Kevin Maddox (left) and Amber Brigham (Kokomo Police Department).
The family of an Indiana man found dead of a gunshot wound in 2006 waited years to see someone charged in connection to his death. Those charges finally came in 2023 when two suspects were arrested — but now, those charges have been dismissed.
The reason appears to be an “ongoing staffing crisis” at the prosecutor’s office.
In court documents filed in Indiana’s Howard County, charges against Kevin Maddox, 48, and Amber Brigham, 36, were dismissed without prejudice. Both had been arrested in connection to the shooting death of 20-year-old Chad Rouse, who was found dead by police at his home in Kokomo on Nov. 15, 2006. After the case went cold, investigators revisited the evidence and indicted Brigham and Maddox, who was charged with Rouse’s murder.
Now, Maddox is expected to be released from custody without ever going to trial.
