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Reward offered in Orchards-area man’s death

By Bob Albrecht
Published: May 4, 2010, 12:00am

The family of a 39-year-old man found dead inside his Orchards area home is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of his killer. It has been more than three years since Donald James Brown’s body was discovered on Feb. 4, 2007.

“It has been a long three years,” said Brown’s mother, Pat Kuiper.

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office issued a news bulletin Tuesday announcing the reward they hope will stir up new leads in their investigation.

Brown’s parents, Kuiper of Las Vegas and Donald H. Brown of Gresham, Ore., have maintained contact with the sheriff’s office throughout the investigation.

“We have the same agenda; we want justice for my son,” Kuiper said.

Brown was found inside his home fatally stabbed in the head and neck. There was no sign of forced entry, and officers said he likely was killed by someone who knew him. He lived at 9704 N.E. 104th Court.

Brown’s live-in girlfriend, Kimberly Phillips, then 38, came home about 12:40 a.m. and found him bleeding on a bedroom floor.

Brown was an engineer at Frito-Lay when he was killed, and had worked as a commercial fisherman in Alaska.

Kuiper said she’s spent more time in the Vancouver-Portland metro area than she has in Las Vegas in recent years. She’s planning to move back to the area soon, singularly focused on removing her son’s name from the unsolved case files.

“I’m never quitting until my son gets justice,” Kuiper said. “These people don’t deserve to be free.”

Anyone with information about Brown’s murder is asked to call 877-CRIME11, or Detective Rick Buckner, 360-397-2024.

Tips can be sent via e-mail to MC793DJB@gmail.com or by mail to Detective Rick Buckner, P.O. Box 410, Vancouver, WA 98666.

“We’ve basically run out of leads,” Buckner said. “We need more information from the public.”

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