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Authorities: Killer pawned victim's jewelry

Edward Brown, who has been charged in connection

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Edward Brown, who has been charged in connection with the death of a Glen Cove man reported missing on Dec. 17, leaves Nassau police headquarters in Mineola to be arraigned. (Jan. 4, 2013)

A Glen Cove man bludgeoned to death his childhood friend, hid the body in a neighbor's backyard and pawned the dead man's jewelry, authorities said Friday.

The man, Edward G. Brown, 46, confessed to the crime and led police to the body, prosecutor Martin D. Meaney said Friday in court, where Brown was ordered jailed without bail on one count of second-degree murder.

Earlier Friday, Brown...

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