The report also revealed that Houks ex-boyfriend had learned he was not the biological father of Houks youngest daughter just two weeks before the murder. Attorney Dennis Elisco told WPXIthat he believes the supreme court made the right call in exonerating Brown, whose record he believes will eventually be expunged. On July 18, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction in a 50 decision. [He] never changed his story. The justices attacked the evidence as insufficient and said that the juvenile trial evidence pointing to a shotgun in Brown's bedroom as the murder weapon supported an equally-reasonable conclusion that it was not the murder weapon. I was just going to walk in to wake her [Kenzie Houk] up. I think the ex boyfriend did it. Investigators on the case told "20/20" in that rural area of Pennsylvania, Its fairly common, most especially young males would grow up with learning to shoot firearms.. According to a search warrant filed Friday, police found the gun outside the boys bedroom, along with a blue blanket with a hole the size of a quarter and burn marks. Judge Hodge adjudicated the now-15-year-old Jordan Brown to be delinquent (the juvenile court equivalent of a guilty verdict). Jordan Brown mug shot AP Photo/Lawrence County Prison via Beaver County Times. The Mesquite High School student had just left a party . TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. This is precisely what would have had to have happened, Colafella added. My sister Jenessa woke me up, said Jordan Brown. Time flew when you were reading.. In a rare move, the highest court in Pennsylvania ruled that "there was insufficient evidence" to prosecute the case. The bed was all ready diapers were where they were supposed to be and everything, yeah she was ready.. I came across a blog which claims that Kenzie's abusive ex had threatened to kill her or have her killed. Jordan, who had a bedroom upstairs, had already moved his clothes into that downstairs bedroom. It was a whole different world. The police asked me if there was anybody out there that I thought would've done something to her. Police say Brown walked into his father's bedroom, shot his future stepmom with a hunting rifle and then boarded a bus for elementary school. Christopher Brown and his once-partner, Mildred Krause, gladly welcomed Jordan Brown into their lives on August 12, 1997. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Its been a nightmare for nine-and-a-half years, Chris Brown said. Police also said they found a 20-gauge shotgun shell casing in pristine condition next to the familys driveway the next day. [18], Brown is currently a college junior studying computer science. TACOMA, Wash. - A memorial stands outside the doors of World of Weed in Tacoma honoring the life of an employee killed during an armed robbery that happened this past weekend. Her mom said she doesnt care what Browns next step is; she believes he killed her daughter. After Brown had spent more than three years in a juvenile detention facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, while Pennsylvania courts deliberated his status, Brown was tried as a juvenile and found guilty of being delinquent by a judge on April 13, 2012. Pennsylvania State Police Corporal Jeffrey Martin, now retired, says he was one of the first responders on the scene. You know, it's just a truck, he told "20/20." [I'd say,] Jordan, listen, if something happens. I agree with a lot of the previous comments- the bald cop was way too defensive, the girls story changed and that was ok but his story changed and it meant he was guilty, the ex had all the motive and he said he didnt do it so they said ok. What really gets me though is that grown men who have prior criminal experience commit murders, try and clean up the scene, and still leave physical evidence. In July 2018, the court sided with Jordan Brown, writing that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania had failed to prove Jordan Brown guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. I still love her. I believe that testimony, further more with: "She told officers she asked Jordan Brown about the source of the sound, but he would not answer. Yes kids will add to their story but that is because of their recollection process but adults do too. Jordans motive, McGraw believed, was that he was jealous of the new baby. When his mug shot was taken, Jordan Brown said he had been crying the whole night. Judge Hodge issued a juvenile court opinion on April 19, 2015, again finding that Jordan was the individual who killed Kenzie Houk and her unborn child on the morning of February 20, 2009. [4] A petition signed by nearly 4,000 people protested what it termed as denial of Brown's fifth and sixth amendment rights. Simpson became the immediate suspect, and seemingly fled from . The arrest of an 11-year-old for murder quickly gained wide media attention, and suddenly Wampum, Pennsylvania, a town with a population of roughly 600 people, had millions of eyes on it. "She was yelling, 'You killed my father! Read that Supreme Court order and realize that this kid was done wrong., 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. She was thrilled, thats what she wanted, Houks mother Debbie Houk told 20/20. The clothing was washed. I just read about this and came to this subreddit looking to see if anyone posted anything about it. Alan's stepmother, Rosalind L. Brown, and her brother, Montel Pettiford, were eventually convicted of his murder. RELATED:If Casey Anthony Didn't Kill Her Daughter, Who Did? Of course a killer is going to say I didnt kill her, and of course a violent man who would kill his pregnant ex would be raised by an equally violent man who would have no problem providing an alibi for his son. They attempted CPR, but it was too late. [They] put me in the back of the car and they took me to the police barracks. You dont just win a lawsuit over injustice for no reason.. 11 is not too young to wield a shotgun, and we dont know anything about his interactions with his dads fianc. The discovery of that shell was not significant.. Meika's father, Spencer Jordan, and stepmother, Marie Magoon, were initially convicted in June of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years.. Chris Brown said he drove every day, 230 miles round trip, to see his son in detention. I hope the state police reopen their investigation and actually try to take their blinders off and find out whoever did this so that that family can have some closure and some justice.. As an investigator, you have to look at everything.. By Joe Mandak - News.yahoo.com. ". Brown, who has lived with his uncle since being put on probation in 2016, was not in police custody and had met all of his treatment goals, Burdick told The Associated Press. Jordan freely admitted he knew how to handle a gun, and the gun powder was only found on his sweatshirt, which hed worn on a duck hunt just a couple days before. We must demand to know how the Pennsylvania State Police could establish policies that would allow this tragedy to occur, and, even more to the point, encourage the occurrence of tragedies like this one.. I did not know what the sound was, said Adalynn, who was 4 years old at the time and is now 13. Jordan Brown, now 17, insists he is innocent despite being convicted of killing his father's pregnant fiancee in 2009. . Though life had taken them in different directions for a while, they reconnected and were getting ready to officially tie the knot, and give birth to a baby boy they had already named Christopher. Pay for the crime that you did, Deborah Houk said in a phone interview Wednesday. While the decision did not declare him innocent of the charges, he cannot be retried. She feared him, Chris Brown said. When he was just 11, Brown was charged with the murder of 26-year-old Kenzie Houk, who was eight months pregnant at the time. The lawsuit claims the only evidence against Brown was a coerced and fabricated statement of his soon-to-be stepsister, who was 7-years-old at the time. Interviewing those involved, with the goal of finding out who killed Jordan and why? That way I know what was trying to be said, and then thats how I read, he said. I also signed up to comment. Early in the investigation, a number of people including Chris Brown told police they should look into another person -- Houks ex-boyfriend of six years, Adam Harvey. Now, he was losing his son. The 26-year-old Houk and her unborn baby died Feb. 20, 2009, when she was shot in the New Beaver Borough farmhouse she shared with her daughters, her fianc, Chris Brown, and his son Jordan,. A subreddit dedicated to the unresolved mysteries of the world. Houks father, Jack Houk, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he and his wife Debbie, who have raised Houks two daughters since her death, are distraught. His lawyers continued to file appeals in order to have his juvenile conviction (adjudication) overturned. As the conversation petered out, she hugged mea stronger one than usual. That day, she said she remembered being woken up by the sound of a gunshot. I was happy. Houks older daughter, then 7, also said she had heard a loud noise in the house around the time of the shooting. When asked what message he had for the police troopers who'd arrested his son, Chris Brown said, Shame on you, is probably the most polite way to put it.. Adrian Jones's short, tortured life was spent isolated from outsiders, confined in filthy, mice-infested houses where he was "home-schooled" by the parents who ultimately killed him, according. She was interviewed four times in 14 hours after her mothers death, according to the lawsuit. And I was in there. Her family says Adalynn shared bits of her story over the years, but its something neither police nor Jordans defense team have ever heard. The 25-year-old criminal was born in Pennsylvania, United States. I miss her every day, he said. The state Attorney General prosecutor asserted that Houk was killed by a youth-model Harrington & Richardson 20-gauge shotgun, a Christmas gift to Jordan from his father. Emma Tustin, 32, murdered the boy by . The teen was killed on Tuesday around 12:30 . Justices said in their 2018 decision that prosecutors presented largely circumstantial and insufficient evidence, saying among other things in trial testimony that a 20-gauge shotgun in Browns bedroom was the murder weapon actually supported an equally reasonable conclusion that it was not used in the murder. 2016) (In re J.B. III), the Superior Court affirmed the juvenile court, and rejected claims that the juvenile court had improperly reassessed the evidence and made new credibility determinations in ruling on Brown's post-dispositional motions. Everything is gone. You know, if something happened, tell me. Police said what really turned the case for them were additional interviews they conducted with Jenessa and Jordan the night of the murders. I can't even imagine all the pain Jordan Brown and his family went through :/. (This account of the case is pulled from reports by ABC News, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Post-Gazette and available court documents.). A man has been jailed for 21 years and his partner for a minimum of 29 years over the torture and killing of his six-year-old son, Arthur Labinjo-Hughes. But in the complaint filed in federal district court Wednesday, Brown and his attorneys say state police investigators manipulated interviews, evidence and procedures to push the narrative that Brown had killed his soon-to-be stepmom. Wright alleges in the lawsuit that investigators failed to follow protocols for interviewing children when they talked to Houks two young daughters and when they interviewed Jordan. And I don't know if that happened in this case, Martin said. Like he couldnt have parked nearby overnight watching the house then pull up when he went to kill her WITHOUT dusting off his car prior? When we interview someone, you expect them to give their account, wait a little while, we interview them again, and they should give the same account. Despite this, prosecutors excluded the ex-boyfriend as a suspect during their initial investigation. He is one. Before watching Stephanie's video, I had very little knowledge about the case besides seeing his mugshot around the internet and people labeling him as one of the youngest killer. A juvenile court judge later found Brown guilty of first-degree murder and homicide of an unborn child. The two of them, plus Browns then-11-year-old son Jordan and Houks two daughters, then-7-year-old daughter Jenessa and then-4-year-old daughter Adalynn, all from their previous relationships, had recently all moved in together in a farmhouse. So that's what I was going to get.. Those law enforcement officers who said that they smelled [that the gun] was recently fired, they conceded that they had no expertise or training, said Jordans attorney Dennis Elisco. It was one of a half dozen incorrect characterizations in the summary that were not in the transcript, Wright said. I agree, the more I think about the more unlikely it seems. Jordan Brown spent seven summers in detention and was released in 2016 when he was 18. I guess the big question is whether the residue on the child speaks to being in the room, or if it speaks to pulling the trigger. In an exclusive interview with 20/20, she told her own account of what happened that morning of Feb. 20, 2009, and some of it conflicts with the police timeline. Browns hands were swabbed for gunpowder residue and came back clean. Now 21, Brown, who spent more than. Yet we are supposed to believe that an 11 year old kid left no physical evidence while committing a murder and hiding evidence within a few minutes while his sister sits in the other room waiting for him. I can remember just looking at Jordan and feeling like we had failed him. Submissions should outline a mystery and provide a link to a more detailed review of the case such as a Wiki article or news report. According to The Associated Press, Kenzie Houks ex-boyfriend had a history of threatening her, and Houk and multiple members of her family had restraining orders against him. Brown was found guilty of first-degree murder and homicide of an unborn child in connection with the death of his fathers fiance Kenzie Houk. More than two years after Jordan Brown was charged, a judge ruled that his case would be moved from adult to juvenile court, where instead of facing life in prison he would get out far earlier. Police said she told them she saw Jordan moving his guns that morning. WAMPUM, Pa. -- Jordan Brown was 11 years old when he was arrested and initially charged as an adult for the murder of his pregnant, soon-to-be stepmother. Nearly two years after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court cleared him, Mr. Brown is suing an ex-state police commissioner and former troopers. Had to bc this case fascinates me and I was looking for a good discussion on here and this is literally the only one I can find. And then, Jordans defense attorneys pointed to the troopers who had said Jordans shotgun smelled as if it had just been fired when they arrived at the house that morning. The blanket being outside Jordans bedroom is not surprising. And he told me everything was going to be all right, and I just sat there and cried.. Harvey told police he didnt harm Houk, telling them he was sleeping at home when she was killed. I used to hate it. They had a warrant for Jordan's arrest. The day before Emily was murdered James (age 16 at the time) came to visit her. This case was investigated by some of the finest police officers in this country, plain and simple. Pregnant Mother's Murder Leads Police to Arrest Her Step-Son Chris Brown and Kenzie Houk had been friends since they were teenagers. Until now. Brown then drove off in a black . "It was Adam Harvey, after all, who had been engaged in a bitter paternity and child-support battle with Kenzie and who, after paying for the support of Kenzies youngest daughter Adalynn for years, discovered through DNA testing that Adalynn is not his daughter afteralland that Kenzie had not been honest with him in more ways than one. [13] He was to remain on juvenile court probation until he turned 21. But when police pulled him over in that truck the day of the murders, they determined that he could not have made the almost 24-mile drive over to Houks house and back to his neighborhood because snow left on the hood was still intact. Why would the police ignore it? Cinnamon Brown, whose sensational 1985 murder of her stepmother at her father's urging was the subject of two books and a television miniseries, is free after serving seven years in a California . This is final piece of the puzzle really providing him of his true feeling of innocent, closure put this behind me, Wright said. They couldn't prove that the shotgun found in the house was the one used in the murder, other than a sniff-test (smelling of the gun barrel). It would be another eight months before Jordan would stand trial for double homicide. 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Houk, 26 and about eight months pregnant with Jordans little brother, was found dead in her bed by her 4-year-old daughter on Feb. 20, 2009. The system is very, very wrong.. Especially grief-sticken was the younger . That mug shot of Jordan Brown that sort of became an icon of the story spread across the world, said Pittsburgh-based ABC affiliate WTAE reporter Bob Mayo. But Houks family remains convinced that Jordan is guilty, and that he should receive the maximum punishment and be tried as an adult. Officials say it has been determined that a physical altercation occurred between the victim and Dequan Blount, who . I don't think the kid did it. But omg! As time went on they completely abandoned that statement, which would have been the strongest evidence in the case, and rather tried to pursue a prosecution based upon this forensic evidence.. Police had tried to speak with Adalynn when they arrived at the house, but reported that she was in a state of shock, and could not provide coherent answers. At that time, in March 1997, Krause filed a. I just did & dont understand the grounds they dismissed her ex as innocent. And with the focus on his sons legal plight, Chris Brown said his grief for the loss of his fiance and their unborn baby had to take a backseat. Police found several rounds of ammunition inside the family's farmhouse. I liked her a lot, Jordan Brown told 20/20. I was happy [about the baby] I always wanted a little brother. That morning of Feb. 20, 2009, Jordan Brown said, was just a normal morning as he was getting ready for school. In her first interview, the girl said she did not hear or see anything unusual, according to the lawsuit. I didnt care. ", I just read about this case on people.com. Jordan Brown, now 14, was found delinquent by Lawrence County Judge John Hodge - the juvenile court equivalent of a guilty verdict. Houk, a hairstylist and a stay-at-home mom, was sleeping in a bedroom downstairs at the time, which was to become Jordans room after the baby was born. Went to school.. Have you been living under a rock? It's more of a weapon of opportunity. Presiding Judge Dominick Motto of the Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Common Pleas Court initially denied decertification and transfer to juvenile court because Jordan would not admit his involvement in the crime. After the arrest, prosecutor John Bongivengo told reporters he was confident in his case against Jordan Brown. Jordan was interviewed by Pennsylvania State Police twice that day and arrested before sunrise the next morning. Jordan Brown was a fifth-grader in February 2009 when Pennsylvania police arrived to take him away as the sole suspect in the shotgun slaying of his dad's pregnant fiance, Kenzie Houk. And we just sat on the couch in the living room waiting and then Kenzie told us to go because the bus is coming and we're going to be late. He was almost 21 when Pennsylvania's highest court said. In statements to the police, Jordan Brown claimed to have seen a black pickup truck parked by his home, resembling the one owned by the ex-boyfriend, on the morning of the murder. Awful Details About The 11-Year-Old Boy Who Murdered His Fathers Pregnant Fianc And Why His Conviction Was Just Overturned, overturned the conviction of Jordan Brown, found guilty of first-degree murder and homicide of an unborn child, questioned prosecutors reliance on circumstantial evidence, If Casey Anthony Didn't Kill Her Daughter, Who Did? Police are still confident Jordan Brown did it.. 11 is pretty young to straight up plan and commit a murder like that, perhaps though some here know of other instances. Bongivengo said police found a spent shotgun shell in the yard. In 2016, Brown was released from juvenile detention, but he and his defense team continued to argue his innocence. And again a third appeal was taken to the Pennsylvania Superior Court. Then the issue became whether Brown's eventual adjudication hearing (juvenile court trial) should be opened to the public, and whether he should provisionally be released while a decision in that matter was pending. By then, Bongivengo had been replaced by a different prosecutor. Its my belief, especially after watching 20/20 that the police had tunnel vision. [I] havent had a chance to grieve properly, Chris Brown said. Her partner and Arthur's father, 29-year-old Thomas Hughes, was found guilty of. Kenzie Houks family is speaking out against the decision. The father (or maybe his lawyer or someone) said theres a murderer walking among us who has been overlooked .any ideas? The youth's father did not publicly discuss the case, until after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court exonerated his son nine years later in July 2018. Dara's mother, 64-year-old Linda McAllister, was shot dead in 2017, and the Hodges' daughter, 23-year-old Jordan Hodge, was convicted of the two murders, along with her boyfriend, 30-year-old . Trooper McGraw believed Jordan threw the shell to the ground as he was walking to the bus the morning of the murders. [12] Judge Hodge would announce Brown's disposition (the equivalent of a juvenile sentence) at a later date. In their decision, justices questioned prosecutors reliance on circumstantial evidence, including a questionable conclusion that a shotgun found in Browns bedroom was the murder weapon. And his father needs to get in the mirror every morning and look in that mirror and say, I am the father of a murderer.. Alan's death devastated his family. He was 75. The ruling in particular objected to the assumption, made by the juvenile court, that no one else but Jordan could have shot Houk. People will believe what they want to believe, but Jordan was innocent. A 7 yaer old probably wont be able to put 2+2 together. The lawsuit also alleges that troopers failed to completely and properly investigate Houks ex-boyfriend who had threatened her and her family previously, had recently moved to the same area as her and had found out he was not the father of her youngest daughter. Meika's mother and stepfather, Kyla and. Brown could have faced a life sentence without parole if he had been tried and convicted for murder as an adult, but he faced custody in a secure juvenile detention center until he reached the age of 21 because he was only 11 when the crime occurred. Police determined that Houk had been shot in the back of the head. Jordan Brown, 11, is pictured following his arrest in the Feb. 20, 2009, shotgun slaying of his father's pregnant fiancee, Kenzie Marie Houk. He shot his father's fiancee in the back of her head, killing her and her unborn child. Cinnamon confessed to fatally shooting her step-mother and was sentenced to 27 years to life in prison. "Sure enough, his dad was the first person to reach out to me . Double jeopardy has attached under the Fifth Amendment, and Brown, now 21, cannot be retried. Not only did the individual defendants in this case fail all of us, the institution of policing failed us as well, Alec Wright, an attorney with the OBrien Law firm in Pittsburgh who represents Brown, wrote in an emailed statement. He was almost 21 when Pennsylvania's highest court said prosecutors had not presented enough evidence to support a conviction. I would also like to hear more about the alternate suspect the lawyer speaks of. The coroner determined Lily had died at least two hours before her stepmother . I lost it.. Feb. Wright says in the lawsuit that state police investigators failed to include any exculpatory evidence that indicated someone else could have committed the murders in their affidavit to charge Brown although he said plenty existed. Jordan Brown, who is attending college and studying computer science, is determined to leave his past behind and prepare for brighter days ahead. Were ecstatic, we believe professionally and personally in Jordans innocence, Elisco told the station. When first responders arrived, Renee claimed her back gave out while she was bathing Lily, causing her to drop the child. But he added that Jordan's hands were never checked for gunpowder residue. I was standing right at the edge of the doorway, and I remember the coroner saying, as he started to touch the body, We have a problem, Martin said. The decertification ruling transferred Brown's case from adult court to Lawrence County's family court division regularly presided over by Judge Hodge, who handled the subsequent juvenile adjudication and dispositional hearings. It just seems like at some point during the investigation he would've broken if he'd been guilty. On July 18, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction in a 50 decision. She said the person on the other end of the line asked to talk to her mother so she went into the downstairs bedroom to get her. The 4 year old who is speaking now; she sure does remember some details from a tragic event. After researching the case more, in particular the testimony of the 7 year old Jenessa. Within a day, Harvey was cleared as a suspect. Deborah Houk, Kenzie Houks mother, said she remains convinced Brown did it. Houk, who was eight months pregnant at the time of her death, was found dead by her four-year-old daughter in the familys farmhouse in Pennsylvania. CLICK HERE to find out how. VOLANT Jonathan Krause insists that his nephew is not a killer. Both children were interviewed and, according to police, neither said anything out of the ordinary had happened that morning. In fact, police said, in his second interview, Jordan changed his description of the black truck and added that there was a person inside with a hat on, ducking down. On May 8, 2013, the Superior Court vacated the finding of delinquency, citing "palpable abuse of discretion" and sent the case back to juvenile court. The shooting happened at their home in Wampum, Lawrence County. [2][3] He was subsequently arrested. [I] went downstairs, got my clothes, went in the bathroom, got dressed. >>PREVIOUS STORY: Man convicted at 11 of pregnant stepmoms 2009 murder exonerated of crime. Accidents happen, buddy. Homicide, something of this magnitude was very, very uncommon, Martin said. They played a big [role] in, like, keeping my head straight, he said. She stood by her confession and . 21-year-old Jordan Brown talks for the first time about going to jail as a boy for a crime he says he didn't commit in an interview with ABC News' Juju Chang. Finally, it felt like a big weight had been lifted off of me. They also found a 20-gauge shotgun that belonged to Jordan Brown. Houk, who was eight months pregnant at the time. I guess you could speculate that. 2023 Cox Media Group. That decision, he told 20/20, is something that's haunted me.. However, Jordan said he remembered seeing a black truck near the garage. And her face was facing me, Adalynn said. The daily journey, however, wreaked havoc on his finances, Chris Brown said. I was so young. And that made me happy. 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