NORWICH – The man accused of killing a well-known Norwich area apartment supervisor carries a history of domestic violence and drug abuse, former in-laws, co-workers and neighbors say.

“There was always screaming and hollering,” said Tammy Towndrow, a former neighbor to Daniel L. Brown, Sr. during two separate stints on Pleasant and Henry streets. “It was always a domestic dispute.”

Brown, 45, Norwich, is now charged with the murder of 45-year-old city resident Tammy Periard after she was found dead early Thursday morning in the first-floor apartment she rented to Brown on 56 Henry St. Periard, of 167 E. Main St., was reported missing at noon on Tuesday after she disappeared around 8:30 a.m. Monday.

Periard’s family confirmed that she and Brown had known each other since high school, and that he occasionally helped out the property manager by performing side-work for her as a favor.

Brown’s mother, Laura Marshall, of South Plymouth, did not come to the door of her home Thursday afternoon to comment on the charges brought against her son.

“She’s really upset and does not want to talk to anyone right now,” said Priscilla Jones, Marshall’s niece. “She’s pretty distraught.”

Sue Marvin, a former co-worker and relative of Brown’s by marriage, said he appeared normal Monday evening when she saw him in downtown Norwich, nearly 12 hours after Periard was last seen alive.