Boy, 11, charged with killing father's fiancee, who was 8 months pregnant

**min0 lee** · 02-23-2009, 09:52 AM

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

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?"

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

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

**min0 lee** · 02-23-2009, 09:58 AM

Kids, they grow up so fast these days.....

**IronAddict** · 02-23-2009, 09:58 AM

Is it just me, or are kids committing murder more frequently these days?

**min0 lee** · 02-23-2009, 10:00 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

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.

**IronAddict** · 02-23-2009, 10:05 AM

Well, I guess it's true what they say, sometimes you get what you ask for.

**I Are Baboon** · 02-23-2009, 10:35 AM

Kids...they can be so nutty.

**Mudge** · 02-23-2009, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by IronAddict

Is it just me, or are kids committing murder more frequently these days?

It seems like you are correct.

**NeilPearson** · 02-23-2009, 02:37 PM

When I first looked at the picture it looked like he was over 6 feet tall... then I realized it was actually 61 inches lol

**Little Wing** · 02-23-2009, 03:05 PM

he looks so sad. that neglected look in his eyes didn't develop in a day. his new mommy was what? 20? i think charging him as an adult is a little harsh, i'd have to know the rest of the story n i'm betting there's a lot more than he was jealous to it.

**PainandGain** · 02-23-2009, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by Little Wing

he looks so sad. that neglected look in his eyes didn't develop in a day. his new mommy was what? 20? i think charging him as an adult is a little harsh, i'd have to know the rest of the story n i'm betting there's a lot more than he was jealous to it.

Maybe she treated him like shit?
Who knows...Its very sad.

I wouldn't know what to do about this...but I remember not liking a few
adult friends of my parents growing up and I would have gone pretty far to hurt some of them when i was mad, but I wouldnt have actually killed them.

**Little Wing** · 02-23-2009, 05:13 PM

i told my 11 year old son about this.

i said "he did it because he was jealous"

i've assumed he was jealous for his father's attention...

my son said "if i was jealous i'd have just asked her to sleep with me."

**Little Wing** · 02-23-2009, 05:19 PM

omg i just said to Tyler "i guess i just don't understand penises and how the brain attached to them works"

he said "there's no brain attached to the penis... just a head, it doesn't think"

sorry i know this isn't a funny thread but 11 year old boys are entering puberty and that makes them emotional and i guess sexually focused. unique perspective?

**AKIRA** · 02-23-2009, 05:32 PM

This is one of those times that I dont think he should go anywhere but to a hospital.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

Kids, they grow up so fast these days.....

**Triple Threat** · 02-23-2009, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by Little Wing

his new mommy was what? 20?

I haven't seen any references to her age, but if she was only 20, she would have been quite the precocious little kid, since she had two daughters ages 7 and 4.

**DiGiTaL** · 02-23-2009, 11:25 PM

"Here you go sun its your birthday, you get a shotgun"

"and next year we'll buy a sniper"

Wtf. Like seriously.

At this age he did this, imagine in 10 years.

**soxmuscle** · 02-23-2009, 11:56 PM

Love how he just went to school like nothing had happened.

11 or not, that's cold.

Throwing the cops off?

It appears as if the little fuck knew exactly what he was doing and had made statements indicating he was planning such an event in the past.

Hang him.

**Dazino** · 02-24-2009, 06:27 AM

At first I was pissed at the kid for doing something so selfish, stupid, and cruel, but mind you, their family life was probably fucked up. That, or they were terrible parents. His dad being a gun nut doesn't help either. I'm half wanting the kid to hang, and half wanting him to get serious psychological help.

**IronAddict** · 02-24-2009, 08:23 AM

I think it was video games that caused this evil little kid to react to his demons! The Shotgun was just an extension of the remote, with no cord.

NAH!!!

**Little Wing** · 02-24-2009, 07:09 PM

she was 26. this pic look a little odd to anyone?

**min0 lee** · 02-24-2009, 07:41 PM

The kids grabbing her breast?

**Little Wing** · 02-24-2009, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by min0 lee

The kids grabbing her breast?

yea. maybe her bra is so heavy she doesn't realize. weird pic for the press to use though, i wonder if it was intentional to suggest something.

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