Brice Rhodes trial: Court testimony reveals chilling details of 2016 slaying of teen brothers at rapper's home
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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY: The trial of Brice 'Rambo' Rhodes has taken a grim and macabre trajectory as Anjuan Carter, an admitted accomplice, provided harrowing details surrounding the brutal murders of 14-year-old Larry Ordway and 16-year-old Maurice Gordon in May 2016.
Carter, who was a mere 15 years old at the time of the crimes, testified on the second day of Rhodes' triple murder trial, shedding light on the disturbing sequence of events that unfolded after Rhodes' earlier murder of 40-year-old Christopher Jones.
Timeline of Larry Ordway and Maurice Gordon's death
The witness disclosed that he met Rhodes through the victimized brothers, Maurice and Larry, and had known the accused for only a few weeks before the violent incidents transpired.
The narrative unfolded as Carter revealed that he was present in the car on the night of May 4, 2016, when Rhodes fatally shot Christopher in a drive-by shooting.
Shockingly, this event marked the beginning of a gruesome chain of killings, as weeks later, Larry and Maurice would meet their tragic end at Rhodes' hands.
Carter disclosed that Rhodes, believing there was a bounty on Jones' life, initiated the drive-by shooting that set off the subsequent series of murders.
The witness painted a horrifying picture of the events that transpired in Rhodes' home on May 22, 2016, describing an argument that escalated into violence.
According to Carter, an altercation broke out during a gathering at Rhodes' residence, leading to a knife being aggressively brandished by Maurice.
Rhodes, in response, confiscated a "big combat knife" from Maurice, escalating the situation further by indicating his intention to "violate" the 16-year-old as a form of discipline.
Victims offered life or death deal
The testimony took a darker turn as Carter described how Rhodes and his co-defendants, Jacorey Taylor, Tieren Coleman, and himself, put Larry and Maurice in a bathroom and subjected them to a horrifying vote on whether they should live or die.
Carter was the sole dissenter in the group, but his objections fell on deaf ears.
“He put a sock in his mouth, tied his hands behind his back, and put a hat over his head,” Carter said, detailing that action Rhodes toward Maurice in the living room.
“He started hitting him in the chest at first” with his fists before Coleman handed him a knife.
In a gruesome act of violence, Rhodes repeatedly stabbed Maurice, who was on his knees.
Larry, bound and gagged, suffered a similar fate, enduring multiple stabbings as well.
The horror did not end there, as Carter disclosed that, to cover up their involvement, the victims were placed in containers to be transported to an abandoned house where they would be set ablaze.
Carter, left behind to clean the blood-soaked crime scene, recounted how the bodies were later burned at a separate location.
