Does anyone know why Phillip Maybrey (PM) wasn't charged with this murder, at least as an accomplice? It seems to me that Shanita's testimony implicates him as much as LL.
I can't stop thinking about how PM kept saying "I don't recall" and "I lied when I said that."
Ok. Borndem or whoever can help me with this cast of characters.
Who is Rio?
Is Philip the guy with three remaining brain cells who testified yesterday?
Who is TT and what is his involvement?
Thanks!
Rio is Demario Atwater. He was Shanita's BF back in '08. Demario and Laurence Lovette (aka "Alvin") killed Eve Carson, a UNC student, in a similar murder (kidnap, ATM, then execution). He's in federal prison forever.
Philip is the guy who testified yesterday whose memory kept escaping him but who was allegedly with Lovette during the night of Mahato's murder. He lived in the same apt with Atwater and Shanita. It was Philip's mother's (Peggy's) apartment.
TT is Philip's sister and (former?) friend of Shanita. She ALSO lived in the same apt with Philip and Shanita. TT is subpoenaed for this trial, but was a no-show yesterday, so they have a warrant for her arrest and search going on for her. (Hope she's ok.)
I think I got all that correctly. Is that clear as mud?
But the jurors who must decide if Lovette is guilty of first-degree murder in Mahato's death weren't present Tuesday for Love's testimony, which also included details about Lovette's involvement in Carson's shooting death on March 5, 2008.
Carson's death will be part of the trial, but the judge has not decided how much information the jury will hear about that crime. Defense attorneys wanted it left out altogether, but the state has said it's necessary to show Lovette's "pattern of violent behavior."
Read more at http://www.wral.com/state-s-key-wit...tudent-s-murder/13830061/#3AZEGPh7tDauDvdD.99