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Duquesne University announces it has reached settlement agreement with Dannielle Brown following her son s death
Marquis Brown, who went by Jaylen died in 2018 after he jumped from his dorm room 16 stories up. Share Updated: 6:48 PM EDT Apr 8, 2021
Duquesne University announces it has reached settlement agreement with Dannielle Brown following her son s death
Marquis Brown, who went by Jaylen died in 2018 after he jumped from his dorm room 16 stories up. Share Updated: 6:48 PM EDT Apr 8, 2021
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Show Transcript MARCHING FOR MARQUIS BROWN, THE DUQUESNE STUDENT WHO DIED BACK IN 2018. POLICE SAY HE FELL FROM HIS DORM ROOM WINDOW. BUT HIS MOTHER AND OTHERS ARE CALLING FOR A DEEPER INVESTIGATION INTO HIS DEATH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER KATELYN SYKES IS THERE WITH THEIR MESSAGE. KATELYN: NO ONE IS AROUND ME RIGHT NOW SO I’M NOT WEARING A MASK. JAYLEN BROWN’S MOTHER, DANNIELLE, IS DEMANDING AN
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Dannielle Brown shown in July 2020, during her hunger strike at Freedom Corner in the Hill District.
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Dannielle Brown, the mother of a Duquesne University student who plummeted to his death from a dorm room window, has settled her claims against the university, according to a statement from her attorneys and the university.
Marquis Jaylen ‘JB’ Brown had just turned 21 when, after an evening at a friend’s off-campus apartment in October 2018, he began acting erratically back at his dorm, Brottier Hall, officials said. Campus security responded, and the chain of events ended when they said Brown picked up a chair, broke a window and jumped from the 16th-floor window.
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On Thursday, Dannielle Brown announced that she has ended her hunger strike after 237 days. Brown made the announcement, in addition to saying she d created the Marquis Jaylen Brown Foundation in honor of her son, on her 50th birthday at Freedom Corner.
The Hill District site is where she began the protest aimed at getting answers about her son’s death at Duquesne University in 2018.
Brown said she ended her protest on the advice of doctors after she was hospitalized for malnutrition in February. A statement written by Dr. Alex Wagner at UPMC, who monitored her health during her strike, said she was admitted to the hospital with several complaints including severe migraines, vertigo, short-term memory loss and loss of consciousness.