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Appellate court requests complaint file
This story originally appeared April 18, 2004
The entire personnel complaint file against Vincent Brothers, a Bakersfield City School District administrator, must be filed with a Fresno appeals court, the court ordered April 12.

Brothers' records may be withheld from public
This story originally appeared April 9, 2004
FRESNO -- An appeals court on Thursday appeared primed to overturn a local judge's ruling ordering the Bakersfield City School District to release a 1996 complaint against Fremont Elementary School Vice Principal Vincent Brothers, a suspect in the slaying of his family.

Harper brother petitions on estates
This story originally appeared April 3, 2004
The brother of murder victim Joanie Harper has petitioned Kern County Superior Court to administer her estate, noting that Bakersfield police confirmed her husband is a suspect in her death.

Slaying suspect back on the job
This story originally appeared March 2, 2004
Vincent Brothers went back to full-time work Monday at the Bakersfield City School District, working out of a district maintenance and operations office.

Vice principal doing homework
This story originally appeared January 11, 2004
Vice Principal Vincent Brothers is earning his $85,000-per-year salary by revising school bell schedules and analyzing student test data from his home, according to school district officials.

Brothers case revisited
This story originally appeared November 30, 2003
Unfortunately the only suspect in the slayings of the Harper family has fathered another child. Wow! Big deal!

Brothers discloses he has fifth child
This story originally appeared October 28, 2003
Slaying suspect Vincent Brothers, fighting an increase in child support payments for his daughter, said during a conference on the issue Monday he has a fifth child with a woman whose identity was not disclosed.

Federal grand jury probing killings
This story originally appeared October 16, 2003
A federal grand jury in Fresno is interviewing witnesses about the Harper family killings in Bakersfield, The Californian has learned.

Brothers claims harassment
This story originally appeared October 15, 2003
Bakersfield police detectives assigned to investigate the Harper family killings aggressively confronted the only named suspect, Vincent Brothers, on Tuesday morning, the attorney for Brothers said.

School district granted appellate hearing on release of Brothers files
This story originally appeared September 30, 2003
A Fresno court will hear an appeal from the Bakersfield City School District to stop the release of files detailing allegations of violence and sexual misconduct against Fremont School Vice Principal and homicide suspect Vincent Brothers.

Homicide probe progressing
This story originally appeared September 24, 2003
Bakersfield Police Chief Eric Matlock said he's optimistic that the Harper family quintuple homicide case will be solved, but he can't say when an arrest will be made.

Search warrants in Harper slayings to be kept under wraps, judge rules
This story originally appeared September 23, 2003
The search warrants issued during the investigation of the Harper family slayings will remain sealed and out of the public's view, a judge wrote in a ruling issued Friday.

Ruling on Brothers' records stands
This story originally appeared September 18, 2003
A Superior Court judge denied a motion on Wednesday by the Bakersfield City School District to reconsider releasing personnel records detailing allegations of violence and sexual misconduct by Fremont School Vice Principal Vincent Brothers.

BCSD to ask judge to reconsider ruling on file
This story originally appeared September 12, 2003
The Bakersfield City School District plans to ask a judge to reconsider his ruling ordering the release of portions of a vice principal's personnel file.

Board votes to appeal ruling on Brothers' records
This story originally appeared September 9, 2003
Bakersfield city school officials won't yet give up portions of personnel records of quintuple murder suspect Vincent Brothers.

Judge: Unseal Brothers' records
This story originally appeared September 6, 2003
A Superior Court judge ruled Friday that school district records regarding allegations of sexual misconduct, violence and threats of violence by Fremont School Vice Principal Vincent Brothers should be released to The Californian.

Brothers kept on paid leave
This story originally appeared August 30, 2003
Fremont School Vice Principal Vincent Brothers won't be coming back to work next week, officials with the Bakersfield City School District announced Friday.

Judge denies bid to close courtroom
This story originally appeared August 28, 2003
A Superior Court judge on Wednesday denied a request by the Bakersfield City School District to seal legal filings and close the courtroom to the public during hearings on a public records lawsuit filed by The Californian.

Gone but not forgotten
This story originally appeared August 26, 2003
Many Fremont School students and parents said they miss their vice principal, Vincent Brothers.

Supports Brothers
This story originally appeared August 25, 2003
I was both shocked and saddened to hear the news of Vincent Brother's loss -- but even more so that he would even be accused of such a horrific crime.

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