That decision, he told 20/20, is something that's haunted me.. By using this website, you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices. And that's when we realized that it was a homicide.. Pregnant Mother's Murder Leads Police to Arrest Her Step-Son Chris Brown and Kenzie Houk had been friends since they were teenagers. And the first person that comes to mind was Adam Harvey. The father (or maybe his lawyer or someone) said theres a murderer walking among us who has been overlooked .any ideas? You can customize your WPXI News App to receive breaking news alerts. Houk had a restraining order against Harvey because Houk had claimed Harvey threatened to kill her and her family. That was a shame., He also did not rule out the possibility of filing a civil suit on behalf of Brown, saying, If I find prosecutorial misconduct, we might find our way to the civil courts., RELATED:Who Is Carolyn Bryant Donham? I'm never not going to be here every day, Chris Brown said. They noted there was no eyewitness, no DNA or fingerprint evidence and no blood or biological material on Browns clothing. 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. Jordan said he and Houk had a strong relationship, and he even called her Mom., She was really nice. But that's why I told them.. Not long after 11:00 A.M. Lizzie found her father's body and called Bridget for help. In the nineteenth century the connection between sexual abuse and homicide was simply not part of . He was 75. Eleven year-old shot and killed his father's pregnant fiancee, setting off a debate about trying him as an adult or a juvenile. You know, [he] maintained his innocence throughout from day one, he added. In 1985, David Arnold Brown masterminded a twisted plot to have his 14-year-old daughter, Cinnamon, kill his wife, Linda, to collect almost a million dollars in life insurance. I remember when this all happened and just read up on everything that has happened since (I had an idea that he was out of prison, but had NO idea that his conviction was overturned based on insufficient evidence). Its difficult to charge an 11-year-old with homicide. I would not bet that she can recall time and detail to provide evidence for the case. I just did & dont understand the grounds they dismissed her ex as innocent. I'm a little on the fence concerning his guilt, but one thing I keep thinking about is this child, 11 years old at the time and now 21, has steadfastly proclaimed his innocence all of these years. The discovery of that shell was not significant.. Jordan Brown juvenile court disposition is treatment. Brown was found guilty of first-degree murder and homicide of an unborn child in connection with the death of his father's fiance Kenzie Houk. Jordan Brown was sitting with his stepsister Jenessa in a room adjacent to the room where the victim was sleeping, run upstairs, grab a shotgun, load it with a shotgun shell, walk over to the bed, place that shotgun up against her head, pull that trigger, kill her, somehow manage to wipe whatever-- bodily fluid or blood might have been contained on the end of that gun, take it upstairs, replace it along the wall, remove the shell, run downstairs while her sister presumably was waiting for him in this very small house All without leaving a single clue., All they really arrested him on, largely, was the statement of Jenessa, Elisco said. I agree, the more I think about the more unlikely it seems. Her mom said she doesnt care what Browns next step is; she believes he killed her daughter. And none of us wanted to put handcuffs on an 11-year-old. In my 25 years, I believe it was the only one in that area that I can remember.. Dr. Todd Grande 1.26M subscribers Subscribe 394K views 1 year ago This video answers the question: Can I analyze the. Meanwhile, officers also went to Mohawk Elementary School to speak to Jenessa and Jordan. 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. They attempted CPR, but it was too late. Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan serves his father, James, a slice of birthday cake as his mother, Doloris, watches during a party for Jordan's 26th birthday in Chicago, on Feb. 17, 1989. 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. And her phone rang.. TACOMA, Wash. Jordan Brown was killed on March 19 at the World of Weed Cannabis Dispensary during an armed robbery. 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.. TPD says they have arrested 21-year-old Jordan Brown for first degree murder. I didn't think anything of it. And I went outside, and I had asked the tree men that were cutting down trees, Do you guys know my grandmas number? And they were like, No. she said. Judge Hodge put Brown on probation in the custody of an uncle who lived in Ohio, just across the border from Lawrence County. Enough evidence without a reasonable doubt? Police arrested Jordan Brown based on the information provided by the girl. 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. And I don't know if that happened in this case, Martin said. Thanks! And I'll say it. Marie Magoon, Spencer Jordan tortured 6-year-old Meika Jordan before death, alleges Crown Spencer Jordan, Meika's father, and Marie Magoon, her stepmother, were originally charged with. If in fact the blanket was shot through then there would have been fibers in the victims hair or embedded in her skull. Houk was found lying in bed in a pool of blood with a shotgun blast to the back of her head, according to court papers. Pay for the crime that you did, Deborah Houk said in a phone interview Wednesday. Speakman said Brown's family lives out of state, so when he heard Jordan was murdered, he reached out to the family on Facebook. He had 120 seconds to kill her and clean up. Multiple members of Browns legal team have spoken out about the supreme courts decision. I don't think the kid did it and I honestly do think the cops jumped on him and didn't do their homework. 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. He was almost 21 when Pennsylvania's highest. In April 2017, when Roy Oliver, a 37-year-old white police officer in Balch Springs, a suburb east of Dallas, shot and killed an unarmed 15-year-old black teenager named Jordan Edwards as he. Now 21, Brown, who spent more than. Janessa Houk is seen here in this undated family photo. I gave him every opportunity. Police said what really turned the case for them were additional interviews they conducted with Jenessa and Jordan the night of the murders. 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. Around 8:15 a.m., Jordan said he and Jenessa left the house to catch the school bus. Jordan was interviewed by Pennsylvania State Police twice that day and arrested before sunrise the next morning. When Jenessa was re-interviewed, police said she had a startling recollection. All I remember was they came and got me at 3:00 in the morning, Jordan Brown said. She wanted financial support payments for Adalynn but he had refused, saying he first wanted proof that the child was his. "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. In my opinion, [it was] jealousy, jealousy of the impending birth, he said. Obtained by ABC News Police determined that Houk had been shot in the back of the head. 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. They told me that her and the baby were gone, and I remember collapsing in the yard, Brown said. Feb. [Then] she told me that when she was waiting downstairs for Jordan to come downstairs and go get the school bus like they normally do, she heard a big boom and she identified it as the sound of a gun, added retired Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Bobby McGraw. He is one. I'm never not going to be your dad. He was almost 21 when Pennsylvanias highest court said prosecutors had not presented enough evidence to support a conviction. Jade Townsend The case that took 44 years to be solved: Arlis Perry Fatim Hemraj Parents Make Shocking Discovery After 15-Year-Old Girl Sneaks Out to Meet a Strange Man Lioness Rue What Leads a. Bongivengo said police found a spent shotgun shell in the yard. 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. Yes kids will add to their story but that is because of their recollection process but adults do too. 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.. 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. I think the ex boyfriend did it. 2023byTango Publishing Corporation All Rights Reserved. Tacoma Police say. Adalynn Houk is seen here in the undated family photo. But still, that side of it, that suffering from the loss and not having any answers, knowing he was falsely accused and the route the prosecutor and investigators took on this, the inadequate investigation. Two of the statements did not show that Brown was guilty, and the others were built on lies that were fed to her by the investigators. She never testified under oath. 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. When his mug shot was taken, Jordan Brown said he had been crying the whole night. On November 20, 2010, Renee King, 29, of Macomb County, Michigan, called 911 to say her stepdaughter, two-year-old Lily Furneaux, was unconscious. That morning of Feb. 20, 2009, Jordan Brown said, was just a normal morning as he was getting ready for school. That way I know what was trying to be said, and then thats how I read, he said. Jordan battled the fear that she would turn out to be like her mother. 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. On July 18, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction in a 50 decision. He kept talking about a piece of fuzz, and I got it out of my pocket and I threw it. In my opinion, he was focused on the shotgun shell casing that he threw after he left the residence, McGraw said. And he told me everything was going to be all right, and I just sat there and cried.. I just want to graduate college, you know, get a job in my major and, I dont know, just be successful, Jordan Brown said. Police also confirmed he had been at work during the shooting, so they quickly eliminated him as a suspect. I think I have a good idea of the capacity's of each given their age range. Alan's death devastated his family. You know, it's just a truck, he told "20/20." [17], Another possible suspect is Adam Harvey, an ex-boyfriend of Houk. Two years ago, Howard County State's Attorney Rich Gibson decided not to charge a Woodbine homeowner who shot and killed a drunken man at his door.The stranger had come to the wrong house . 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. The human-rights organization Amnesty International opposed the effort to try Jordan as an adult, citing the mandatory life in prison without the possibility of parole penalty as a violation of international law. Jordan Brown mug shot AP Photo/Lawrence County Prison via Beaver County Times. ???? And that made me happy. Throughout Jordan Browns stay in detention in Erie, his father continued to ask him whether he'd killed Houk. Judge Hodge ruled that Jordan would not be released pending that hearing. 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