Post by Melissa on Feb 1, 2011 18:37:32 GMT -5
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Boy Aged 11 'Shot Pregnant Woman Dead'
An 11-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of his father’s pregnant girlfriend.
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Jordan Brown is charged with killing his father's girlfriend
Kenzie Marie Houk was found dead in the bedroom of her farmhouse in western Pennsylvania by her four-year-old daughter on Friday morning.
Lawrence County District Attorney John Bongivengo said that Jordan Brown had been charged as an adult in the shooting of 26-year-old Ms Houk and her unborn baby.
There was an issue with jealousy
Kenzie Marie’s brother-in-law, Jason Kraner
Brown misled police by claiming he had seen a suspicious black truck at the scene.
But after inconsistencies arose in Jordan’s description of the vehicle, police re-interviewed Houk’s other daughter who implicated the boy in the killing.
“She didn’t actually eyewitness the shooting. She saw him with what she believed to be a shotgun and heard a loud bang,” Bongivengo said.
The 20-gauge shotgun used in the shooting is designed specifically for children, and such weapons do not have to be registered.
The case has highlighted concerns about how easily children can have access to firearms in the USA.
Boy Aged 11 'Shot Pregnant Woman Dead'
An 11-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of his father’s pregnant girlfriend.
l-boy-shoots-pregnant-woman
Jordan Brown is charged with killing his father's girlfriend
Kenzie Marie Houk was found dead in the bedroom of her farmhouse in western Pennsylvania by her four-year-old daughter on Friday morning.
Lawrence County District Attorney John Bongivengo said that Jordan Brown had been charged as an adult in the shooting of 26-year-old Ms Houk and her unborn baby.
There was an issue with jealousy
Kenzie Marie’s brother-in-law, Jason Kraner
Brown misled police by claiming he had seen a suspicious black truck at the scene.
But after inconsistencies arose in Jordan’s description of the vehicle, police re-interviewed Houk’s other daughter who implicated the boy in the killing.
“She didn’t actually eyewitness the shooting. She saw him with what she believed to be a shotgun and heard a loud bang,” Bongivengo said.
The 20-gauge shotgun used in the shooting is designed specifically for children, and such weapons do not have to be registered.
The case has highlighted concerns about how easily children can have access to firearms in the USA.