ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — In 1977, 17-year-old Louise Betts was kidnapped, raped, and murdered. Curtis Brownell was convicted of her murder a year later and was sentenced to more than 100 years in ...
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board voted unanimously March 28 to keep Curtis Brownell, 69, incarcerated for the 1977 murder of Louise Betts and brutal attack on Kathy Brickey. The board agreed ...