LOUISVILLE (WHAS11) -- One of four suspects in one of Louisville’s most high profile murder cases pleaded guilty to his part in the crime on Wednesday. 15-year-old Anjuan Carter took a plea deal from the Jefferson County Prosecutor’s office.
Most 15-year-olds would have spent Wednesday morning in a classroom. But Carter stood before a judge, not a teacher. Pleading guilty to several charges... his lesson learned was more difficult than any high school exam.
He's one of three teens accused in the murder of teenage brothers Maurice Gordon and Larry Ordway. He's the first to plead guilty.
Jefferson County Assistant Prosecutor Elizabeth Brown-Jones said, "Mister carter's attorney has been working with us throughout this, they approached us from the get go and we were happy to work with them because we did want a statement, we wanted to hear from somebody in the apartment."
It was during a police interview that Carter admitted to helping kill the two teenage brothers he called his friends.
He said his codefendant, 26-year-old Brice Rhodes, made him do it. He said Rhodes forced him to stab the brothers before Rhodes took their bodies to a vacant lot in the Shawnee neighborhood and set them on fire.
The brutal murders created a complicated case for the Jefferson County Prosecutor's office.
"We take all of the cases seriously, this one will have probably more time invested in it probably because there is going to be more discovery than normal,” Brown-Jones said.
Part of that discovery was Carter's interview and the details he revealed about the brothers' murder.
Jones said that information could prove crucial in court. Part of Carter's plea deal was his willingness to testify if needed.
Carter is charged with three counts of facilitation of murder and one count of tampering with physical evidence. He will spend the next two years at a juvenile detention center and will be re-sentenced after his 18th birthday.
