Sam (2nd, left) and The ApostlesA post-mortem on the 2002 murder of police informant and street gospel singer Sam Brown, a case first detailed by SW: Brown’s killer was sentenced to 39 years last week, in addition to the five years he has served in King County Jail. The case was one of the county’s longest in history, one police and prosecutors labored to win after street dealer Slim Lyons, 59, shot their informant in the back of the head on a hobo camp pathway.