History of the Brooks Case
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June 15, 2008: Robinson, suspect in Brooks case, was accused twice before
Starting nearly two years before Elgin Robinson Jr. was charged with capital murder in the death of pregnant, 14-year-old Chelsea Brooks, police investigated reports that he had taken indecent liberties with another minor and that a 16-year-old had accused him of rape.
June 26, 2008: Burnett angry, Chelsea Brooks' parents upset during sentencing
Darren Brooks choked back tears when he talked about forgiving the man who killed his teenage daughter. He managed to get the words out before a judge sentenced Ted Burnett to life in prison without the possibility of parole Wednesday for the murder of 14-year-old Chelsea Brooks.
June 15, 2006: Police seek help to find pregnant 14-year-old
Wichita police asked Wednesday for the public's help in finding a pregnant 14-year-old girl who has been missing from her southwest Wichita home for nearly a week.
June 17, 2006: Authorities ID Butler County body as Wichita girl, 14
Residents of two south-central Kansas counties were saddened Friday to learn that a body found buried at the edge of a Butler County wheat field belonged to a pregnant 14-year-old Wichita girl who had been missing for nearly a week.
June 17, 2006: Girl was sweet, studious, 'wise beyond her years'
At Chelsea Brooks' house on Friday, people stood in the yard hugging one another. One woman held a baby; young women cried; three young men shooed away strangers and reporters.
June 17, 2006: Man is third suspect in Chelsea Brook case
Sedgwick County Jail records on Sunday revealed the name of a second adult arrested in connection with the murder of 14-year-old Chelsea Brooks.
June 18, 2006: Two more arrests in girl's killing
Two more people have been arrested in the death of 14-year-old Chelsea Brooks. Sedgwick County Jail records show that one of the suspects, Elgin R. Robinson, who listed an address in the 3600 block of East Oneida, was booked at 2:30 a.m. Saturday on one count of first-degree murder. His bond was set at $1 million.
June 20, 2006: Students, parents attend grief counseling session
More than 200 students and parents met Monday at Allison Middle School to remember 14-year-old Chelsea Brooks, a recent eighth-grade graduate who was found in a shallow grave last week.
June 20, 2006: Family seeks to criminalize killing fetuses
In the wake of their daughter's death, members of Chelsea Brooks' family hope to change Kansas law. Kansas is one of 16 states where killing a pregnant woman is no different than murdering someone who is not expecting a child, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
June 20, 2006: Slain teen had been pressured, filing says
Months before two men found the body of a pregnant 14-year-old girl by a wheat field, her mother alleged in a court document that Elgin "Ray-Ray" Robinson Jr. did more than impregnate her daughter.
June 21, 2006: Boy, 17, charged in girl's killing
Chelsea Brooks - nine months pregnant and just out of eighth grade - was strangled in a contract killing, prosecutors alleged Tuesday in documents charging a 17-year-old with capital murder and kidnapping.
June 22, 2006: Pair face charges of capital murder
Two Wichita men were charged Wednesday with capital murder in the strangul ation death of 14-year-old Chelsea Brooks. The men also were charged with aggravated kidnapping in an alleged murder plot that ended with the burial of Chelsea's body near a Butler County wheat field.
June 23, 2006: Paternity was police concern
Before 14-year-old Chelsea Brooks was killed, Wichita police were investig ating allegations that she was a victim of underage sex and were waiting for the birth of her child so they could conduct a paternity test, the district attorney said Thursday.
June 25, 2006: A smart, smiling girl with a secret
Just four years ago, Chelsea Brooks was riding roller coasters and singing in the rain. On a trip to Silver Dollar City in Branson, Mo., she and her Girl Scout buddies didn't let a storm keep them off the rides - even the American Plunge log flume.
July 15, 2006: Teen pleads guilty in Chelsea Brooks' death
As Chelsea Brooks' relatives sat in a courtroom Friday dabbing tears and gripping each other's hands, Everett Gentry told how an alleged accomplice strangled the pregnant 14-year-old - for $500.
Oct. 6, 2006: Witness details teen girl's strangling
Everett Gentry wasn't talking, until detectives confronted him with a bit of technological sleuthing. Gentry learned Wichita police had tracked his cell phone to Butler County on the night Chelsea Brooks disappeared, near where her body turned up in a shallow grave six days later. The tone of the interview with Detectives Heather Bachman and Tim Relph changed. Gentry, then 17, began talking.
Oct. 7, 2006: Pair sent to trial in teen's slaying
After some shaky moments during cross-examination Friday, Everett Gentry proved to be all the state needed to proceed with its capital murder case in the death of Chelsea Brooks.
Nov. 12, 2006: Robinson claims he's innocent in killing
Elgin "Ray-Ray" Robinson says his lawyers want him to strike a plea agreement to accept life in prison in what could otherwise be a death-penalty case.
Jan. 26, 2008: Confession or hearsay in Brooks death? Judge to rule
Prosecutors say that Ted Burnett confessed to his girlfriend that he strangled 14-year-old Chelsea Brooks. Now, the state wants a jury to hear about those statements, gleaned from the testimony of a neighbor and longtime friend of Burnett's.
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