Prosser mother on trial for killing a best friend caught in bed with her fiancé

A Benton County jury is being asked to decide if a Prosser mother acted in self defense when she killed her best friend after finding her in bed with her fiancé.

When police arrived they found Amy S. Brown holding her dying friend.

Brown, now 38, is charged with shooting Amanda Hill twice in the torso outside Brown’s home in February 2018 after a night of drinking.

The mother of two is on trial this week in Benton County Superior Court for second-degree murder.

Prosecutors are arguing Brown shot her friend after a fight that started with finding Hill in bed with Brown’s fiancé, Brandon Fayard.

Hill’s attorney maintains she was defending herself.

The two women and their boyfriends were celebrating Brown’s 36th birthday and had been drinking in a camper on the North River Road property until after midnight, according to court records.

The celebration continued into the early morning when Brandon Fayard went inside their house to get some sleep.

Hill went inside some time later to use the bathroom. Brown followed her 20 minutes later and found Hill in bed with Fayard, she told investigators.

She said she yelled at them before going to a back porch to have a cigarette.

Brown claimed Hill attacked her about a minute later by pushing her down and straddled her, so that she was on her stomach and forced her face down.

She reported that she was able to break free and reach her Cadillac Escalade where she grabbed her .38-caliber Smith and Wesson Special.

Brown told detectives that Hill only became more violent when she told her to “get off” and was strangling her, according to court records. While she did not feel like her life was in danger, Brown still fired off two shots, said court records at the time.

She tried helping her by putting pressure on the wound and telling Fayard to call 911. When police arrived they found Brown holding her dying friend.