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Home cameras showed beating
Just before 2 a.m. on Sept. 30, 2020, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) received a call from the Oklahoma City home where Aleisha and her younger siblings lived with their mom and dad.
When deputies and paramedics arrived, they found blood smeared across floors and rugs, holes punched in the walls, and Shawntae’s lifeless body on the ground. The 34-year-old mom had been dead for several hours, People reports.
According to a OCSO news release, “there was enough evidence inside the home to take Mr. Brown into custody on complaints of 1st Degree Murder, and Domestic Violence.”
Investigators later wrote that “the victim’s body was covered in bruises, contusions, and lacerations consistent with a severe beating.”
According to the affidavit, Joshua used a shoe, a belt, a semiautomatic weapon, and even a flagpole to assault Shawntae.
Fox 24 reports that video from inside the home – recorded by the cameras set up by Joshua – showed the man repeatedly beating and strangling his wife “over the course of two days.”
Shawntae’s last words
In the hours before help arrived, Aleisha held her mother tightly as she took her last breath.
“I kind of feel selfish that I feel this way, but I’m glad that she died in my arms. It’s somewhat comforting to me,” Aleisha says.
“She told me she loved me,” Aleisha said.
On Oct. 29, 2025, WKRC reports that Joshua pleaded guilty to first-degree murder as part of a plea deal that spared him the death penalty. He was sentenced to four consecutive life terms and, under the terms of the agreement, waived his right to appeal.
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