Judge will reveal Jordan Brown decision 2 p.m. Friday

Judge will reveal Jordan Brown decision 2 p.m. Friday

new castle, pa.

Closing arguments ended at 10 a.m. today in the murder case of 14-year-old Jordan Brown, who is charged with killing his father’s pregnant fianc e.

Judge John Hodge said he will reveal his decision on whether the boy is adjudicated delinquent, or guilty, at 2 p.m. Friday.

The trial had been closed to the public and the media because Jordan, who was 11 when Kenzie Houk, 26, and her 9-month-old fetus were killed, is being tried as a juvenile.

The prosecution wrapped up its case Wednesday morning, and the defense, which did not have as many witnesses, finished in the afternoon, the family member said.

It was the second day of the trial in a case that captured worldwide attention.

Houk was shot in the back of the head with a shotgun as she lay in bed the morning of Feb. 20, 2009.

State police and prosecutors allege that Jordan shot her with his 20-gauge youth-model shotgun, then got on the school bus with her 7-year-old daughter, Janessa. Her 4-year-old daughter, Adalynn, was alone in the family’s rented farmhouse, in Wampum, Pa., when she found her dead mother. She alerted tree-trimmers who were working in the yard.