If what prosecutors are saying is true, you wouldn't want to be the godfather of Matthew and Joseph Hendrix. The brothers are accused of plotting to rob Kansas City businessman Michael
J. Tutera.
The robbery turned into a homicide, and charging documents released today allege that 16-year-old Joseph Hendrix paid his older brother extra for pulling the trigger, saying: "Well you killed him; you get the extra $20.
A witness told police that he overheard the Hendrix brothers plotting
the May 27 robbery of Tutera, the boys' godfather (UPDATE: Tutera was not the Hendrix' brothers' godfather), and was with them
when they met five men with guns at Loose Park just prior to going to
Tutera's home.
The witness allegedly waited in the getaway car
with the younger
Hendrix,
who had given his brother the keypad combination to open Tutera's
garage door, while Matthew Hendrix and two black men went to pull the
lick. But when they heard gunshots, Joseph Hendrix ran to check on his
brother.
When Hendrix didn't come back after five minutes, he went to check on
him. He saw Tutera lying in the
garage and claimed Joseph Hendrix was searching the home for stuff to
steal.
Hendrix
allegedly ended up with Tutera's wallet and divided up the money
(giving everyone in the car a $40 cut, except for his brother, who got
the extra $20).
On the morning of the murder, police canvased the area near Hendrix'
home. In a nearby Dumpster, they found Tutera's wallet.
In an
interview with police, Joseph Hendrix admitted everything but stealing
Tutera's wallet.
Jackson County prosecutors charged Joseph
Hendrix today with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Jackson
County prosecutors have already charged Matthew
Hendrix, an 18-year-old University of Missouri-Kansas City student,
and Troy J. Davis, 22, with
second-degree murder, armed criminal action and burglary.
Court records say Tutera called 911 late
Wednesday night and reported catching Matthew Hendrix in his house.
Tutera
kicked Hendrix out. Tutera told the dispatcher that Hendrix was
"casing the properties" and requested officers check out the area.
In
an interview with detectives, Matthew Hendrix said he'd been at
Tutera's
home earlier that night and was told to leave. Hendrix claimed that he
later met up with a group of men -- some with guns -- who planned to rob
Tutera.
Hendrix claimed that he was in the street outside of
Tutera's
driveway when
he heard two shots. He fled the scene and met the men at
Loose Park.
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matt never was that bad.. he just had a hard life both of them did.. I love them to death..
Anthony get a life there is a reason no one responds to your dumb ass...next time you beat your daughter who are you going to blame...how many kids do you have six or eight....oh and thats right none of them live with you. So why dont you get your ass off the computer and take carte of those kids. your family is a bunch of inbreeders. You talk about how these kids get busted with drugs and what not when your kids mom got busted with drugs while she had your kids. Take your shit somewhere else Anthony because no one gives a shit how you feel or what you think!!!!!
u must not NO shit bout the hendrix family jessica she loved them alot i mean they r her kids y would she not love them there the best thing that has ever happened to her
wow jessica! finally somebody that gives larra hendrix the credit she deserves which is none. good girl.
matt always had been around trouble his hole life its not suprising to me. now joe on the other hand he was a good kid that just had to follow in his brothers footsteps:( i went to skewl with both of them. their mother never cared for them as long as i knew her.
he went to r school the waz good guys thay just got in with bad guys matt waz a punk but his bro is a good kid
they aught to send their child abusing mother,larra hendrix and lying grammy loretta hendrix, right along with them. larra was convicted of childabuse on may 10th 2010 in the jackson county courthouse just 18 days before this happened. are you laughing now loretta? how freaking sad you all are. live with that.
Lowlife punk's they are going to be someone's bitch when they get to prison.
I hope they all get the death penalty. Anybody stupid enough to kill somebody for an extra $20 deserves to die.
Those boys are lying. I happen to know first hand that Mike kept a large roll of cash on him at all times. Now, it's been a few years since I have had any contact with him, but some things are constant, and that man having only a combined total of $280 on him? Yeah, right. I hope they get what they deserve. If they had to rob him was it necessary to kill him too??!! He would've given it to them had they asked. The way our effed up justice system works they will do a few months or couple years at most, and be out in time to enjoy the remainder of the money that they really stole.
I can't believe these Hendrix punks did this to a great guy that did nothing but try to help them out.
I don't understand how they got 2nd degree murder when this was a planned home invasion and murder. They knew they were going to kill him if he was at home so they don't deserve life in prison, They should all FRY!
Today would have been Mike's 50th birthday.
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