(CNN) A Marine deserter who is facing a murder charge has been placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list of fugitives.

Michael Alexander Brown, 22, is suspected in the killing his mother's boyfriend in Hardy, about 9 miles east of Roanoke, Virginia, authorities there said

Franklin County Sheriff's Office responded to a shooting report in Hardy on November 9. They found Rodney Brown, 54, dead in his home.

Rodney Brown's girlfriend -- who is Michael Brown's mother -- called police after finding Rodney's body in the house, Capt. Phillip Young with the sheriff's office said at the time.

Brown deserted his post at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina in October.

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