A Texas man who is accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend’s 16-year-old daughter at her Humble home, faced a judge Monday morning.
60-year-old Van Brisbon is charged with murder in the death of 16-year-old Lauren Juma, a sophomore at Nimitz High School. He was being held on a $1 million bond in the Harris County Jail. However, the judge increased the bond to $2 million after Monday’s hearing.
More details were revealed over the weekend about what happened on Friday morning when the teen was shot and killed at a home in the 20400 block of Canton Trace near FM 1960 and Lee Road.
This all started at 1 a.m. when Harris County Precinct 4 deputy constables responded to a weapons disturbance when the Lauren’s sister called and said her mother’s boyfriend was holding her 16-year-old sister captive inside their home.
When deputies arrived, they said they heard a gunshot and then screaming, investigators said. The deputies then heard a second shot shortly after.
Deputies said the 60-year-old suspect came out of the home and told them, “Do what you have to do.”
Prosecutors told a probable cause court judge that police found the 16-year-old with her pants down. Investigators said, when Brisbon walked out of the home in Humble where she was killed, they saw him pulling up his pants.
Lauren’s mom and sister who weren’t home at the time claim they both spoke to her on the phone before her murder.
Investigators said the mother of the victim was out of town at work when the incident happened but has since returned.
Her mother says she doesn’t understand how this happened. She’d been in a relationship with the suspect for five years.
On Friday evening, friends and family came together to remember the Nimitz High School sophomore. She had just joined the cheer squad prior to her death.
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