body ' cuz he knew where he put it...💯
Poor people and minorities often have their cases under investigated or ignored. Sometimes police are just negligent, and will work for the easiest solution that involves the least work. Even if the evidence doesn't justify the conclusion.
Sometimes investigators only want a case to go away. Not necessarily because they are up to foul play, but because they might know the victim's people and seek to give quick comfort.
All of these are poor excuses, and surely there are times when police are actually guilty ...but it's important to consider all the varieties of poor police work when looking into a case, because an assumption too strongly held can distract from evidence pointing in other directions.
I think it's easy to say yes.
This case is insane and makes me so sad for his family 😔
.25 caliber is a relatively uncommon round. It wouldn’t be too difficult to track down the shops in the area that carry that caliber or check Nathan Lewis’ web and banking history to determine if he has purchased this ammo... well if the police had any intention of catching the killer.
There are no shops on that area....it is nowhere...friends of mine have a 200,000 acre+ ranch northwest of town....in the actual town, it is just mansions owned by Lebanese-Americans.....a very spooky place....
Wonder what caliber the cops use.
Bill Strange most likely 9 or 40
@@LoucheWoman I don’t think any cops carry a .25 I know some carry a second small pistol like a .38
@@martinrodriquez3304 38 special isn't a small calibre, its a revolver round and you get more rounds in an auto loader than the six in a revolver. A 25acp is an old fashioned round that like a 22 will zip around in a skull without exiting.
It was popular in the twentys as a self-defense round mainly because the pistol that used it was so small. It was called a vest pocket pistol. It would be easily pocketed during an investigation to be used later for some nefarious shit. Does any of this make sense. You're right that no cop in his right mind would carry a 25acp as a service side arm.
P.s. I make custom pistols and rifles as a hobby. I love the history, the engineering and the hand machining that go into making an old style firearm.
i thought ALL bodies that weren't a clear sign of natural death HAVE to have an autopsy done, especially when it's an 18 year old kid.....
Exactly.
@Corby Dinsburger you are right about that!
@Corby Dorian Not always true. There is one absolute that every living thing must confront one day. The leading cause of death, is life.
I wouldn't say always...but almost always. Especially if the person was young and healthy,and it wasn't an OBVIOUS suicide. I mean like having a gun or whatever instrument of death in your hand. They even autopsy drug overdoses sometimes. Usually if you are found in the woods,or somewhere else,without it being just blatantly obvious what killed a person,they will do it. I get super suspicious when it doesn't happen. Healthy young man found dead in the woods,miles away from his car...no gun in hand...no note...I just can't believe it. Some cops would do it just for the family...to give them some peace and/or prove it was a suicide so there isn't some dispute later.
Why didn't Thomas' family demand an autopsy or do one privately? Or was the body in such a state that no evidence of what happened that night would have been found. Why were the police not question about the appalling handling of the car, lack of gloves, returning it to his mother within 24 hours with no forensic investigation being done. Surely somebody should have been held accountable for this?
He was found 14 miles from where his truck was found?
Long walk...for a dead guy.
Sheriff’s office or one of their kids were involved.
I agree.
Wrong answer it was his friend's father that's why the father committed suicide
@@billyboyle1236 Maybe he helped move the body?
Do we know if he had any relationship with the former Sheriff?
Other kids had nothing to do with it..
@@billyboyle1236 Or *did* he commit suicide? As the video says, Sheriff's office released that he killed himself before the medical examiner's results...
This reminds me of a case I know about. In 2000, a 17 year old boy I knew went missing in Naselle, Washington. He was found a couple weeks later, up a logging road, in his car, which had been torched and shot with several different caliber bullets, and he had been shot in the head and chest. This was labeled a suicide by the local cops. Mind you, this is a town of jus a few thousand people, and I knew several of the cops by name. The boy’s name was Todd Denny. I had been in the same class as his sisters, and knew his family. They, and the rest of the community, were devastated. I firmly believe, as do most of the residents up there, that this was a murder, either improperly investigated, or covered up by the police, for whatever reason. I wish someone could bring Todd, his family, and his many loved ones some truth and closure about what really happened to him.
shit, that hits close to home. i lived in cathlamet.
How heart breaking to read.poor Todd. R.I.P
Has Mike done a video on Denny? I'm working my way through his videos so maybe he already did. It's been a year since you commented so I hope something has been found in the meantime.
@@omarra6781 I searched but didn't see anything with his name and I've watched almost all of them.
@@DP69ner73 Well, shoot. Maybe he will sometime.
Pretty clear the Canadian Sheriffs were involved in this poor kid's murder.
I AGREE
PsyintZ it may seem like this but it's possible that they where just negligent
Or they covered it up, or they were simply horribly useless. Whatever the case, something stinks with the sheriff's office there.
PsyintZ YES!!! That’s what we all think!!!
@@sassyjessi6129 this case stinks is another way of saying this case is suspicious.
That “thank God” on “there’s no way to track what someone has searched on privacy mode” is all of us😅
The Sheriff's office and Pyne Gregory specifically murdered that poor kid, for what reason, I dont know? Thomas Brown's parents must be tearing their hair out at the way this was handled. I hope they reopen this case, exhume his body do a proper autopsy. Someone in that town murdered Thomas.
Someone else mentioned maybe he was seeing one of the cops daughters. I think that should be looked into.
The deputy, who had prior issues with use of force by being too quick to pull his gun, who works for a department that is notorious for badgering teens, probably pulls him over for something petty or just to bust his balls (coming from a small town as well, cops did this all the time as they usually had nothing better to do).
He probably drove past the gas station or was sitting in his patrol car at the gas station, saw Thomas and decided to pull him over (which is why we only see a close up of his face at the station as a wider shot maybe would have shown a patrol car in the station or driving by).
After pulling him over, Thomas reaches for something (probably his license or registration or maybe while talking with the officer he notices his friend’s debit card and reaches for that). Unsure of what he’s doing, Deputy itchy trigger finger pulls his weapon and it discharges.
In a panic he calls his boss, the sheriff, (since this is a small town he has him on speed dial) to tell him of his mess up. Sheriff tells him to keep quiet and shows up to the scene. He decides to take care of it and tells Deputy itchy trigger finger to run interference while he cleans up the scene, maybe with another officer.
They clean up the scene and think that maybe it’ll go away. It doesn’t and it escalates with the involvement of the Rangers, Attorney General and FBI. So, they start dumping evidence they had taken from the scene and magically stuff that couldn’t be found before all of sudden starts turning up (oh look here’s a backpack, a cellphone, a laptop).
Knowing this may not go away till the body is found, the sheriff informs the deputy where the body is (or maybe the deputy already knew) and he tells him to turn up the body. So all of sudden the body is mysteriously found and this all occurred while out at 2am on duty searching for Deer antlers. Once the body is found they can now make up any story they like to make the case go away (suicide) and the sheriff tells his officers to shut the family up by destroying signs they had made. This helps keep not only the family quiet but the townspeople as well.
@West Texas Rain because that's what cops do. The story might not be right, but the law had something to do with it, bottom line.
@West Texas Rain They wouldn't just "randomly" kill the kid. But a shitty deputy getting into an arguing match with him, and the kid being a smartass, could lead to the shitty deputy just acting out of anger and shooting him (after all, the shitty deputy was known for not only having an itchy trigger finger, but also badgering and roughing up teens for next to no reason. So, it's not 'completely' unreasonable to suspect something like that.)
He caught them with their pants down!
Gotta find out the connection between the father that killed himself, his kid, and the Sheriff’s office.
I know I'm a year late, but the father had a form of mental illness and had been suffering for over 20 years. His death was unrelated to Tom's death and it's sad that the townspeople are connecting the two and making up rumours.
He likely caught the sheriff doing something by accident.
dogging
Bricks of cocaine duh
Yup. State Police shut him up. That's horrific but not uncommon is it?
Like having sex with an 18 year old boy, who he then murdered, for example?
@@mattgreek1066 If he's 18, he's no longer a "boy".
My theory: The cops that liked to play bully boys with the local teens went a bit too far and Thomas had to be shot so he wouldn't talk. They stashed the body in the place that was fenced off and deliberately did little to no investigation and what they did do was in areas they knew nothing was at. Some time after searches had been conducted, they got rid of the evidence in places that had already been searched in the hopes it was never searched again. Once things started turning up they "discovered" the body having put it there from wherever they had it stashed, put a bow on it ASAP and tried to act like it was everyone's fault but thiers.
I hope they are one day brought to justice.
Note to self: Commit crimes in small towns.
@@flufel_wuffel Interesting observation but the officers in question were male so it seems to still be a good theory.
@@flufel_wuffel Interesting observation as I said but pretty irrelevant to the OPs theory. I wouldn't be surprised if it was someone the officers knew directly, if not themselves that committed this act.
@@flufel_wuffel Cool.
@@flufel_wuffel Well it is subjective so I didn't want to say fact lol
American police be like "we have investigated complaints against us and have found no wrongdoing"
Amanda Baker you should refer to them as "police in america" they do not represent americans
@William **some** police
@@smallerfreeze I mean... I am American
Nope.
@@smallerfreeze This was some small town in America. You'd be amazed at how many complicated cases are cleared in this country rather quickly by authorities.
There is NO JUSTICE in the Justice System.
The sheriff’s son or the sheriff himself. Plain as day!
Too right,that sherrif has been making up story's from the beginning.The sherrif or his family are murders
@@cecerae8637 *stories
@@cecerae8637
rers...
murderers...
Laura I can't find anything about his son. Do you know something, or is the son a made up theory. Or, God I hope not, are you assuming the deputy is his son?
Just like the Catholic church, cops cover up their own crimes.
I love how you cut off all your guests. It's absolutely hilarious.
I was looking for this comment 😂 I thought it was super funny as well lmao
I'm not actually sure it's not just his editing haha
He does it too himself too in almost every intro, go look at some other videos
He'll be introducing a video and say this is the case of such and such and it remains unsolvCUT
Or let me tell you the case of Bob Johnson and his murdeCUT
He seems to just snip stuff on the timeline without being exact haha
It might be a comedy bit but I don't think so haha
@@KaladinVegapunk the only time i can remember is the cristhmas carnage video, where he had two reccordings
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@@KaladinVegapunk Na. He does the guest thing on purpose I think. . But yeah what you're saying is pretty hilarious too. Love this guy. Chicken little 😄
I recommend the family start a a GoFundMe, have their son’s remains exhumed and have an independent autopsy performed. My $.02.
There must have been an autopsy - fbi were involved... seems stupid that they didnt do one.
This should totally be reopened, and a public inquiry held.
I would give another 2 cents to to gofundme campaign
I agree. So sad. The family has the right to know
This case cry's out foul play, the corruption of office type?
Someone or several people in a law enforcement office know something about this case/death. Definitely?
Can’t see what someone search’s for in privacy mode. Mike: Thank god 😂😂😂😂😂
Always thought my odds of being murdered were less than 1%....until I started watching your videos. Now it’s 50/50 at best!
@The Reverend Jim Jones rolling a 1 with a die?
@@jafrost1328 how many faces does the die have? Because some of these cases make the die seem like a coin.
@@Naptosis thats not "everything" tho is it
Well as long as you dont live or visit Canada -Stephanie
The Reverend Jim Jones um no it's not.
"They got a whirlybird." I haven't heard a helicopter called a whirlybird in over half a century.
Linea Alba yessss love it
Ive never heard that used....ever. Super cool
@@Goozero1 Oh good one, it has more of warm, homespun Tom Sawyer feel to it. But the more sinister dark "on the lamb" is what I'm waiting fer.
Yeah it's been about 80 years, give or take, since I heard "whirly-bird".
Me and Jimmy Cagney had just come back from the Hollywood Canteen, see....
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Go on!!!
It was getting good!!!
Why is it all these small town murders have shady sheriffs offices running them ? Total coverup. His poor family. :(
there’s always a ton of corruption in small towns
@West Texas Rain it wasn't the town tho it's the corrupt sheriff (maybe)
Because small towns can often act undetected
Either one of the cops killed him or one of their kids killed him. It’s so obvious they’re trying to cover it up and put it to rest.
Exactallly because their theory doesn’t make sense say he DID commit suicide!!! THEN how do they explain his body wasn’t in the truck. Dead people don’t walk off and go rest some where else after killing themselves. Nor do they scatter their things around town. It makes no sense!!! I believe that was done to make it harder to locate the body due to any of those items having gps on them. If trace would lead police right to the body ( phone, laptop)
Wow. The FBI should've been called in right away!
Its kinda weird being a Canadian but living in Texas and watching this video about Canadian TX which i had no idea existed lol
Teddy...I live in the US and didn't know there was a Canadian,Texas.
Canada and texas, the two places people always need to find a way to say they're from.
Yep, it's all about them.
@@michillene me either!😂🇺🇸
It is isnt it eehh
Cops killed him or they are covering for the killer. Protect and serve, amirite?
This was really sad. Thomas didn't commit suicide but was murdered, several ppl were involved. The other person mentioned was also murdered. I was following an individual who was sharing exactly wut had happened. The person tried getting information to TB's family, when he got too close to the truth he was given a restraining order to keep away from the original place where his body actually was. The place that he was said to have been found wasn't the actual place where he was placed after the murder, he was moved and placed there. The person on FB did all that he could to bring out all the information that he had known, but wasn't able to do so bc the sheriff's office put a stop to it with the restraining order. The end result is that it's believed that TB wanted his killers to be brought to justice which unfortunately wasn't done. Just thought I'd share.
He is white though, so don't expect anybody in the media to demand answers.
A cop once told me it wasnt his job to protect me and my friend, when my friend got mugged by a shitty friend of his. I was baffled by that statement he made.
@frankos rooni People make mistakes when they put certain individuals on a pedestal like police, pastors, doctors, etc because these people are all human and humans are sinful creatures by nature. There are bad in every group.
They protected and served the shit out of Tom brown.
I want to work for Klein Investigations. They were going in there and gathering the evidence methodically without fear or favour. Even ringing Apple up for clarifications on how their products work.
Never heard of this case. This is why I'm here to learn and get creeped out.
You and your counterpart are everywhere. Just say you're part of a conspiracy already.
There is a movie made on this you should see it. It was a strong film
@@KarimJovian what is the movie called?
this was covered so much on my local news when it happened, and it continues to be mentioned occasionally to this day. I will NEVER forget that picture of him they posted on the news constantly (the smiling in a tux pic) while they were searching for him. I and so many others will never forget his story. I hope one day his family is able to find some closure.
Tyne-nut Gregory, who took almost 2 hours to respond to a missing teenager call, needs to be investigated.
"ill leave my bullet shell here some blood stash the gun ,walk abit this way "
14 miles later...." perfect place for them to find me"smh!!!
may his soul rest in peace
Mike, I'm starting to suspect that you have a dedicated team of writers and editors and that you're just a pretty face - cause your consistent quality is 'tre' impressive! I don't know how you do it.
I wish! Thank you so much!
ice la honk I second that
The "tree" of us think the same... 🤔
Agreed. Mike is the best true crime RUclipsr.
I agree. Top notch channel here. Finding his content was hitting the jackpot. I appreciate the content and the consistent uploads.
Sounds like a sheriff cover up to me.
100% right
Idk sounds like like a cop needed to be off duty, drug activity was happening where his body was, they couldn't be bothered to investigate it. Sounds normal.
@@itsthekid9815 nah 100% sheriff cover up
You just don't understand.
I’m from a town near Canadian and this whole thing reeks. The photo they showed his mother at the gas station looked to her like it was dash-cam footage from a cruiser. There is footage, if you want to look into it, that shows there were a few S.O. cars around the area where Thomas was getting gas that night. I think one or more deputies were responsible for this, but I doubt it will be solved. They need to exhume his body and do an proper autopsy, even just to x-ray for a bullet. I’m actually surprised the PI or the AOG haven’t done this yet.
Im from the town next door to Canadian. Work in Canadian. Have you listened to the Texas Monthly pod cast about this? Sure tells more of what I have heard.
@@dan0alda568 I read the Texas Monthly about it. Does the podcast have different info? I feel so bad for this kid’s family. I think, regardless of who actually killed him, that the investigation was flawed.
@@jsmalls9575 i agree 100% that it was flawed. Some of the actions of the mother are very strange as well as the private detective. I know Tom’s father and half brother. He has no use for that detective. If you give that pod cast a listen I think you will see what I mean. The phone thing....something is off about that.
@@jsmalls9575 and this video didn’t touch on the “diaper” thing. If my classmates would have found out that I had that embarrassing of a kink when I was in HS....I would have offed myself, no doubt. I really think law enforcement’s problem here was ineptitude, not malfeasance. We don’t have things like this happen here, and our local law enforcement gets in over their heads quick. Nathan was a shitty sheriff, and it came to light because of this case.
Odder even more his family could, also, but apparently haven't.
me 5 minutes into the video: it’s the deputy.
whaaaat! he wanted the password to his phone when the phone hadn't been found! dude is guilty!
And he took over an hour and a half to arrive once he was called into work the first day.. and he stumbled accross the body while looking for deer antlers at 2am.. and many more sketch shit. This case is a complete joke and it’s agitating to say the least.
@@tylergable2445 I'm thinking this is a case of law inforcment covering for law inforcment till the bitter end. Can't muddy the reputation of law in this country no matter what. Cost of doing business in there eyes I'm sure.
Good artist
This case is straight-up insane, holy shit.
awww doggo
they need to fix and put those signs back up, and have some hidden cameras recording them, so they can see who it is that vandalized them
This is a great idea. Love it.
That's exactly what I thought!
They needed DNA testing on those signs
I'll bet the people vandalizing them arrived at the scene in a car with blue and red lights on the top.
Yeah, buddy! After watching this I am so happy to find out that getting a job in law enforcement in Texas is as simple as watching a couple of seasons of Law and Order. I may be looking into making a career change myself.
careful dude, just limit yourself to one season, don't want to be overqualified.
The photo of tom at the gas station was taken by a dash cam explaining why they wouldn't speak on the photo...they were watching him
@John And Abbey Hard to say. It's strange how often murderers kill for the most petty and insubstantial reasons. The key factor is that they're murderers, they just have no regard for human life and the main factor in killing is "can I get away with this" the motive is a strict risk vs reward, if they think the risk is low then they'll kill for the tiniest reward.
But we don't have any direct evidence the police are responsible for Thomas Brown's death. They're definitely doing something wrong, even in the best case scenario they're grossly incompetent.
Motive??? He pissed off the sheriff and made him look bad policing out of his jurisdiction.
Exactly
@John And Abbey I wonder about that Sheriff harassing teens. Makes me suspect there was a predilection for other things...
Yep. You nailed it right there. Dash cam.
This happens often in small towns. Beware.
Dominic Vega lol ok
@@pho3nixinflight I'll wait to see you on this channel then lol
Happens in larger towns as well
Yea.... kinda happens all over ,:P
@@jasonhenry5by5 It would not be easy for them to cover up in a large town. They were literally able to block off the area of a dead body, lie about contents of a phone and break almost every rule by not doing an autopsy and destroying a crime scene. That could only be done in a small town where the few in law enforcement know eachother.
Suspect shot in back of head with a shotgun
Police: clear case of suicide
I grew up in a few small towns in the south and the things that you should fear the MOST is the local police and sheriff's office. CORRUPT to the core.
I second this. My town was small, had 16 churches, I was one of two gays, and my best friend was the only black kid in town (not to mention male).
I'm not a fan of cops.
Oh man I dont doubt that in the least.
I replied to a post where police were arresting what looked like a rich white guy & the comment made was he wouldnt have been treated as well if he'd been black. My comment was I'm sure they wouldnt have either but if your not wealthy or tv camera's are on them police find it just as easy beating the crap out of poor white trash. The only ones they worry about are the wealthy because they either worry what connections they may have or figure its better to do a rich guy a favour, could be a job or something in it for them in future. The good ones seem few & far between, especially if there's 2 or more. Hopefully they dont park on train tracks, right. Far out.
This is the human condition. Power corrupts. It is impossible not to be corrupted by power. What nobody has figured out yet (except me) is the only way to prevent corruption in government and law enforcement is to dismantle the hierarchical structure and don't put one single person in charge of anything important. Use the "buddy system" and create teams/boards/panels/committees to manage each branch.
Nathan Lewis should not have been at the top with nobody looking over his shoulder - had he been sharing the role and the power with 5 others, it is likely one of the other Sherrifs would've held him accountable for his bullschitt.
“I’ve been a big fan of yours for quite a while and I-“ *Very good* 😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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This case has always saddened me but you always seem to bring such good dark humor to your videos. I will always appreciate that .
Your hair brightens my day.
It’s quite sad that nothing about this case was ever done properly.
Welcome to the American Justice System
You want the murderer to "properly" investigate his own crime?
I graduated from Canadian High School in 2001. I got to know the Lewis family while living there. I met Nathan Lewis going to High School there. Transferred before junior year. He was a freshman. Seeing this video and hearing about what a complete ass hat he was as the sheriff there and how he completely bungled this case just makes my blood boil.
If this were my child I couldn’t live with knowing there was no autopsy and that none of it makes sense. I think this is being covered up or something.
His mother could have requested and paid {go fund me} for an Autopsy. I am puzzled why she didnt.
@@lukegervais6257 some people dont know what gofundme is , espeacilly if they are older
@@titmaus7732 does she know what an autopsy is?
@@lukegervais6257 i believe you have to pay for one if it's not done for an investigation? I have no idea the actual cost but I bet it's pretty pricy. She might have not had the money to do it :(
@@LunaSDominni this is in the last couple of yrs. That is why I mentioned Go fund me
This 1 stinks
Video 27 seconds in: "remains of missing Canadian"
Every Canadian: "Dammit not again"🤦🏽♀️
@Angry Hippo Yeah, it's weird. I know there is the town in Texas name Paris.
I would have said canadianans just to save confusion...
Hahahahaha this is so true! He's always commenting on how. " He thought Canadians were supposed to be nice." I definately winced at first 🤣
You guys gotta figure out your Highway of Tears
Texas is the Canada of the south
How the fk can the attorney generals office say “there’s no evidence of foul play”. The whole story stinks of murder and cover up, hopefully one day Tom and his family get the justice that’s due to them.
Thank you for covering this. My dad grew up in Canadian so when we first heard about Tom's disappearance, my family followed the story. We still pray for his family and friends. I pray one day there will be justice.
Justice is lost, justice is raped, justice is done....what does that mean to you
@@sumner-kv3gh chill out bro justice is coming just not in this life
This case is near the area I live currently live near, and it's a humdinger of a case even now. I don't have time to watch the whole video before work, but it's gonna be a great one to watch when I get home.
Whenever something stinks and "makes no sense whatsoever," it's because the people charged with finding the killer aren't interested in finding themselves.
Even worse: are actively preventing finding him. Because either themselves or a relative are involved. How terrifying, and despicable.
UPDATE: apparently Klein are moving forward to prosecute later this year.
Good to know!
@@endosmokingtv3391 They couldn't say but they might have updated their Twitter by now.
Spencer Herren “
We are in the process of completing the investigation side of the case to which my team and myself fully anticipate moving to the prosecution phase of this case sometime near the middle or end of the year.
We want the public to know that we have worked hard on this case and fully anticipate a grand jury to hear it soon.
Due to moving to the prosecution phase - again we cannot provide details.”
@Spencer Herren Well obviously: prosecutors prosecute. I gather they are moving to a "prosecution stage" in their investigation.
What is their Twitter, if you know? I'd like to keep updated.
It’s been years and there been zero updates on this case. They’ve just buried it. It’s so sad because it’s such a small town where everyone knows everyone, I knew tons of people just because we played against them in sports, including Tom. Canadian always seemed like the perfect, pristine town. It has a lot of oil money so we were all jealous of how nice everything is there, we literally just thought it was the perfect town. This doesn’t just haunt the family and small town, it hit the whole panhandle. The fact they’ve just brushed it away is so frustrating.
Shell casing but no gun. "He might have killed himself."
Bretton Ferguson But to be fair, almost everyone in Texas has loose casings rattling around in their trucks somewhere. It's just a part of the culture.
@@revolutionunderground but to also be fair, there has not been one single time in reported history where the body wasnt found at the point of suicide, unless moved by a third party, or some other natural means.
That's why cause of death is so important we need to know how or what was the cause of Death.
Revolution Underground What about blood spatter and pools of blood? Is that a Texas thing too?
@@revolutionunderground as a Texan I have never met anyone who has spare shell casings lying around in the car... also I have never even met anyone who carried their gun around in their car(most have them at home for protection) So I think it's a broad assumption to make as to that "that's obviously why" especially when most evidence points to foul play.
If he filled his car up then went missing and the car shows up elsewhere, how much gas was used?
Good point, also a little weird (sort of) that he would even fill up his truck if he was planning on killing himself, seems like an odd thing to do if you're going to kill yourself.
I swear, investigators should read the comment section in order to solve a crime. You guys make more sense than they do.
God Allows UTurns
@@Scratchingforcash that's a given, the cops always doin some scheming shit lol.
Every other RUclipsr should take notes from you on the proper volume, timing and tone of music when used. It’s very refreshing...cheers!
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Gosh yes, some of the AskReddit scary story type videos have this overpowering epic orchestral music behind them & it's very distracting & obnoxious-
IKR! I'd rather watch him than ANY media reporter. And he's likable.
This case has haunted me for years! Having sons of the same age, it really hits home, especially knowing this happened in a small town. I pray that his family finds answers! The County Sheriff's Dept. looks shady af!
More crooked cops on cartels' payroll... Poor kid probably witnessed something he wasn't supposed to, became a high risk loose end and was silenced before he could tell anyone what he saw.
I think this is the same thing that happened to Brandon Lawson. I have the strongest feeling that's what's going on in these cases.
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The sheriff's department is very different from police or other type of government agencies. They are largely independent and operate in a local level. They have very unique powers and are elected officials.
Yes I agree. He saw something he shouldn’t have.
maybe the two officers were sleeping together and that’s what he saw
Didn't like ur comment because it had 69 likes :)
Thomas Brown sounds like a really nice kid, really sorry for his family.
Cops at every level continue to look out for each other.
That's the reason I firmly believe there's no such thing as a "good" cop. They lie, cheat and steal to protect their brothers
@@stephennutter6244 Okay, you're wrong though.
@@ILikeToLaughAtYou , wouldn't be the first time.
Most cops are good people. It’s the roughly 20% that are assholes and probably less that 3% that are the total fuckups that cause major problems with people, and this is true of all races by the way, anyone who thinks just blacks or minorities face these things is brainwashed by bullshit. Small towns, however, can be very dangerous if corruption is inherent because there’s a major ego driven power trip given with the badge and essentially no consequence for negative actions.
@@OCRay1 My only concern about that statistic, though, is that while only some cops are actually committing crimes, almost ALL of them are helping cover up those crimes. Just rifle through the cases and you'll find that the only times crooked cops get justice is when some high authority like the FBI investigates it. You never see a fellow cop in the same jurisdiction turn in the crooked cop. They will always protect each other, even if they know the truth. I would love to be proven wrong, and that is no joke, so if you've got such a case please share it. I'd love to regain some faith.
I've never heard a more despicable case of an official working so hard to maintain his opinion an opinion that only serves his pride, how dare these people pretend they are seeking justice for this young man while working so hard to win a right fight with a mom who can't ignore her truth! Its disgusting to hear! :(
I’ve watched so many different videos on this case, and I still say that sheriff did it or he knows who did and is covering for them.
Exactly, and he's continued to get away with it
T Porchia I think he has gotten away with it.
Shawna Rae has an excellent and in depth video about this case
Sabrina DawnMONCUS Peters Thanks! I’ll go check it out!
Sabrina DawnMONCUS Peters yes! shauna’s videos are excellent. I hope she’s doing ok as she’s not released anything new in ages.
“Thanks man I’m a really big fan...”
Anddd that’s enough out of you.
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jaydenrock I would of cut off that annoying fruity voice to
Fill me in who is that other person?
@@mishelcruz1533 his channel is night docs I have never heard of him before this collab but I plan to check him out
I love how Mike cuts off the guest hosts whenever they’re saying something complimentary.
I want to cut off the dead robotic voice
The way you cut the guests off is absolutely hilarious 🤣 this is LITERALLY my favorite channel on YT 😍
Now I’m curious...is there a place called “American” in Canada? 🤔
Such a ridiculous name, isn't it?
Elephant Shoes
Lol 😂
Technically, Canadians are North American. But there is a Canada in England and a Canada, Kentucky.
That's funny!
@JBone Philly what? You looking for some? There are better websites than RUclips for that lol
Yeah something STINKS, like the SHERIFF'S OFFICE somebody Covering for somebody. Which is TRULY SAD. SMDH. GOD BLESS THOMAS AND HIS FAMILY. 💔
I was soo confused for a second till I seen it said Canadian Texas
Dylan Wicklund Same here!
I had to pause and replay it tree times cuz all I saw was OKLAHOMA. 😬
You "seen" it? I think you mean you *saw* it
"There's no viable evidence that indicates foul play." (17:07)🤔 EVERYTHING about this case indicates foul play. Cadaver dogs solely search for that unique scent & the dog found that in Tom's car. So, the cadaver (Tom) left his car, scattered items around the area, & traveled 14 miles from there?