October 29, 2009
SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE
The husband of a woman found shot multiple times in the trunk of a car in the Northwest Side Hermosa neighborhood Monday night was arrested and charged with first-degree murder Thursday.
Darron Brewer, 22, of the 3700 block of West Belden Avenue, allegedly conspired with another person to murder his wife, 22-year-old Kenatae Collier, police said.
At 10:50 p.m. Monday, Collier was found in the trunk of a vehicle in an alley in the 2200 block of North Tripp Avenue, according to police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro.
A law enforcement source indicated the woman was shot in the head and found in her vehicle. Alfaro said she had trauma to her head.
Brewer allegedly called police Monday night and said he spotted his wife’s Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the Tripp Avenue alley, and told them he had not seen his wife since early that morning, police said.
When police arrived, they found the woman fatally shot.
Grand Central Area detectives gathered evidence and conducted interviews that led them to Brewer, according to a release from police News Affairs.
Brewer allegedly killed his wife to collect on her life insurance policy and to prevent her from reporting another crime—but it was not clear what crime he was attempting to hide.
Police continue to search for a second suspect who allegedly conspired with Brewer in Collier’s murder, the release said.
An autopsy Tuesday found that Collier died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Brewer is due in bond court Friday.
This is much more than a simple case of domestic violence.
ReplyDeleteWhen the now-deceased wife found out about her husbands clandestine sexual intimacies with other males (MSM), she threatened to divorce her husband.
Husband, realizing that details disclosed during the divorce proceedings would jeopardize his military career and pension, conspired with his brother to murder his wife. The two men staged a phony armed robbery and abduction and subsequently executed the wife in order to protect his sexual secrets. She is another victim of Don't Ask - Don't Tell - the federal prohibition against gays serving openly in the military.