Marquis Jaylen Brown, known to friends and family as Jaylen or JB, died under mysterious circumstances on the night of October 4th, 2018. Police were called to Duquesne University to check on Jaylen, who seemed to be in distress. Campus police say that soon after they arrived to his dorm room, he jumped out the 16th story window to his death, completely unprovoked.
When Jaylen's mother, Dannielle Brown, heard about the incident, she was shocked and confused by the incredible story. The details didn't seem to add up, and when she tried to hire an investigator to help, they were met with nothing but dead ends.
All while processing the fresh trauma of losing her son, Dannielle shone a light through the cracks in a system that let her down and pledged to bridge those gaps with a new foundation in her late son's name.
We had the pleasure of chatting with Dannielle about her 237 day hunger strike in a fight for answers about her son's death, and how she plans to build a support system for students in crisis and their mothers, to prevent another tragedy from happening on campus.
Original music and audio production by Louis Levesque.
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LINKS + SOURCES:
Marquis Jaylen Brown Foundation - https://mjbfoundation.net/
Petition - https://www.change.org/p/duquesne-university-president-ken-gormley-justice-for-marquis-jaylen-brown-who-fell-to-his-death-at-duquesne-university
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