A significant breakthrough has been made in a decades-old cold case as a 79-year-old man from Colorado has been charged with the 1981 murder of a Texas flight attendant. This development comes after investigators matched DNA retrieved from the man’s discarded trash with that found on the victim’s clothing.

The suspect, Larry Dean Brown, was taken into custody in Colorado on June 8. On June 29, a grand jury in Tarrant County indicted him for murder. Following this, Brown was extradited to North Texas, where he now resides in the Tarrant County Jail.

Brown faces allegations in the murder of Beverly “Casey” Bruneau, a 35-year-old flight attendant with Braniff Airlines. Her body was discovered in her Grapevine apartment on February 13, 1981.

The case, as detailed in an arrest warrant affidavit reported by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, reveals that Bruneau’s boyfriend found her lifeless in her living room around 3 p.m. He discovered her after she did not respond to his phone calls.

An electrical cord was wrapped around her neck, and blood was visible on her face and nightgown, the newspaper reported. The apartment contained evidence that Bruneau had struggled with her attacker, according to the affidavit.

The Tarrant County medical examiner determined that Bruneau had been strangled during the midmorning.

Brown came to investigators’ attention on the day of the killing when detectives went to speak with his wife, who was Bruneau’s best friend and former roommate. Both women worked as Braniff flight attendants and jointly owned a house in Dallas, according to the outlet.

Brown’s wife was working an international flight when detectives arrived so Brown instead spoke with the investigators.

One detective described Brown as evasive and noted that he repeatedly gave similar answers. Detectives also documented a fresh injury beneath Brown’s right thumbnail, where the top layer of skin appeared to have been torn away.

Brown later told investigators that he had injured his thumb while working. The detective did not believe the explanation was consistent with the wound, according to the affidavit.

Investigators also examined financial disputes involving the Dallas house owned by Bruneau and Brown’s wife.

The property had been badly damaged by fires in November 1980. Investigators believed at least one of the fires was arson.

Brown, who had been laid off from his job as a Braniff pilot and flight engineer, held a partial interest in a construction company, the newspaper reported. After the fires, he allegedly obtained repair estimates through that company that exceeded the insurance carrier’s appraisals.

Brown allegedly attempted to pressure Bruneau to sign fraudulent insurance documents with inflated repair costs, according to the outlet.

The case remained unresolved for decades.

In 2010, investigators submitted Bruneau’s bloodstained nightgown and other preserved evidence to a University of North Texas laboratory for additional testing. The examination produced the DNA profile of an unidentified man, according to the affidavit. The profile was entered into the national Combined DNA Index System, known as CODIS, but did not produce a match.

A Grapevine detective began reviewing the investigation again in 2025.

In 2026, Grapevine police asked the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado to help collect what the affidavit called a “covert DNA sample” from Brown.

Investigators retrieved two discarded soda bottles from trash placed outside Brown’s home and sent swabs from the bottles to the University of North Texas laboratory, the Star-Telegram reported.

On May 28, investigators received results indicating that the DNA profile recovered from one bottle could not exclude Brown as the contributor of male blood found on Bruneau’s nightgown, according to the affidavit.

Grapevine police said in a statement that additional forensic testing, including confirmatory DNA analysis, remained pending.

The direction the San Diego Padres will take at the MLB trade deadline remains a mystery, with speculation swirling about whether they’ll dive into the market as buyers or offload talent as sellers. What seems almost certain, however, is that A.J. Preller, the team’s president of baseball operations, is poised to make headlines with a potential blockbuster trade.

As the Padres prepared for their matchup against the Kansas City Royals on Friday, they found themselves just 3 ½ games shy of an NL wild card berth. The team’s performance in the coming fortnight will heavily influence their strategic decisions, prompting the front office to choose a definitive path.

Should San Diego opt to sell before the August 3 deadline, insider Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune has noted that the organization is contemplating trading several key players.

“Several sources indicated that the Padres are keeping all options open, which could even involve trading closer Mason Miller, pivotal left-hander Adrian Morejón, or [Michael] King,” Acee reported.

Just last summer, Preller managed the trade deadline’s most talked-about maneuver by bringing Mason Miller over from the Athletics. If the Padres’ slump persists, there is considerable speculation that the hard-throwing closer might be on the move by month’s end.

King was also dealt to San Diego in the trade that sent Juan Soto to the Yankees in 2023. The right-hander is sporting a 3.41 ERA with 92 strikeouts across 108.1 innings pitched. He has a 6-7 record this season.

King’s mark is similar to his 3.44 ERA in 2025, a season that was headlined by injuries for the pitcher.

Morejon is the only hurler of the trio who wasn’t acquired via trade. The Padres signed the reliever as an international free agent from Cuba. The lefty has posted a 3.42 ERA, which is far higher than his 2.08 ERA last season.

Miller is baseball’s best closer, and it would certainly be tough for San Diego to lose such a talented star. However, the Padres have endured a rough season, and things can’t continue as they are.

Preller has largely operated under the element of surprise, so the Padres shouldn’t be underestimated heading into the trade deadline.

Paul Pelosi, the 86-year-old husband of Nancy Pelosi, finds himself facing legal charges stemming from a recent hit-and-run incident.

According to accusations, Paul Pelosi collided with an unoccupied parked car along the roadside shoulder shortly after 2:30 PM on July 3, in the quaint town of Yountville, nestled in California’s celebrated Wine Country.

On Friday, the Napa County District Attorney’s Office issued a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge against Paul Pelosi.

The complaint alleges that Pelosi caused damage to a parked Tesla and then fled the scene without any attempt to identify or contact the vehicle’s owner.

Deputies discovered Paul Pelosi approximately half a mile from where the crash had taken place.

He allegedly told law enforcement that he was planning on returning to the scene of the crash.

In a police interview following the crash, Paul said he knew he had hit something but didn’t know what, so he continued driving until his car puttered out. 

‘He drove until his car became disabled and was no longer able to continue driving,’ the Napa Valley Police Department said. 

Paul Pelosi is scheduled to appear in court in Napa County on August 14. 

The Daily Mail has reached out to Congresswoman Pelosi for comment. 

Pelosi was driving close to the palatial vineyard estate he shares with Speaker Emeritus Nancy in upscale St Helena when he smashed into a parked car.

Cops say, rather than stopping, Paul continued to drive his brown convertible until it shuddered to a halt and blocked an intersection – the exact spot he previously got a DUI in 2022. 

Paul has since ‘personally apologized to the owner of the vehicle and assured them that he would take responsibility for the damage to their vehicle,’ a spokesperson for the Pelosi family told the Daily Mail, noting the former Speaker ‘will not be commenting further on this private matter.’ 

Napa Valley police sources told the Daily Mail that his car sustained severe damage to the front right, while the empty car he hit was left needing serious repairs to the back.

The latest incident marks the second time Pelosi has been busted by cops in Yountville, having previously been arrested for a DUI in 2022.

On that occasion, he was hauled off to jail after crashing his 2021 Porsche on the way home from a dinner party in nearby Oakville.

The smash, which saw him collide with a vehicle driven by a man called Jesus Lopez, left him unharmed but did see him booked on charges of being over the legal limit.

He later pleaded guilty and was handed three years’ probation by a Napa County judge.

Pelosi’s checkered history of crashing cars also includes a more serious wreck when he was a teenager that killed his brother David, then 19.

Pelosi was just 16 and a high school sophomore when his sports car flipped over in February 1957.

A newspaper report at the time said Paul would be cited for misdemeanor manslaughter. In the end, there was no court case, and he was exonerated by a coroner’s jury.

His brother had urged him to drive slower before the fatal smash, according to a patrolman quoted by the San Francisco Examiner.

‘This is a bad stretch – better slow down,’ David is said to have told his younger brother as he approached a tight curve near the Crystal Springs Dam on the Skyline Highway – now California State Route 35.

Pelosi told Patrolman Thomas Ganley he tried to slow by shifting gears in the stick shift car, but lost control.

‘The car veered across the road, bounced back from a small embankment, climbed 20 feet up another, spun around and somersaulted simultaneously and ended upside down on the shoulder with both youths underneath,’ reported the Examiner.

Tragically, David was declared dead on arrival in hospital in San Mateo, with the coroner later finding his death was due to him being strangled by the neck brace he was wearing.

Despite the early tragedy, Pelosi went on to become a successful businessman – making his Democrat wife Nancy one of the richest members of Congress.

Along with the lavish $25 million St Helena estate, the Pelosis also own a huge townhouse in San Francisco, as well as two commercial buildings, which each rake in an income of between $100,000 and $1 million per year in rental income.

On top of that, the couple own a share in the $2,205-a-night Auberge du Solel – a five-star Napa Valley hotel, which is known for hosting famous guests, among them Sting, Bob Dylan and late greats Olivia Newton-John, and Robert Redford.

In total, the couple are believed to be worth between $114 million and $400 million – mostly driven by high performing property investments made by Paul and stocks in businesses ranging from Google parent company Alphabet to American Express.

This is a developing story.