That decision, he told 20/20, is something that's haunted me.. The teen was killed on Tuesday around 12:30 . (This account of the case is pulled from reports by ABC News, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Post-Gazette and available court documents.). 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. PITTSBURGH (AP) A boy who was 11 when he was accused of killing his father's pregnant fiance and her unborn son was found guilty Friday of their 2009 shotgun slayings. 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. You know, it's just a truck, he told "20/20." Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://people.com/crime/jordan-brown-case-murder-kenzie-houk-interview-after-prison/. Feb. And then they took me straight to the county jail. She was thrilled, thats what she wanted, Houks mother Debbie Houk told 20/20. The clothing was washed. People will believe what they want to believe, but Jordan was innocent. In an interview with New Castle News, Elisco addressed potential problems with how the case was investigated. His lawyers continued to file appeals in order to have his juvenile conviction (adjudication) overturned. No question.. 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. But as far as his guiltiness, I know he is. Janessa Houk is seen here in this undated family photo. Jordan Brown, who is attending college and studying computer science, is determined to leave his past behind and prepare for brighter days ahead. I think I have a good idea of the capacity's of each given their age range. Jordan Brown (right), seen here with his father Chris Brown (left), was released when he turned 18 in 2015. ". Police said she told them she saw Jordan moving his guns that morning. State Police Corporal Troy Steinheiser, now retired, interviewed Chris Brown at the state police barracks. And it was a boy. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. I was happy. Im from the nearby area also. I am a step dad to twin 12 year old girls, a 7 year old and a 4 year old for the past 3 years. I'm your dad. Authorities said they also tested Harveys hands for the presence of gunshot residue and found none. Evidence Popularised By A New Documentary And TikTok Theory Suggests An O.J. Chris Brown said he drove every day, 230 miles roundtrip, to see his son at the center. 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. [18], Brown is currently a college junior studying computer science. Only family members were allowed to attend the trial due to. Jordan was interviewed by Pennsylvania State Police twice that day and arrested before sunrise the next morning. In 2016, Brown was released from juvenile detention, but he and his defense team continued to argue his innocence. It's so insane to me how these cops and detectives handled the case. We had a youth model shotgun in the house that had smelled like it recently had been fired, Martin said. Christopher Brown and his once-partner, Mildred Krause, gladly welcomed Jordan Brown into their lives on August 12, 1997. Pay for the crime that you did, Deborah Houk said in a phone interview Wednesday. Jordan Brown said he has mixed feelings about what happened to him. That seems highly unlikely, added Bongivengo. Finally, the truth finally got out, Jordan Brown said. 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. After the arrest, prosecutor John Bongivengo told reporters he was confident in his case against Jordan Brown. 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. A state police spokesman, Ryan Tarkowski, declined to comment on pending litigation. Now, he was losing his son. 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. Went to school.. I went in to wake her up. I just want to be successful. I'd, like, lose myself in the book. Arrested when he was just 11 and charged with killing Kenzie Houk, the pregnant fiance of his father . The coroner determined Lily had died at least two hours before her stepmother . Our website services, content and products are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Adalynn Houk is seen here in the undated family photo. It's such a small window and such an unlikely set of circumstances that one, he found out where she lived. In my opinion, [it was] jealousy, jealousy of the impending birth, he said. And her face was facing me, Adalynn said. Brown was tried as a juvenile after his lawyers fought a judges original decision to try him as an adult. They were saying there wasnt enough evidence. Multiple members of Browns legal team have spoken out about the supreme courts decision. 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. Now 21, Brown, who spent more than. During his incarceration, Jordan taught himself to play guitar and said he became a pretty good basketball player. The blended family seemed to be bonding. 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.. The discovery of that shell was not significant.. CINCINNATI (FOX19) - A 28-year-old man was gunned down in Avondale late Wednesday, Cincinnati police said. A young Jordan Brown is seen here in this undated family photo. 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. Harvey told police he didnt harm Houk, telling them he was sleeping at home when she was killed. On June 13, 2016, more than seven years after his arrest, Jordan Brown was released from juvenile custody, two months before his 19th birthday. Kenzie Houk and her family had a protective order against Harvey after she claimed he had left messages threatening to kill her and her family. It's more of a weapon of opportunity. Investigators interviewed Houks then 7-year-old daughter, only recording the fourth interview. At that time, in March 1997, Krause filed a. Jordan's mother, Mildred Krause, was just four months pregnant with him when she first entered a courtroom to battle his father, Christopher Brown. "Homicide, something of this magnitude was very, very uncommon," Martin said. And I was in there. 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,. ", " The girl also told investigators that she saw Jordan Brown toss something on the snow next to their driveway. However, shortly after his birth, Chris attained full custody as his mother fell seriously ill. 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? Brown then drove off in a black . While the decision did not declare him innocent of the charges, he cannot be retried. After some research I do believe he killed her. 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. 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. Now I can see an adult sticking with their story for a long period of time, but a young kid? Paula Scarlett-Brown, the widow of Pilgrim Assemblies International founder Archbishop Roy E. Brown, told the New York Post on Sunday that she and Brown's daughter, Tiwana Brown, had a major fight over the minister's body just hours after his death on June 2. 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. Dr. Stiles helped her overcome this fear and realize she wasn't like her mother. But authorities transferred him to a juvenile center in March 2009 after his attorneys argued that the adult jail with its three cell blocks couldn't accommodate an 11-year-old boy. But the prosecutions expert witness said that the angle in which the gun was shot could have minimized whats referred to as blowback. They had a warrant for Jordan's arrest. I was hard pressed to believe it back then & now Im even more convinced they had tunnel vision. I can remember just looking at Jordan and feeling like we had failed him. We did not get this wrong, McGraw told 20/20. There is not a trooper on scene that day that has lost one second of sleep over this case.. 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. The blow back argument is hard, but he may have shot her from an angel and spot (door entrance) that may have hid it. [I] went downstairs, got my clothes, went in the bathroom, got dressed. Judging by 20/20s recreations the house was very small. 11 is not too young to wield a shotgun, and we dont know anything about his interactions with his dads fianc. Her unborn son died as well. Jordan Brown, now 14, was found delinquent by Lawrence County Judge John Hodge - the juvenile court equivalent of a guilty verdict. I still love her. In another allegation, the lawsuit provides a transcript of an interview with a former girlfriend of Browns father, a woman who said at least twice that she was absolutely not afraid of Jordan Brown. 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.. In a later interview, after investigators told her grandparents they believed Brown killed Houk, the girl said she saw him with guns that morning and heard a bang. He needed to drive four hours every day, he said, to visit Jordan because hes my son., Jordan Brown said those visits were a lifeline: I dont know what I wouldve done without them.". 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. Its not a weapon that someone's going to carry across the field or carry up a driveway. Jordan Brown was just 11 years old when he was taken into custody in 2009 by Pennsylvania police for allegedly fatally shooting 26-year-old Kenzie Houk, who was expecting Jordan's younger. 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. You know, [he] maintained his innocence throughout from day one, he added. Jordan Brown is alleged to have shot 26-year-old Kenzie Marie Houk, who was eight months pregnant, before catching the school bus on Friday morning, according to the Lawrence County district. In response, he allegedly confronted Houks parents in a nightclub the night before Houk'sdeath. Especially grief-sticken was the younger . >>PREVIOUS STORY: Jordan Browns father speaks out after sons murder conviction overturned. I think the ex boyfriend did it. [I'd say,] Jordan, listen, if something happens. But because few people seem to agree with him, he said, Krause decided to speak out Wednesday on behalf of Jordan Anthony Brown, 11, who is charged with two counts of murder in the shooting death of his father's pregnant fiancee last week in New Galilee. Homicide, something of this magnitude was very, very uncommon, Martin said. Houks mother Debbie Houk told 20/20, Jordan's a murderer. Emma Tustin, 32, was unanimously convicted at Coventry Crown Court on Thursday of murdering Arthur Labinjo-Hughes. 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. 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. The father-son duo was as close as possible and often spent their weekends hunting in the nearby woods. 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. 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.[1]. 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