Man charged in murder of his wife
Brother also charged in plot to kill her to collect $100K insurance policy
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 Saturday 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 to get into the trunk, police said. Brewer got on the northbound Dan Ryan Expy. When 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, left her in the trunk and abandoned the car, Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Jodi Peterson said.
Brewer called police to say he located the car. Police said a .380-caliber handgun linked to the murder was found in Powe's girlfriend's apartment. Powe, of the 6800 block of South Prairie, was charged with first-degree murder.