On a cold February morning in 2009, a quiet rural town in Pennsylvania was rocked by a horrific crime: a 26-year-old woman, Kenzie Marie Houk, was found shot in her own home. Katie, eight months pregnant with her unborn child, had been murdered in cold blood. However, the case that followed would raise more questions than answers.

The police quickly turned their attention to an unlikely suspect—11-year-old Jordan Brown, the young son of Kenzie’s fiancé, Chris. In the absence of any solid evidence, the investigation seemed to hinge on one thing: the testimony of Kenzie’s then-7-year-old daughter Jenessa, who told police she saw Jordan moving his guns on the morning of the murder. Kenzie’s mother supported this theory by suggesting that Jordan had been threatening to hurt her for months. 

So, was Jordan the jealous child that Kenzie’s family painted him to be, capable of murder? Or was he the victim of a justice system eager to pin the blame on someone—anyone—when the real killer was still out there?

In the following years, Jordan's case became a tangled web of courtroom battles and the fight to unravel the truth. Who killed Kenzie Houk? 

Jordan Brown's case would spark a national conversation about juvenile justice, about the capacity of children to commit such a crime, and about the flaws in an investigation that seemed to prioritize one theory over all others.

But one question remained: Would justice for Kenzie ever truly be served?

Sources:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/happened-11-year-boy-accused-murdering-pregnant-stepmom/story?id=58613764 

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2024/12/04/jordan-brown-civil-rights-lawsuit/stories/202412040080 

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2018/07/18/Pa-Supreme-Court-exonerates-Jordan-Brown-homicide-juvenile-Kenzie-Houk-Lawrence-County/stories/201807180125

https://jlc.org/news/way-it-happened-bs-how-jordan-browns-case-illustrates-systemic-problems-justice-system 

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/jury-decision-jordan-brown-civil-trial-11-year-old-charged-murder/

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