Updated on the January 2024 crime

Court records show 50-year-old Melisa Weber entered a guilty plea on a charge of accessory after the fact to murder and robbery, an aggravated misdemeanor. A charge of felony second-degree arson and two charges of felony abuse of a corpse were dismissed in the plea agreement.

Weber was sentenced Jan. 10 to two years in prison, a sentence that was suspended. She was placed on two years of supervised probation, and was fined $855 plus a 15% crime surcharge.

“I shot both of them.”

That’s what a Davenport homicide suspect says in a video on a cell phone, according to testimony from a Davenport detective who was at the scene of a fire where two bodies were found.

On Feb. 7, 2024, Davenport Police charged 35-year-old Devon B. Braet, 28-year-old Adriana M. Blake (Prieto), and Weber in connection with a 5200 block of Division Street homicide investigation.

Earlier Braet and Blake, both in shackles, appeared together with their attorneys in Scott County Court, where both sat quietly and occasionally conferred with their respective lawyers.

Devon B. Braet, 34, and Adriana M. Blake (Prieto), 27, each face charges of

• two counts of first-degree murder
• second-degree arson
• two counts of abuse of a corpse
• going armed with intent
• unlawful use of a weapon
• two counts of assault while participating in a felon causing serious injury
• possession of a controlled substance.

 Before 4 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, Davenport Police and Fire responded to the 5200 block of North Division Street for a report of a structure fire. Davenport Fire crews arrived on scene to find moderate smoke showing from an apartment and quickly extinguished the fire, according to arrest affidavits and Davenport Police.

During a search of the apartment, firefighters found two people deceased. The origin of the fire and cause of death were considered homicides. The two deceased people have been identified as 44-year-old Brian L. Goodwin and 44-year-old Amy M. Smith.

Police allege Braet and Blake (Prieto) placed a combustible material inside of the residence where the deceased victims were located.The two knowingly acted together “to mutilate the bodies of the victims by the use of fire in an attempt to conceal the crime of murder,” police allege.