Brom killed Ichabod.
We know that Brom tricked Ichabod into taking drugs, and while the Headless Horseman could've been a hallucination, it also could've been a "joke" gone wrong, or even an intentional kill.
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We know that Brom tricked Ichabod into taking drugs, and while the Headless Horseman could've been a hallucination, it also could've been a "joke" gone wrong, or even an intentional kill.