Im 100 percent, you know, a whole, clean slate. 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. "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. I think I have a good idea of the capacity's of each given their age range. 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.. Seriously the alibi for the ex boyfriend that threatened to kill her was he had some snow on his truck still..give me a break. Brown then drove off in a black . I was happy. But as far as his guiltiness, I know he is. I can remember just looking at Jordan and feeling like we had failed him. You took an 11-year-olds childhood away from him. Her mom said she doesnt care what Browns next step is; she believes he killed her daughter. It was a frigid day in Wampum, a small town in Western Pennsylvania. 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. The coroner determined Lily had died at least two hours before her stepmother . 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. I have been on the fence after seeing the 20/20 (originally thought he was innocent). Officers responded to a report of a person shot in the 3600 block of Vine Street at 9:16. 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State Police Corporal Troy Steinheiser, now retired, interviewed Chris Brown at the state police barracks. While the decision did not declare him innocent of the charges, he cannot be retried. It's kind of a bittersweet feeling, you know. I didn't understand what was happening. The daily journey, however, wreaked havoc on his finances, Chris Brown said. Its my belief, especially after watching 20/20 that the police had tunnel vision. 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. Chris Brown said he drove every day, 230 miles roundtrip, to see his son at the center. Nearly two years after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court cleared him, Mr. Brown is suing an ex-state police commissioner and former troopers. I didn't think anything of it. 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. 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. Now, he was losing his son. She leaned against the Formica island, her sandy blond hair done up in a bulbous, frizzy ball. Directed by Kyle Saylors, the true crime story is based on 20 years of research by Simpson's former business associate and friend, Norman Pardo. My wife is so much in shock I think Im gonna have to take her to the hospital. This is final piece of the puzzle really providing him of his true feeling of innocent, closure put this behind me, Wright said. 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. Though Mr. Houk fully believes that Brown is the murderer, another possible suspect has been considered. He kept shifting and obviously upset. They are also not smart enough to leave no traces. 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. Houk, who was eight months pregnant at the time. The Jordan Brown case involves Jordan Brown (born August 12, 1997), who was initially charged at 11 as an adult in the fatal shooting of his father's fiance, Kenzie Marie Houk, 26, in New Beaver, Pennsylvania, which occurred on the morning of February 20, 2009. Convictions of first-degree murder against a father and stepmother who killed six-year-old Meika Jordan have been upheld by Canada's top court. I'm never not going to be here every day, Chris Brown said. O.J. Arrested when he was just 11 and charged with killing Kenzie Houk, the pregnant fiance of his father . She feared him, Chris Brown said. [11] After those newspapers decided not to pursue their appeal further, Judge Hodge was directed by another panel of the Superior Court to move swiftly to hold an adjudication hearing. Lawrence County Judge John Hodge found the now-14-year-old Jordan Brown delinquent, the juvenile . According to the 20/20 episode, there was no blood or tissue on the gun, and the police didn't even dust for fingerprints on the door to the house. 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. Jordan denied to "20/20" doing anything with his guns that morning, saying I never touched them.. He knew there was a 20 gauge shotgun that they have in the house and gets there after everybody leaves, before it snows with no tracks, and gets by the tree cutting guys. He has someone that says that he's at home and from the trooper that interviewed him, who said the truck didn't look like it had been driven and we took photos of the truck, Martin said. No way. 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. I agree, the more I think about the more unlikely it seems. They argue that the particle of gunpowder residue on his shirt and pants could have come from the jacket he had worn to a recent turkey shoot. Jordan Brown, 11, is pictured following his arrest in the Feb. 20, 2009, shotgun slaying of his father's pregnant fiancee, Kenzie Marie Houk. Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, was murdered at her Los Angeles home on June 12, 1994, along with friend Ronald Goldman. Speakman said Brown's family lives out of state, so when he heard Jordan was murdered, he reached out to the family on Facebook. Im from the nearby area also. Authorities said Harvey cooperated during the investigation and agreed to take a polygraph. As the years passed, Jordan Brown said he spent much of his time absorbed in the books his father brought him, reading with a dictionary next to him. My sister Jenessa woke me up, said Jordan Brown. I came across a blog which claims that Kenzie's abusive ex had threatened to kill her or have her killed. Time flew when you were reading.. In my opinion, [it was] jealousy, jealousy of the impending birth, he said. This is a really interesting case. Jordan's mother, Mildred Krause, was just four months pregnant with him when she first entered a courtroom to battle his father, Christopher Brown. 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. Investigators interviewed Houks then 7-year-old daughter, only recording the fourth interview. Even with the relationship they had, Adam was still in love with Kenzie. I would also like to hear more about the alternate suspect the lawyer speaks of. I think has just ruined us [from] ever having closure and the person who did this, and for the person who actually did this to pay for it.". 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. After some research I do believe he killed her. -, Press J to jump to the feed. Yes kids will add to their story but that is because of their recollection process but adults do too. A young Jordan Brown is seen here in this undated family photo. [2][3] He was subsequently arrested. The farmhouse in Wampum, Pa. where Kenzie Houk was killed. Especially grief-sticken was the younger . Kenzie Houk, seen here in this undated family photo, and Chris Brown were engaged when she was killed. Last year, Jordan Brown, now 12, was charged with murdering Kenzie Houk, his father's eight-and-a-half month pregnant fiancee while she was asleep. The police asked me if there was anybody out there that I thought would've done something to her. And it was a boy. So we hurry up and went out the backdoor and ran down the driveway. The 25-year-old criminal was born in Pennsylvania, United States. She was interviewed four times in 14 hours after her mothers death, according to the lawsuit. Meanwhile, officers also went to Mohawk Elementary School to speak to Jenessa and Jordan. Martin said the autopsy report determined that Houk had been killed with a shotgun and she had a single gunshot wound to the back of the head. Jordan, who had a bedroom upstairs, had already moved his clothes into that downstairs bedroom. Homicide, something of this magnitude was very, very uncommon, Martin said. This case was investigated by some of the finest police officers in this country, plain and simple. 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. Thats blood-boiling, seeing-red motive. Dr. Todd Grande 1.26M subscribers Subscribe 394K views 1 year ago This video answers the question: Can I analyze the. It just seems like at some point during the investigation he would've broken if he'd been guilty. Christopher Brown and his once-partner, Mildred Krause, gladly welcomed Jordan Brown into their lives on August 12, 1997. At 9 a.m., tree trimming workers arrived to work around the house. Police called Chris Brown at his job in the shipping department at a local tableware company and asked him to come home immediately. They had a warrant for Jordan's arrest. The Mesquite High School student had just left a party . Adalynn Houk is seen here in the undated family photo. That day, she said she remembered being woken up by the sound of a gunshot. She wanted financial support payments for Adalynn but he had refused, saying he first wanted proof that the child was his. A 7 year old will remember that. I went back in the house and I remember a very nice cop had sat me on the chair. I can't even imagine all the pain Jordan Brown and his family went through :/. 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. Another issue Jordans attorneys raised was that there was no blood or tissue found on the gun or Jordan Browns clothing that day. On the morning of Feb. 20, 2009, Chris Brown was running a little late for work. Later that night, as Chris and Jordan Brown were finally starting to nod off around 3:30 a.m., they were startled by a pounding on the door. I'm not going to be mad at you. 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. His disposition order was dated May 18, 2012. Cinnamon Brown, who at age 14 carried out her father's command to kill her stepmother, was denied early release Tuesday by the state youth parole board despite her cooperation with authorities in . 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? Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. Jordan Brown was 11 years old when he was arrested in the 2009 New Beaver, Pennsylvania, killing of 26-year-old Kenzie Houk and her unborn child. Dispensary owner Alden Linn said the impact of Brown's death has been felt . 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? The 4 year old who is speaking now; she sure does remember some details from a tragic event. The Jordan Brown case involves Jordan Brown (born August 12, 1997), who was initially charged at 11 as an adult in the fatal shooting of his father's fiance, Kenzie Marie Houk, 26, in New Beaver, Pennsylvania, which occurred on the morning of February 20, 2009.Jordan was interviewed by Pennsylvania State Police twice that day and arrested before sunrise the next morning. Following three days of testimony and legal argument, Judge Hodge issued his ruling on April 13, 2012, that Brown was responsible for first degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Kenzie Houk and of homicide in the death of her unborn male child. This is precisely what would have had to have happened, Colafella added. The blanket being outside Jordans bedroom is not surprising. I'm never not going to be your dad. 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. Jordan. Kids can be evil. Jordan Brown said he has mixed feelings about what happened to him. Jordan battled the fear that she would turn out to be like her mother. The Pennsylvania Superior Court rejected an appeal by three area newspapers (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and New Castle News) to overturn Hodge's ruling and open the hearing to the public. But what police did discover during their interview with Harvey was that he had recently discovered 4-year-old Adalynn, who was believed to be his and Houks daughter, was in fact, not his biological child at all. As for whether or not an 11 year old could commit this crime, I absolutely believe it is more than possible.