On November 14, 2003 in the early morning, after 23 years of stalking, Tennent Brown broke into Mary Lynn's home as she was getting ready to leave for work.
He pushed open the door, knocked her on the floor and dragged her upstairs to her bedroom where Tennent raped her, strangled her, and left her in her bathtub where the police later found her.
On April 14, 2013, The Crime and Investigation Network's Look Who's Stalking program televised an episode that documented Mary Lynn's story.
[3] On April 12, 2016, Discovery ID's Obsession: Dark Desires aired an episode based on the tragic story of Mary Lynn.
It ended with a short monologue (speech) given by her sister of the days, weeks, months, after Mary Lynn's death.