In a recent development, another culprit of James Timothy Norman’s murder-for-hire plot has been uncovered. Waiel “Wally” Yaghnam, the St. Louis record producer responsible for Nelly’s 2002 hit album Nellyville, has been connected to the death of Robbie Montgomery’s grandson.
What We Know:
- According to a criminal complaint, the former OWN reality series Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s star, was charged on Tuesday with “conspiracy to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder-for-hire,” which ended up resulting in death.
- Federal prosecutors have accused 42-year-old Yaghnam, “a music producer-turned insurance agent,” of working with Timothy Norman in order to fraudulently collect money from a life insurance policy. The victim, his own 21-year-old nephew, Andre Montgomery Jr.
- Prosecutors revealed that Yaghnam was the very insurance agent who helped Norman. He now faces charges such as wire and mail fraud after his part in falsifying statements and responses on applications used to retrieve said life insurance money.
- Some evidence uncovered by federal authorities revealed Norman’s plot as a way to obtain $450,000 from a life insurance policy on his nephew, Andre Montgomery, back in 2014. Norman was marked as the sole beneficiary of that money.
- Yaghnam, along with Terica Ellis and Norman, activated temporary phones to communicate and execute their plan. It was reported that these phones helped them lock onto Montgomery’s location. As soon as Montgomery’s was found, Ellis immediately called Norman after the shooting.
- Ellis later traveled to Memphis, Tennessee. After some time passed, she allegedly deposited thousands of dollars in cash into various bank accounts. On March 21, 2016, a little over two years after the crime, Norman got in touch with Yaghnam at the life insurance company and collected the nearly half a million on the policy.
Authorities have yet to say who ended up shooting the victim, as this case has slowly been unraveled, but as far as Yaghnam is concerned, he has not been charged for the murder itself.
