All rights reserved. I guess you could speculate that. It was the police. Through Elisco, Brown said Jordan was a good student, pulling mostly As and Bs, his favorite subjects being math and science. Not having the father's consent, the agency declined her request. But now I’m kind of, like, I go back and forth sometimes, I think,” he said. “[I] went downstairs, got my clothes, went in the bathroom, got dressed. And I'll say it. By Valentine's Day, Willard Houk and Kenzie's father, Jack, thought the boy was a good enough shot to participate in a turkey shoot, so they took Jordan along. Jordan Brown’s lawyers announced they would appeal two months after his conviction. Houk, a hairstylist and a stay-at-home mom, was sleeping in a bedroom downstairs at the time, which was to become Jordan’s room after the baby was born. He also claimed he didn’t know where Houk lived. [I'm] happy that this part of it is over with Jordan, you know, being wrongfully accused. You know, if something happened, tell me. Trooper McGraw believed Jordan threw the shell to the ground as he was walking to the bus the morning of the murders. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Police say Jordan threw the spent shell casing in the woods, got on the bus and went to school. Kenzie Houk is seen here with one of her daughters in this undated family photo. “My biggest hopes for him probably is that he gets a fair shake moving forward, that, you know, people look at this and, for what it is, what it truly is,” Chris Brown said. In 2001, Kwame Brown graduated from a Georgia public high school and was drafted by the Washington Wizards first overall in the NBA draft, the first number one pick to come straight from the prep ranks. He knew the doors were unlocked. But on Feb. 5, 1999, with the consent of both parents, Christopher Brown was awarded full custody of his 18-month-old son. I'm not going to be mad at you. Jordan’s defense lawyers say her timeline means Jordan wasn’t there when Houk was killed, but Martin, who worked the case, says after so many years he doesn’t find Adalynn’s account credible. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. The mother of Kenzie Houk, who was 26 when she was murdered in 2009, and other relatives confirmed Monday's decision by a Lawrence County judge to release Jordan Brown … Jordan served seven years in detention before he was finally released. 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 kept talking about… a piece of fuzz, and ‘I got it out of my pocket and I threw it.’ In my opinion, he was focused on the shotgun shell casing that he threw after he left the residence,” McGraw said. If he is convicted as an adult, he faces life in prison. Jordan got his ride, but Houk said it seemed strange to him that unlike the girls, who were "bubbly and jumpy," Jordan was barely excited. “And I just remember looking at him thinking, ‘How can this kid have any more hope?’”. I have never looked back that we arrested the wrong person, in my opinion. NEW CASTLE, Pa. – Good student. “I went back in the house and I remember a very nice cop had sat me on the chair. Jordan Brown, who is attending college and studying computer science, is determined to leave his past behind and prepare for brighter days ahead. >>PREVIOUS STORY: Jordan Brown’s father speaks out … "The accusations of him having rage or warning signs of violence are unfounded.". And if you go by Adalynn’s account, this means it all, including the murders, happened long after Jordan and Jenessa had left the house and were on their way to school. Court records don't indicate why. Houk's family said their daughter tried to include Jordan in everything, in part to compensate for the missing mother figure in his life. However, Jordan said he remembered seeing a black truck near the garage. Jordan Brown was 11 years old in February 2009 when he was arrested for the shooting death of 26-year-old Kenzie Marie Houk, his father’s fiancée, and her unborn baby. His Conviction Was Recently Overturned By … “I was so young. A phone call to a phone number for the boy's mother's family rang unanswered. Kenzie Houk, 26, was shot in the back of the neck on February 20, 2009, as she slept in the family's farmhouse near New Castle that she shared with Brown, his father and her two young daughters. Jordan Brown Was Convicted Of Murdering His Father's Pregnant Fiancée When He Was Just 11 Years Old. "You can easily say it's a risk factor, a very important one, in early childhood that has been linked to ... antisocial behaviors," Shaw said. “Pay for the crime that you did,” Deborah Houk said in a phone interview Wednesday. Jordan said he and Houk had a strong relationship, and he even called her “Mom.”, “She was really nice. “A judge finding a juvenile delinquent is effectively a guilty verdict. As for the shotgun shell casing police found near the driveway, Colafella said, “On that property where they lived on a farm, there were shotgun shells all over the place. If his case gets moved to a juvenile court, he would probably spend the next 10 years in a secure juvenile facility. Jordan Brown said he has “mixed feelings” about what happened to him. or redistributed. “Those law enforcement officers who said that they smelled [that the gun] was recently fired, they conceded that they had no expertise or training,” said Jordan’s attorney Dennis Elisco. Jordan Brown, a Pennsylvania boy who insists he is innocent despite being convicted of killing his father's pregnant fiancée when he was just 11, may get a new trial. 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. Jordan Brown, an 18-year-old convicted in 2009 at the age of 11 for killing Kenzie Houk, his father's pregnant fiancée, was released Monday from a juvenile detention center in Pennsylvania. It's three feet long.”, Inside the Browns' farmhouse, police found a collection of handguns, rifles and several rounds of ammunition. That's where the case took us. It made Houk think Jordan needed more men in his life, and he was determined to help. 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. (MORE: What life is like today for man arrested at age 11, convicted at 14, for pregnant future stepmom's slaying), (MORE: How life changes when you're 11 years old and arrested for murder). And her face was facing me,” Adalynn said. Then, Kenzie's 7-year-old reminded him that Jordan needed to get a ride too, "because he's a part of our family now," he said. But Jordan's attorney, Elisco, denied there were tensions between Jordan and his new family. “The police asked me if there was anybody out there that I thought would've done something to her. Police called Chris Brown at his job in the shipping department at a local tableware company and asked him to come home immediately. The tree trimmer called 911. (c), for her murder. “I just want to be successful. The arrest of an 11-year-old for murder quickly gained wide media attention, and suddenly Wampum, Pennsylvania, a town with a population of roughly 600 people, had millions of eyes on it. “I can remember just looking at Jordan and feeling like we had failed him. While awaiting trial, Jordan Brown was housed for three years at the Edmund L. Thomas Adolescent Center, a juvenile detention facility in Erie County, Pennsylvania. “I thought, you know, it was just some guy there doing work or something. Brown … Brown and his dad, … 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 fiancé, Chris Brown, and his son Jordan… In 2012, he was convicted in juvenile court of first-degree murder and first-degree homicide. That morning of Feb. 20, 2009, Jordan Brown said, was “just a normal morning” as he was getting ready for school. That day, she said she remembered being woken up by the sound of a gunshot. His attorneys say police were never able to prove Jordan Brown’s shotgun was the murder weapon. The mother told the investigator she wanted the infant to stop screaming so she threw him from the bed to the floor near the closet. “[They] put me in the back of the car and they took me to the police barracks. He took Kenzie's girls for spins on his motorcycle. 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. At that point, we're trying to maintain the integrity of the scene.”. Jordan Brown’s murder conviction has been overturned and now his attorneys and father are hoping officials will reopen the case. I did not know what the sound was,” said Adalynn, who was 4 years old at the time and is now 13. But he added that Jordan's hands were never checked for gunpowder residue. Police found several rounds of ammunition inside the family's farmhouse. As an investigator, you have to look at everything.”. She remembered picking up her mother’s phone and answering it. Jordan’s conviction was overturned. 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. It was a frigid day in Wampum, a small town in Western Pennsylvania. She wanted financial support payments for Adalynn but he had refused, saying he first wanted proof that the child was his. I liked her a lot,” Jordan Brown told “20/20.” “I was happy [about the baby]… I always wanted a little brother. That decision, he told “20/20,” is “something that's haunted me.”. Jordan Brown, now 14, was found delinquent by Lawrence County Judge John Hodge - the juvenile court equivalent of a guilty verdict. Within a day, Harvey was cleared as a suspect. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Jordan, who had a bedroom upstairs, had already moved his clothes into that downstairs bedroom. But the prosecution’s expert witness said that the angle in which the gun was shot could have minimized what’s referred to as blowback. “It's the totality of the circumstances. The Lawrence County District Attorney's Office initially filed the charges in adult court because that is required in Pennsylvania homicidecases, … But then I got to the point where it didn’t bother me at all. “At that point, we assumed that somehow she had hemorrhaged,” Martin told “20/20.” “We didn't touch her, we didn't move her. Jordan Brown, who is attending college and studying computer science, is determined to leave his past behind. When his mug shot was taken, Jordan Brown said he had been crying the whole night. The discovery of that shell was not significant.”. 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