Dr. Phil on Charlie Brandt: Killer Child to Serial Killer?

TitleTown Publishing is pleased to announce the book, Invisible Killer: The Monster Behind the Mask, will be discussed on “Dr. Phil” Thursday, March 6, 2014. The friends and family of serial killer Charlie Brandt and his victims will appear to speak about Brandt’s gruesome crimes and the murder of Michelle Jones. Guests will include Michelle Jones’ mother Mary Lou, father Bill, and brother Sean, as well as Jim Graves, Brandt’s former friend and ex-husband to Brandt’s older sister Angela, and Debbie Wheeler and Peggy Moore, friends of Michelle Jones.

Charlie Brandt, now deceased, committed his first murder at the age of thirteen, killing his eight-month pregnant mother and attempting to kill his father and older sister, Angela. Taken into custody as a minor, Brandt was admitted into a mental institution for one year, but no specific diagnosis was made. When released, Brandt moved with his father and the family from Fort Wayne, IN to Florida to start a new life.

Brandt continued to murder young women while maintaining a semblance of a normal adult life. On September 13, 2004, he committed his final crime, taking the life of his wife Teri Brandt and her niece Michelle Jones. He then took his own life. In the ensuing investigation, Florida law enforcement was able to link Brandt to other unsolved homicides over a 20-year period, though the exact number of his victims is currently unknown.

Now, eight years after those two innocent lives were taken, Michelle Jones’ family and friends are spearheading a three-part initiative called Michelle Lynn’s Law. The initiative intends to keep the records of juvenile criminals in an expanded database and examine current existing laws to protect society. Michelle’s father, Bill, has succeeded in passing Michelle Lynn’s Law in Florida, making homicide records involving juveniles no longer sealed. The hope is that one day all states will pass Michelle Lynn’s Law. The Jones family plan to speak about Brandt, but most importantly to spread awareness about invisible killers living among us.

For more information on the Michelle Lynn’s Law Initiative, please visit the Michelle Lynn Jones Foundation at http://www.mlj-foundation.org/.