Husband accused of plotting murder to cover up brother's rape of wife
A Chicago man plotted the murder of his wife to collect a $100,000 insurance policy and cover up his brother’s rape of his wife several weeks earlier, prosecutors said today.
Darron Brewer, 22, of the 3700 block of West Belden, was ordered held without bail today on a first-degree murder charge.
Brewer and his brother, Dujuan D. Powe, 20, planned to meet at a gas station at 59th and Elizabeth.
Early Monday, Brewer drove his Chevy Monte Carlo to the station and his brother approached wearing a mask from the movie “Scream,” prosecutors said.
The brother implied he was carrying a gun and jumped into the car, as Brewer’s wife Kenyatae Collier-Brewer and their two children, Darron, 9 months, and Darriona, 1, sat in the back.
At an unknown location, Powe ordered Collier-Brewer into the trunk, police said. Brewer got onto the northbound Dan Ryan Expy. The trunk popped open, they stopped again and the brother closed it, authorities said.
Brewer drove to his home, where he and his children got out, prosecutors said. Powe continued to the 2200 block of North Tripp where he shot Collier-Brewer twice in the head and left her in the trunk, abandoning the vehicle, said Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Jodi Peterson.
Brewer called police to say he located the car.
Brewer, who has a previous conviction for financial fraud, gave a videotaped confession to Grand and Central detectives.
Police recovered a .380-caliber handgun from the apartment of the brother’s girlfriend. Illinois State Police tested the gun and confirmed it was used the murder, prosecutors said.
Powe, of the 6800 block of South Prairie, was charged today with first degree murder.