Dying in detention: Death in custody

Roxanna Brown

died on May 14, 2008 at the age of 62

while in federal custody in Seattle, Washington


Ms. Brown was detained on May 9, 2008 while getting ready to have dinner with faculty from the University of Washingon, where she was scheduled to give a talk the following day. Brown was considered "one of the foremost authorities on the ancient-ceramics trade in Southeast Asia." She was the current "director of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum at Bangkok University in Thailand."