Brownwood Man Cleared on Charge of Murdering His Brother
By: Lisa Tipton, BrownwoodNews.com
Updated: April 25, 2012
On Monday, 35th District Judge Steve Ellis signed a court order dismissing the charge against Randall Philen who was convicted and sent to prison in December 2011 for the 2009 murder of his brother Ronald.
Philen was released from prison in January 2012 after investigators received new information implicating four other men in the murder.
Efrain Castillo III, Alex Lucky Gil, Jr., Mathew Scott Navarro and Pedro Rocha were arrested in January for the murder of Ronald Philen and were each indicted in late March.
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