Post by Melissa on Feb 1, 2011 20:11:57 GMT -5
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Boy shot dad's pregnant lover and then went to school
An 11-year-old boy shot his father's pregnant girlfriend in the back of the head while she was in bed, then got on the school bus, authorities said.
Jordan Brown, of Wampum, Pennsylvania, was charged yesterday as an adult with murdering Kenzie Marie Houk, who was eight months pregnant, and her unborn baby, Lawrence County District Attorney John Bongivengo said.
The charges were criminal homicide and criminal homicide of an unborn child,
The fifth-grader was picked up from school on Friday by Pennsylvania State Police, who found Ms Houk's body at the farmhouse where she lived, about 35 miles north west of Pittsburgh, after her four-year-old daughter told tree cutters on the property that she thought her mother was dead, Mr Bongivengo said.
Yesterday Brown told police there was a suspicious black truck on the property that morning, causing investigators to look into a false lead for about five hours.
But inconsistencies in the boy's description of the vehicle led police to reinterview the victim's seven-year-old daughter, who implicated the boy, Mr Bongivengo said.
"She didn't actually eyewitness the shooting. She saw him with what she believed to be a shotgun and heard a loud bang," he said, adding that the weapon, a youth model 20-gauge shotgun, was found in what police believed was the boy's bedroom.
The shotgun, which apparently belonged to Brown, is designed for children and such weapons do not have to be registered. Brown's lawyer, Dennis Elisco, said the evidence pointed to the gunshot wound being "consistent" with the boy's hunting gun, but he wanted to see stronger proof.
"I believe Jordan did not do this and I'm looking forward to seeing the physical evidence to see if it matches with what I think happened," he said.
The lawyer also said he met the boy's father, Christopher Brown, and planned to file a motion tomorrow to have the boy released on bail and move the case to juvenile court.
Mr Elisco said Christopher Brown was "in a state of actual shock and disbelief".
There was no indication the boy had a problem with Ms Houk, he added. Police said they had no motive for the shooting, and Mr Bongivengo would not say whether the boy confessed.
Neighbour Cameron Tucker said Ms Houk was engaged and had been renting the house for no more than a year.
Mr Tucker said he had never met her fiance, but both of them had children. "She was very protective of her kids," he said, adding that she seemed very excited about her pregnancy.
The murder follows another shocking killing linked to a child.
A nine-year-old Arizona boy accused of shooting dead his father and his father's roommate reached a plea deal with authorities on Thursday.
The boy pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the death of his father's roommate while the murder charge in his father's death was dropped.
Boy shot dad's pregnant lover and then went to school
An 11-year-old boy shot his father's pregnant girlfriend in the back of the head while she was in bed, then got on the school bus, authorities said.
Jordan Brown, of Wampum, Pennsylvania, was charged yesterday as an adult with murdering Kenzie Marie Houk, who was eight months pregnant, and her unborn baby, Lawrence County District Attorney John Bongivengo said.
The charges were criminal homicide and criminal homicide of an unborn child,
The fifth-grader was picked up from school on Friday by Pennsylvania State Police, who found Ms Houk's body at the farmhouse where she lived, about 35 miles north west of Pittsburgh, after her four-year-old daughter told tree cutters on the property that she thought her mother was dead, Mr Bongivengo said.
Yesterday Brown told police there was a suspicious black truck on the property that morning, causing investigators to look into a false lead for about five hours.
But inconsistencies in the boy's description of the vehicle led police to reinterview the victim's seven-year-old daughter, who implicated the boy, Mr Bongivengo said.
"She didn't actually eyewitness the shooting. She saw him with what she believed to be a shotgun and heard a loud bang," he said, adding that the weapon, a youth model 20-gauge shotgun, was found in what police believed was the boy's bedroom.
The shotgun, which apparently belonged to Brown, is designed for children and such weapons do not have to be registered. Brown's lawyer, Dennis Elisco, said the evidence pointed to the gunshot wound being "consistent" with the boy's hunting gun, but he wanted to see stronger proof.
"I believe Jordan did not do this and I'm looking forward to seeing the physical evidence to see if it matches with what I think happened," he said.
The lawyer also said he met the boy's father, Christopher Brown, and planned to file a motion tomorrow to have the boy released on bail and move the case to juvenile court.
Mr Elisco said Christopher Brown was "in a state of actual shock and disbelief".
There was no indication the boy had a problem with Ms Houk, he added. Police said they had no motive for the shooting, and Mr Bongivengo would not say whether the boy confessed.
Neighbour Cameron Tucker said Ms Houk was engaged and had been renting the house for no more than a year.
Mr Tucker said he had never met her fiance, but both of them had children. "She was very protective of her kids," he said, adding that she seemed very excited about her pregnancy.
The murder follows another shocking killing linked to a child.
A nine-year-old Arizona boy accused of shooting dead his father and his father's roommate reached a plea deal with authorities on Thursday.
The boy pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the death of his father's roommate while the murder charge in his father's death was dropped.