Did a Md. man order a hit on his uncle to keep him from testifying in court?

By Lynh Bui June 29 at 8:52 AM 
 

The trial of a man who prosecutors say ordered a hit on his uncle to evade a possible murder conviction is expected to start on Monday in Prince George’s County.

Brian C. Mayhew, 23, has been charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly made a series of jailhouse phone calls instructing two other men to murder Nicoh Mayhew, 26. Two other men have also been charged with first degree murder: Stanley Winston, 24, and Anthony Cannon, 26. Both Winston and Cannon are accused of carrying out Nicoh Mayhew’s slaying while Brian Mayhew was in jail.

Prosecutors accuse Brian Mayhew of ordering the execution of his uncle in order to cover up his role in the 2011 fatal shootings of Sean Ellis, 24 and Anthony McKelvin, 28. Prosecutors said Brian Mayhew had planned to burn Ellis’s and McKelvin’s bodies but no one had a match.

In grand jury proceedings, Nicoh Mayhew said that at his nephew’s request, he brought gas and bleach to the scene where Ellis and McKelvin were later found dead. Nicoh Mayhew was set to testify against his nephew but was slain outside of a Capitol Heights apartment building in December 2012. He was shot in the head while carrying his 2-year-old son just months before the trial in Ellis and McKelvin’s killings was set to begin.

Despite missing Nicoh Mayhew as a key witness, a jury convicted Brian Mayhew of first-degree murder in February 2014.

Mayhew, Winston and Cannon will all be tried together in proceedings that are expected to last about two weeks.

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Just like my coworkers from the Patent and Trademark Office did the same to me in a failed attempt beheading (see pic) such the EEOC case again them would go away.