The conviction of then 11-year old Lawrence County boy Jordan Brown, in the shotgun killing of his father’s pregnant fiancee has been overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The court ruled unanimously, 5-0, that there was not enough evidence to support the conviction. Brown is now 20 and has been free since turning 18.

Brown’s lead defense attorney, Dennis Elisco, said

“He’s exonerated from any responsibility for these two horrific crimes and he will have his record expunged and the charges dismissed,”
Brown was charged with the shotgun murder of his father’s fiance, inside the Brown family’s Lawrence County home. Kenzie Houk was more than eight months pregnant and asleep when she was shot in the back of her head with a shotgun.

The family of Kenzie Houk has so far declined to comment on the court’s decision.