Brother and
sister’s fight over
Wi-Fi password
leads to tragic
murder
Teenager Kevon Watkins became
enraged when his family got between
him and his computer – and his older
sister Alexus paid a shocking price
for defending their mother Latoya
Soon the row was out of
control. The pair tussled on the
bed then Watkins pulled his
sister to the ground, and they
started to wrestle.
Latoya tried to separate the
pair but she couldn’t, and before
long Watkins had Alexus in a
chokehold – his arm wrapped
tightly around her neck.
Later, Latoya would say her
son’s eyes were fixed, and they
couldn’t get him to let go.EMERGENCY CALLS
Latoya called 911. It was just
after 5pm. She didn’t know her
youngest son would also call 911
three minutes after she had.
“My brother is trying to hit
my mother,” the boy said. When
asked whether Watkins was
on medication, he replied, “No.
He’s just crazy... He put her in
a chokehold, threatening to beat
my mom... Trying to get him off
my sister.”
When a Georgia deputy
arrived, around 10 minutes after
the 911 calls, he found Watkins
with his sister still in a chokehold
and demanded he release her.
Watkins did as he was told, and
Alexus dropped to the ground.
The young mum wasL
ike a lot of 16-year-old boys, Kevon
Watkins loved to play computer games.
He was also prone to what could
have been seen as typical teenage
sulks – and when his mum Latoya picked
him up from Westside High School, Georgia,
one afternoon, she could sense he was in
one of his bad moods.
At their home in Macon, Watkins went
straight to his bedroom and became
engrossed in his gaming. Latoya was feeling
under the weather so she went to her room.
Her 13-year-old son was also home, as well
as Watkins’ older sister Alexus, 20.
When they were at school together, Watkins
and Alexus got on well. After she graduated,
he missed her and Watkins would later say his
sister had “taught him everything he knew”.
But Alexus was now engaged to the
father of her three-year-old son. The siblings
were on different paths and fought like many
brothers and sisters.
It was 2 February 2018 and Watkins was
frustrated by the slow speed of the internet
connection and concluded it was because
too many of his family were using the Wi-Fi.
He changed the password so no one else
could get on it. Of course, it wasn’t long before
they noticed. Watkins’ little brother came to
tell his mum what had happened.
Exasperated, Latoya went and unplugged
the Wi-Fi router and brought it into her
bedroom. Watkins stormed in to confront her.
Hearing the commotion, Alexus came
to defend her mum from Watkins’ outburst.Alexus was just
20 years old when
she was killed