The Criminals
 Meet the criminals who engaged in a conspiracy of attempted murder and torture. From Two Codes for Murder, a true crime story about the attempted murder of Charlene Mitleider and the attempted murder and torture of Muaid Alfuraiji.
From left to right the men in the photo are:
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Floyd Arnold Mitleider
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Marvin K. Brown
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Ivan Darnell Catlin
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James Ray Smith Jr.
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Floyd Arnold Mitleider
Convict No. K-32161, born
April 11, 1958, grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. After
graduation from a high school in the Parkway District,
he attended college and received a bachelor's degree.
He worked for Maybelline before buying two St. Louis
Post-Dispatch routes. In early 1994 he went to San
Diego to buy Hillcrest Liquor and Checks Cashed 1% and
in June of that year married Charlene, his "Forever Girl". The following June
he was arrested for crimes against Charlene.
After his conviction in 1996, he tried to escape from the San
Diego downtown jail. He was sentenced in August 1996
and was sent to Donovan Prison for evaluation. On Feb.
11, 1997, he was transferred to Folsom Prison to serve
his sentences totalling 38 years to Life. Through the
appeals process and because of an error in court
procedure, the 9-year sentence for solicitation was
vacated in 2000. The remainder of his sentence stands. It is now being served in Ironwood Prison, Blythe, CA.
Marvin Keith Brown
Convict No. E-28694, born February
15, 1971, is a high school graduate with a police
record from gang days with Ivan Catlin. He grew up
with the Lincoln Park Bloods "Piru Gang." Police
confiscated at his home a photo album captioned
L.P.BS. with pictures of Marvin and others in the
gang wearing the green attire and throwing Lincoln
Park Gang hand signs.
His arrest record includes:
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the
first at age 18 when Marvin had just graduated from
high school. His girlfriend was pregnant and his son
was born while he was in prison. Along with Ivan and
Kenyon Williams he was convicted in 1989 of two armed
robberies and battery of a girl. He served from 14
February 1990 to 16 December 1993.
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He was arrested
with Ivan for parole violation from his 1989 arrest
and released from prison 18 March 1995.
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On 17 June
1995 he was arrested for the crimes against Charlene
and Muaid. Three strikes. He was sentenced to 106 years to Life. Due to illness
he was confined to the California Medical Facility at
Vacaville, then Atascadero State Hospital.
Ivan Darnell Catlin (nickname Darney)
Convict No.
E-44547, born January 12, 1971, dropped out of high
school. He has tattoos on his left arm (L/Park=Lincoln
Park Gang) and on his right arm (ORIGINAL=short for
original gang) and next to tattoo a pictograph I and
I=Ivan street name for Lincoln Park Street Gang.
Court/police documents 1990 showed Ivan a five-year
member of SYNDO Mob Gang. Found in his apartment when
arrested 15 September 1995:
pictures of Ivan and group wearing green apparel
items=Lincoln Park Gang color;
handwritten RAP lyrics proclaiming gang affiliation
and boasting of violent gang action, speaks of Bloods
Lincoln Park Gang, lyrics declare author to be I and
I=Ivan's street moniker.Even though his appeal overturned the sentence in
connection with Charlene's attempted murder,for the
remaining crimes and the three strikes application he
is serving an 80 years to Life sentence in Lancaster
State Prison.
James Ray Smith, Jr. (nickname "J")
Convict No.
K-15873, was born August 31, 1971. He grew up in
Marshall TX, only finishing 10th grade. He has a
tattoo with Chinese writing on his right upper arm.
Linda Brown (Marvin's sister) was his live-in
girlfriend whom he married while in jail awaiting
trial for his involvement in the Mitleider/Alfuraiji
crimes. He had two misdemeanor arrests: 1) having an
open container at the beach 2) riding on the San Diego
trolley with no ticket. He bought an unregistered
.25-caliber semiautomatic Lorcen handgun from a heavy
set guy at Mission Beach three weeks before arrested.
He used foul language, especially the f-word,
constantly. He is serving 25 years to Life + Life sentences in
Lancaster State Prison.
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