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BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Monday, Clint Brower pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the brutal killing of Micah Harrington.

In front of Circuit Court Judge Lisa P. Dodson, Brower admitted to stabbing Harrington to death in May of 2020. The killing happened inside the laundromat at the Mazalea Travel Park in Biloxi’s Woolmarket community.

Both Harrington and Brower were residents at the park at the time of the killing, but they did not know each other.

Brower told Judge Dodson that he thought Harrington was “going to harm me or others.” When the judge asked him why he thought that, Brower said that Harrington was “moving in a threatening way” but did not have any weapons.

Clint Brower in court Monday morning(WLOX)

Prosecutors said that video surveillance, which captured the interaction, showed the two men standing in the laundromat and talking to each other before Brower launched his vicious attack with a butcher’s knife.

“I took the knife and killed him,” Brower admitted.

Prosecutors elaborated on the crime: Harrington was stabbed more than 30 times and his arm was dismembered. Afterward, Brower said that he tied Harrington up with a rope and dragged the body outside because he “thought the Beau Rivage could put [Harrington] back together.”

Brower also told the judge that he has suffered with mental illness since he was a teenager.

Clint Brower, the man charged with the gruesome knife murder of a neighbor Tuesday, was arrested on an old warrant just hours before the crime.

The day before the May 26 attack, Biloxi Police Department arrested Brower for an outstanding warrant on a 2018 disorderly conduct charge. After his initial appearance before a judge, he was released.

Officers even gave Brower a ride back to his residence and said Brower exhibited no signs that he was going to harm himself or others, and he was calm while in custody.

Harrington’s family and friends were present for the guilty plea. His daughter, Micara Harrington, was emotional and crying as the details of her father’s death were revealed.

Family members of the victim were in court Monday morning.(WLOX)

“Our relationship before he died was spot on. We were best friends,” she told WLOX News.

But, their relationship was not always like that.

“Growing up, we were not super close. My grandfather had custody of me my entire life,” she explained. “My dad, he hasn’t been the best. But when I turned 18, we rekindled our relationship and he was getting sober. He was a really bad alcoholic.”

Micara moved from Tennessee to South Mississippi after her father reached out. From there, their relationship blossomed into one that she always dreamed of, she said.

“I was so proud of him. It was like looking at a dad I never seen before. He wasn’t drinking, he wasn’t doing drugs.”

Micah Harrington and his daughter, Micara Harrington(Micara Harrington)

At the time, Micah Harrington was working for Cory Washburn’s construction company.

“He was a great worker,” Washburn said. “Hard worker, honest man. Came to work and busted his butt.”

Washburn told WLOX News, Harrington was working toward a goal that he made everyone aware of any chance he got.

“The goal was to get his daughter back and to fix that relationship,” Washburn said. “That was his motivation every single day. He wanted nothing more than to have a home and get himself settled in where she could come and live with him.”

“A week before he passed, we had a cookout and he introduced me to Cory and his new friends,” Micara recalled. “He was proud of it, he was showing me what all he accomplished. He was super excited. Then, he bought me a camper. He wanted to fix it up and we were going to live together. I spent my whole life wanting to live with my dad, then the moment it was about to happen, it got taken away from me.”

During sentencing, Judge Dodson stated to Brower that there was “no reason for him to have done this” and described the killing as a “senseless act.”

Then, Brower addressed Harrington’s family and friends in the courtroom.

“I am truly sorry for what happened,” he said. “I want you to know -- it was beyond my control. That’s all I can say. I know y’all have grieved for his loss.”

Brower was sentenced to life in prison.

“Truthfully, it is not the result we wanted,” Washburn told WLOX News. “That guy deserves the death penalty, no doubt in my mind. The death penalty exists for that type of person. He is a danger to society and will be until his final breath.”

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