Siblings Charged in Killings of Mother, Grandparents
A brother and sister were charged Wednesday with murder in the deaths of their mother and grandparents. Police said that after the slayings, the siblings buried the bodies in a basement and headed to Las Vegas with the victims’ cash.
The siblings were charged with three counts each of murder and conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of robbery.
Authorities removed the dismembered bodies of the pair’s 53-year-old mother and 75-year-old grandmother and the intact body of their 91-year-old grandfather from concrete in the basement of the grandparents’ home. All three had been killed about five weeks ago, authorities said.
Kenneth Allen, 29, and Kari Allen, 18, were pulled over for speeding Tuesday in Missouri.
In the car, officers discovered bloody clothes and bedding, as well as jewelry, cash, credit cards and the driver’s licenses of two older people in Indiana.
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said Kenneth Allen plotted the killings to steal his grandparents’ money, including about $200,000 in bank accounts, after his November release from a federal prison in Kentucky.
Kari Allen told police that her brother killed their mother and grandparents while she served as a “lookout.”
Kenneth Allen later acknowledged his involvement, police said.
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