WITH HOW INVESTIGATORS SAY
THEY PLANNED THIS OUT GARY ON.
YOU KNOW THE TIME WHEN THIS
HAPPENED IN MONTGOMERY FAMILY
WAS DEVASTATED THAT PLAYED OUT
IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS.
ON THEIR REALITY SHOW ON
THE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK AND
NOW SOME 4 YEARS AFTER IT
HAPPENED IN 2016.
MISS ROBBIE THE OWNER AND
CREATOR OF SWEETIE PIES HER
SON ALLEGEDLY SAID IT ALL UP.
JAMES TIMOTHY NORMAN SEEN
IN THIS MUGSHOT IS NOW CHARGED
WITH CONSPIRACY IN THE MURDER
FOR HIRE DEATH OF THIS NEPHEW,
18 YEAR-OLD ANDRE MONTGOMERY.
FEDERAL COURT DOCUMENTS DETAIL
THE METICULOUS MURDER
HAPPENING ALL IN THE MIDST OF
THE FAMILY FILMING THEIR
POPULAR CABLE TV REALITY SHOW
WELCOME TO SWEETIE PIES THE
SHOW BASED OFF THE POPULAR
SOUL FOOD RESTAURANT IN ST.
LOUIS BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT AT MIGHTY FEDERAL
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MURDER
FOR HIRE STARTS WITH NORMAN
OBTAINING A $450,000 LIFE
INSURANCE POLICY ON HIS NEPHEW
BACK IN 2014 BASS OR TO MARCH
OF 2016. FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS
SAY NORMAN HAD BEEN IN CONTACT
WITH MEMPHIS TENNESSEE EXOTIC
DANCER TO AFRICA L S LEADING
UP TO THE MURDER WITH BOTH
DIVIDING IN ST. LOUIS AT THE
SAME TIME COURT DOCS SHOW
ELLIS AND NORMAN USE PREPAID
CELL PHONES TO COMMUNICATE ON
THE DAY OF THE MURDER BEFORE
LOCATING THE 18 YEAR-OLD
THAT'S WHERE AUTHORITIES SAY
THE GOVERNMENT DOWN ANDRE
MONTGOMERY AND THE 3600 BLOCK
OF NATURAL BRIDGE AVENUE SHOT
IN THE DEATH AROUND 8 '02 IN
THE EVENING. COURT DOCS SAY
ELSE'S PHONE WAS PINGED IN THE
AREA. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE
EXOTIC DANCER FLINT LOUIS BACK
TO MEMPHIS CALLING NORMAN IN
THE PROCESS. DAYS LATER
AUTHORITIES SAY ELLIS DEPOSIT
OVER $9,000 IN CASH. IT TOOK
VARIOUS BANK ACCOUNTS AND
MONTGOMERY CALLED IN TO
COLLECT ON HIS NEPHEW LIFE
INSURANCE POLICY HE SET UP
BOTH MONTGOMERY AND LSR NOW
FEDERALLY CHARGE THE
CONSPIRACY AND THE MURDER FOR
HIRE. MONTGOMERY WAS ARRESTED
IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI AS HE
WAS IN THE PROCESS OF
REOPENING ANOTHER SWEETIE PIES
LOCATION. NOW FOR PERSPECTIVE.
THIS IS NORMAN'S DECEASED
BROTHERS ONLY CHILD.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE
LAWYERS FOR MISS ROBBIE TO GET
A STATEMENT FROM HER HE TOLD
ME THAT SHE IS TOO DISTRAUGHT
TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME. AND WE
RELEASED A STATEMENT WHENEVER
