CNN has reached out to Norman’s Public Defender for comment.
The complaint alleges that Norman colluded with an exotic dancer living in Memphis, Tennessee, and others “to use an intermediary trading facility, namely a cell phone, to commit a murder in exchange for currency from the United States. ”
The dancer has also been charged in the plot, according to the release.
In 2014, Norman received a $ 450,000 life insurance policy on his 18-year-old cousin, Andre Montgomery. Norman was the sole beneficiary, according to the release. In the days before the Montgomery murder, the other suspect communicated with Montgomery and told him she was planning on going to St. Louis.
The day before the Montgomery murder, March 13, 2016, Norman flew to St. Louis. Louis, Missouri, from his home in Los Angeles, California, according to the release.
The next day, the two were in communication using temporary phones that they activated that day, the release said. The female suspect “also used the temporary phone to communicate with Montgomery and learn his physical location.”
After learning of Montgomery’s location, she immediately placed a call to Norman, according to the release.
That same day at 8:02 p.m., Montgomery was shot dead, the release said.
The woman’s “phone information over the phone places her near the murder scene at the time of the murder,” the release said.
After the Montgomery assassination, she placed another call to Norman and traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, according to the release. They also deposited more than $ 9,000 in cash in various bank accounts days after the murder.
A week later, Norman contacted the life insurance company and tried to gather information about the policy he had taken on his cousin, the release said.
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