AP — An investigation into killing of a man whose grandmother's St. The slain man's uncle, James Timothy Norman, of Jackson, Mississippi, and an alleged co-conspirator, Terica Ellis, of Memphis, Tennessee, were arrested earlier this week on charges alleging they were involved in a murder-for-hire plot that led to the shooting death of year-old Andre Montgomery near a St. Louis park four years ago. The U. Louis announced Thursday that in addition to the murder-for-hire charge Norman was already facing, a grand jury charged him and year-old Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam, of St.
Louis, with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. Norman, now 41, became the sole beneficiary of of his nephew's life insurance policy in , according to prosecutors.
Montgomery was shot to death on March 14, , near Fairground Park in St. Norman and Ellis — described by prosecutors as an exotic dancer — each face a federal charge of conspiring to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder-for-hire, resulting in death.
Authorities have not said who they believe shot the victim, but Yaghnam is not charged in the shooting. Prosecutors allege that the day before the killing, Norman flew to St.
Louis from Los Angeles, where he was living at the time, and Ellis arrived from Memphis. They say the two communicated using temporary cellphones activated that day. The complaint said that immediately following the shooting, Ellis placed another call and then began traveling back to Memphis.
