A Missouri mother was forced to clean up her daughter’s murder scene last week after the 25-year-old was allegedly killed by her 21-year-old boyfriend, who is facing multiple charges for beating the victim and fatally shooting her after an argument, according to police.
“All that blood and brains and whatever in her room, that was pow-pow,” Calvenita Brock said in an interview with local NBC affiliate KSDK, referring to her daughter Kelsey Elem’s alleged murder Thursday night.
Martino Lewis, 21, has been charged with domestic assault, armed criminal action, and second-degree murder in the shooting death of Elem in Affton, according to the St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Office and his criminal complaint.
Lewis allegedly told an acquaintance, who later spoke with police, that Elem had been shot while they were driving and that he had taken her to the hospital. According to Lewis’ complaint, this “proved to be untrue” during the police investigation.
“Defendant was apprehended in St. Louis City while still in possession of victim’s vehicle and admitted that a physical altercation had occurred,” according to the allegations.
Brock hinted to KSDK that Lewis tried to claim Elem’s death, which was allegedly overheard by an eyewitness, was an accident.
“That was nothing about dropping on the floor,” Brock said of the gun, referring to what she witnessed while cleaning up her daughter’s murder scene.
“Nothing,” Brock replied.
According to Lewis’ complaint, an eyewitness who spoke with police reported hearing the young couple “arguing” and seeing Lewis allegedly punch Elem. It’s unclear where this witness was at the time of the shooting, but police say they were at the home in the 5800 block of Grace Avenue where everything went down.
“Victim stated that she was afraid the defendant was going to get her gun and asked the eyewitness to call the police,” according to the suit. “While on the phone with 911, the eyewitness heard a gunshot and observed defendant run out of the residence and flee the scene in victim’s vehicle.”
Lewis was charged last week and ordered held on $400,000 bond.
Brock, who has started a GoFundMe page, told KSDK that Elem and Lewis have been “always arguing for some reason” lately and “always getting into it.” Brock claims that her daughter was “always supporting” and “taking care of” Lewis.
“This was a dude she was doing all this stuff for,” Brock told me. “For you to kill my baby and she did all this, you had nothing, not a dime…” And this is what you did?
