CHICAGO, IL – Darron Brewer is on trial for allegedly killing his wife, Kenyatae Coller-Brewer, over her insurance money.
Prosecutors claim Brewer had fallen out of love with her because he is gay.
Cook County Assistant State Attorney Jeff Allen said in court on Monday that back in October 2009, the two siblings had first concocted a scheme to strangle Kenyatae. Powe, was supposed to surprise his sister-in-law at her home, then choke her to death. When he saw the victim come out of the bathroom, Powe had a change of heart and instead had consensual sex with her, according to Allen.
Allen then stated that Kenyatae allegedly cried “rape” to her husband with regards to her tryst with her brother-in-law. After the young mom allegedly tried to accuse Powe of forcibly assaulting her, the two brothers then plotted a fake carjacking which would end with her being murdered.
On the evening of the alleged murder plot, Kenyatae picked up her husband and two children on Chicago’s South Side when she got off work. Brewer allegedly took a detour, stopping at a gas station where Powe had been waiting and wearing a mask from the thriller, “Scream.” The masked Powe then allegedly sprung up and forced the unsuspecting Kenyatae into the trunk of the car at gunpoint, where he wound up fatally shooting her twice in the head.
Police investigators discovered the murder weapon at Powe’s girlfriend’s home tucked away between a pile of mattresses.






