FORT BEND CO.
Brown's bond at $1 million, suspect remains tight-lipped 
05:59 PM CDT on Thursday, August 17, 2006
Raw footage of Sean Brown going into jail | Brad Woodard's 11 News report | Brown in court
Two men are now in the Fort Bend County Jail charged with the murder of Ashton Glover.
The teenager extradited from Michigan faced a judge Thursday afternoon.
KHOU-TV
Sean Brown being escorted into the Ft. Bend County jail.
Sean Brown arrived at the jail late Wednesday after waiving extradition from Michigan.
Texas Rangers had executed a warrant and escorted Brown to the jail.
Brown appeared somewhat timid as he was led into the courtroom in shackles, but he was arraigned.
The judge set his bond at $1 million, and he remained in jail.
Police say he and Matthew McCombs killed Glover and dumped her body in a field.
McCombs waived extradition and, according to authorities, confessed to killing Glover out of “morbid curiosity. He reportedly confessed to being the triggerman.
Brown, on the other hand, is remaining tight-lipped.
“It is my understanding that he is speaking very little other than giving the basics, name, Social Security number. I’m sure he’s following the advice of his attorney and not giving any information concerning the crime itself,” said Chief Dep. Craig Brady, Fort Bend Co. sheriff's dept.
“He’s holding up well. It’s difficult for anyone to be in jail, especially someone that young and that slight. He’s a very small indidual,” said Brown’s attorney David Cunningham.
Cunningham was not in court for Brown’s appearance because he was stuck in traffic. The next court appearance is September 1, at which point Cunningham intends to seek a lower bond.
Brown and McCombs, the suspects in the murder of Ashton Glover, were stopped on the Canadian border in Port Huron, Mich., last month.
A small battalion of crime scene investigators had executed search warrants at the homes of the two men.
They removed items including shovels, some apparent weapons and a computer hard drive.
This was done at the same time authorities held a press conference, during which they said they had no motive, but did believe that the suspects had misled them into thinking Glover had left a coffee shop with other people.
A the exact time the crime scene investigators were finishing up, two arrests were being made 1300 miles away at the Canadian border.
“The boys were checked from their ID and being as how they were already wanted, is how we got a hit on them,” said Sgt. Dominic Sodolak, Fort Bend County Sheriff's Department.
The suspects, along with Glover, were students at Clements High School.
Fellow students who knew them said the suspects were active in ROTC.
“They were always playing around, like shooting and stuff,” said one student.
McCombs and Brown are both 18.
They had last been seen in a black 1999 Dodge Ram pickup. That is the truck they were in when they were caught.
The suspects were neighbors in a Sugar Land neighborhood were both friends with Glover, according to Fort Bend County Sheriff Milton Wright.
Carolyn Sue Smith, Glover’s mother, said McCombs called her over the weekend and said they had picked Ashton up at a coffee shop but had dropped her off around 2:45 a.m.
Glover's body was found fully-clothed in a Fort Bend County, Oilfield Road and Thompson Ferry Road Monday afternoon, two days after she disappeared.
Officials are now saying Glover suffered blunt force trauma to the head and other parts of her body.
Smith said her daughter was a good person who loved people and loved life.
She said the only thing that will make her smile is knowing those responsible for her daughter's death are arrested and behind bars.
"I don't know how anyone could do that to someone," said Smith. " ... I want to hurt them."
Police said they were able to identify Glover through clothing and a class ring.
More than 750 people attended a candlelight vigil for Glover at First Colony Church of Christ.
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