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Plantman · #1 02-22-2009, 11:50 AM

Amazing story. Can you imagine if/when the father visits the kid in jail?

What could possibly be said. What a tragedy.

Boy, 11, charged with killing father's fiancee, who was 8 months pregnant
BY Elizabeth Hays
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Updated Saturday, February 21st 2009, 11:02 PM

AP

Jordan Brown was charged as an adult in the shooting death of Kenzie Marie Houk.

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Kenzie Houk, 8 months pregnant, was shot to death in her bed. Her fiancee's 11-year-old son has been charged.

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An 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy blew away his father's eight-months-pregnant fiancée - then calmly got on the bus and went to school, police and relatives said Saturday.

Jordan Brown was consumed with jealousy over Kenzie Houk's unborn baby and allegedly shot her dead as she lay in bed in the family's Wampum, Pa., farmhouse Friday morning.

Houk was just two weeks from giving birth - and Jordan was charged as an adult with two counts of criminal homicide, including one for the fetus, state police said.

"It's tragic," said a relative who did not want to be named. "They were to be married. He was jealous."

The young suspect's father, identified by family members as Christopher Brown, was at work at the time of the shooting, relatives said.

Jordan was being held last night in the Lawrence County, Pa., jail, but was in a cell away from the adult inmates.

Police did not disclose a motive, but relatives said Jordan was upset about the pregnancy.

"They knew it was going to be a boy. She had just gone to the doctor," one said. "Chris was paying more attention to Kenzie and the new boy coming along, so he was upset."

Police were shocked by the suspect's age.

"The whole thing is beyond belief," said Lt. Steve Ignatz.

Cops said Jordan shot Houk once in the head sometime between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. with his youth-model 20-gauge shotgun - which he had used to win a turkey at a local shooting competition two weeks earlier.

He then left the house as if nothing had happened and caught the bus to school with Houk's 8-year-old daughter, police and relatives said.

The girl later told police what Jordan had done.

"She didn't actually eyewitness the shooting. She saw him with what she believed to be a shotgun and heard a loud bang," said Lawrence County District Attorney John Bongivengo.

Houk's body was discovered that morning by her younger daughter, who had just celebrated her fourth birthday the night before.

The girl ran out of the house, crying, and flagged down tree trimmers working near the house, about 35 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.

Cops found the shotgun beneath Jordan's bed.

Jordan initially tried to throw cops off with a false lead, telling them of a suspicious black truck he saw on his family's property the morning of the slaying.

The boy's lawyer Dennis Elisco said he'll try to get the case moved to juvenile court.

Elisco said Christopher Brown was "in a state of actual shock and disbelief." The father said his son had no prior problems with Houk.

Neighbors were horrified someone so young could be so cold-blooded.

"It's just so sad that an 11-year-old could do that," said Sara Johnston, 53, a grandmother who lives nearby. "It's sick."

"My heart aches for them all - even for the boy who did it," said another neighbor who did not want to be identified. "What makes a child do something like at 11 years old?"

Matt SD300 · #2 02-22-2009, 09:22 PM

There is nothing amazing about the story...The whole thing JUST SUCKS!!!!!

Hatterasguy · #3 02-22-2009, 09:41 PM

There are some messed up kids these days.

TheDon · #4 02-22-2009, 09:46 PM

ok so was the kid 9 when he did this or 11 years old...

Hatterasguy · #5 02-22-2009, 09:47 PM

No the 9 year old is another story, he shot his dad and his dads friend to death. Thats an older one, this story is new.

Plantman · #6 02-23-2009, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt SD300

There is nothing amazing about the story...The whole thing JUST SUCKS!!!!!

It is an amazing story. The definition of amazing is astonishing.

Some synonyms are shocking, stunning, surprising, unbelievable.

This story is every one of those and then some.

I read this morning that the Pennysylvania dept of corrections is trying to petition the courst to move him to juvenille detenion, since they cannot adequately house him in gen pop.

I also read where he used his own shotgun. Amazing that someone would let an 11year old have a shotgun of his own.

I'm sure his dad is hoping he wakes up from a terrible nightmare.

Plantman · #7 02-23-2009, 11:46 AM

Boy who shot dad's fiancée got gun as Christmas present
By Samuel Goldsmith
DAILY NEWS WRITER

Monday, February 23rd 2009, 2:40 AM

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The gun was a gift from Daddy.

The 20-gauge shotgun an 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy used to blow away his father's pregnant fiancée was a Christmas present from his gun-loving dad, cops and family revealed Sunday.

Little Jordan Brown was being trained as a hunter by his father, Chris Brown, in the woods behind their farmhouse.

The Browns come from a long line of hunting enthusiasts. Even the victim, 26-year-old Kenzie Houk, had encouraged Chris to buy the boy his own gun.

Jordan is being charged as an adult in the killing of his stepmother-to-be in her bed Friday morning in their Wampum, Pa., home. She was eight months pregnant.

Jordan's lawyer, Dennis Elisco, said he plans to ask for the boy to be released on bail Monday and have the case moved to juvenile court.

Elisco says there's no clear motive for the shooting, and he maintains his client's innocence.

"I walked out of there thinking he was innocent," Elisco said after meeting with Jordan. "I believe the boy did not do this."

Lawrence County Warden Charles Adamo said his 300-person adult facility is not equipped to keep the boy much longer.

Jordan is being held in a 10-by-8-foot cell in the jail's booking area, where officials check on him every 15 minutes.

Jordan can't receive visitors except for his attorney because he would be in a room with other inmates.

The warden said the jail doesn't even have uniforms that fit the child, and that Jordan can't shower because it would require locking down an entire cellblock.

aklim · #8 02-23-2009, 03:25 PM

Makes me want to have a kid tonight. Think I'll even ask the wife how she feels about it.

PaulC · #9 02-23-2009, 03:43 PM

He'll poke his eye out.

PaulC · #10 02-23-2009, 03:44 PM

My 12-year-old nephew wants a flamethrower. I don't know, this shotgun thing kind of puts me on the fence.

Mistress · #11 02-23-2009, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by PaulC

He'll poke his eye out.

I hope he doesn't lick iced poles......I have a leg lamp by the way...official version.

Lots of unanswered questons here but one thing is for sure that child does not belong in an adult prison and do you think an 11 year old should have a fire arm that is not monitored?

Dee8go · #12 02-23-2009, 05:01 PM

What truly amazes me about that story is that there's a town in Pennsylvania called "Wampum."

I just hope they don't mollycoddle that boy. I say put him on death row or he'll never learn!

aklim · #13 02-23-2009, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dee8go

What truly amazes me about that story is that there's a town in Pennsylvania called "Wampum."

I just hope they don't mollycoddle that boy. I say put him on death row or he'll never learn!

Don't care if he learns. Let him be an example to the rest of the world. Let him be put in prison where he can be passed around the group as a fresh one.