After more than 50 years, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office has found answers in the mysterious cabin fire near Brownstown.
In June 2022, Sheriff Rick Meyer reopened the investigation into a deadly cabin fire on Dec. 18, 1971 on State Road 135 just south of Brownstown.In the fire, Stanley Robison, 17, and Jerry Autry, 19, were found to have died in the fire. A third person, 16-year-old Michael Sewell, was known to be camping with Robison and Autry, but was never positively identified and thought to be missing.Lt. Adam Nicholson was put on the case of trying to find out what happened to Michael Sewell.
With the help of University of Indianapolis professor Dr. Krista Latham, the bodies thought to be Robison and Autry were exhumed. The heavily damaged bones were sent in for DNA testing, but could only back with a positive ID for Robison.
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