http://ktla.com/2016/07/27/mother-a...tnesses-in-sons-murder-trial-prosecutors-say/A St. Louis teen is accused of murder, and his mother is accused of having two witnesses killed to keep her son out of jail. This started with the murder of a 16-year-old almost three years ago. Police arrested a suspect, but prosecutors dropped the charges last year.
"We had a mom who wanted to make sure her son did not go to jail, wasn't found guilty of his murder charges," said Assistant Circuit Attorney Beth Orwick. "So, she started this plan. That's what set it off. She used relatives and other people that she knew to make sure that they were quieted."
In September 2013, Chauncey Brown, 16, was gunned down near Club 187 in north St. Louis. Homicide detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department believed Brown, a student at Sumner High School, was killed over a long-standing feud.
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Less than a month after Brown’s murder, Moore was gunned down in a park. Moore was waiting at the bus stop with his brother on the morning of October 22, 2013 when a silver Charger pulled up and the driver pointed a handgun at the two siblings. (...)
In April 2014, another witness, identified as Noah Barnes, was killed. Prosecutors said Barnes was inside the Dodge Charger with Davidson when Davidson killed Chauncey Brown. Barnes’ body was found lying in the street in the 1900 block of Clara Avenue on April 22. He’d been shot in the head, torso, and extremities.