'He had an affair with his secretary and got caught, and she hired people to kill me to keep me from testifying about it,' Mrs. Latham said in a July 12 affidavit. United States v. Keita, 742 F.3d 184, 189 (4th Cir.2014). Nancy Latham, the state lottery commission official who was targeted in a murder-for-hire scheme, has named her husband as a defendant in a civil lawsuit seeking damages for emotional distress.. But by the time the couple's two daughters, Emily and Madison, had reached their teens, the family had drifted apart. Happier times: Christopher Latham, pictured with his wife, Nancy in 2010, has been charged with conspiring to kill her in a murder-for-hire plot, Following his arrest, Latham's wife, Nancy, expressed relieve that the alleged plot on her life has been uncovered in time, but called the ordeal 'heart-breaking.'. On August 6, 2013, a grand jury returned a superseding indictment against appellants Moore and Latham, as well as Wilkinson and Palmer. The 50-year-old former banker was hauled into U.S. District Court in Charleston to face charges that he participated in an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting his estranged wife. J.A. Moore and Latham contend that the district court abused its discretion in admitting Yenawine's statements under the trustworthiness portion of this standard. Terms of Use | On Dateline NBC, Nancy Latham will describe the moment Charleston, South Carolina, investigators informed her that someone was planning to kill her. In this consolidated appeal, Moore and Latham challenge their convictions, arguing that the district court constructively amended the indictment through erroneous jury instructions and improperly admitted hearsay and character evidence. "He said, 'Well, he's dead.' "But once he was going to maybe write him a ticket, Aaron started telling him about a plot he knew about a murder for hire, and the officer quickly realized he should search the car, and when the officer found the gun inside the car, he then arrested Aaron Wilkinson," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathan Williams. She credits him for saving her life before Chris Latham could carry out his sinister plan. , Post and Courier, an Evening Post Publishing Newspaper Group. First, Moore and Latham assert that the district court improperly admitted out-of-court statements made by Samuel Yenawine. 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She was the former wife of Thomas W. Latham. Investigators have recovered video footage and receipts tying Yenawine to the phone purchases, and video and bank records showing Moore withdrawing funds and purchasing MoneyGrams to pay the hired killers, Boykin testified. In June, Mr Latham said in an affidavit that his wife has been on a mission to destroy him and ruin his career, leaving him without a job, without money and without any prospects of employment. It is irresponsible to maliciously and gratuitously malign others in the name of advocacy.. Only testimonial statements are excludable under the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause, Dargan, 738 F.3d at 650, and we have held that statements by one prisoner to another are clearly nontestimonial. Id. 804(b)(3). Investigators determined that the envelope contained a hit packet with information related to the plot to murder Nancy Cannon, including printed maps with handwritten notes; personal information about Cannon, her family, her schedule, her vehicle, and her daily routine; and photographs of Cannon, her residence, and one of her daughters. See Fed.R.Evid. Waiting for your permission to load facebook comments. Wendy Moore, Latham's ex-girlfriend, was found guilty of four charges in connection to the murder-for-hire plot where prosecutors say Latham and Moore hired Moore's ex-husband and another man in April of 2013 to kill Cannon. I got a call about 9:30 at night from Joe Boykin, who said 'We want to let you know your husband has been arrested and thank you for helping us find him,' and my husband happened to be in the car with Joe at that time when he said that, so i am sure that kind of got Chris's goat.". Reach Glenn Smith at 937-5556 or Twitter.com/glennsmith5. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Chris was a successful corporate banker and shared two daughters with his wife Nancy. Born Feb. 27, 1944, in Fort Wayne, she was a daughter of the late William and Margaret (nee Dague) Russell. Nancy Latham and her daughters kept a low profile after police alerted them about the alleged plot. Nor did Murdaugh appear to be covered in blood, though he had told dispatchers he had touched Maggie and Paul Murdaughs bodies while checking for signs of life, those officers continued. Wilkinson pled guilty and Palmer entered a pretrial diversion program. Moore filed a motion in limine seeking to exclude Yenawine's statements. He remains incarcerated. Moore is accused of hiring Yenawine to do the job, and he, in turn, contracted Wilkinson's services to watch his back, Senior Agent Joseph Boykin of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has testified. We sit in the house with the lights out and we stay away from the windows, with cameras surrounding us, she said. Yenawine hanged himself June 25 inside his cell at the Georgetown County jail. Nancy was a member of Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church, Fort Wayne. If Latham had not been found guilty of the one charge, Cannon said it may have given her ex-husband incentive for him to attempt to kill her again, and be a "little bit smarter" about it. But Nancy says behind their picture-perfect family was a dark secret. They asked her if she knew anyone who would want to see her dead. In its closing instructions, the court read aloud the critical portions of the indictment, which charged only travel, and it expressly cautioned that the appellants were not on trial for any act or crime not contained in the indictment, J.A. She started her company, Wistful Children, in 1989 and attended the American International Toy Fair in New York for many years. Meet the people in Dateline NBC's Murder & Magnolias podcast. "It was a deputy U.S. Marshall saying, 'Is Sam Yenawine your prisoner?' Yelverton said Chris Latham and his spokesmen had re-victimized Nancy Latham with their statements that now fall flat in the wake of his arrest. They both came in and sat down and said Do you know of anyone that would want to hurt you? Aaron Wilkinson: That is when Aaron yielded that he was to be a hitman close by 38-year-old Samuel Sammy Yenawine, whod given him the parcel in any case and consented to a secret call to check his cases. Investigators later linked the contents of the hit packet to appellants Latham and Moore. They try every day to find something to be grateful and joyful about and they listen to people talk about life returning to normal one day. Prosecutors have not divulged the evidence they have compiled against Chris Latham, but Nancy Latham's attorney, Matt Yelverton, said he has been led to believe it is significant and there are a lot of smoking guns.. Once they found Nancy and her daughters, there was no time to waste. Left to die alone like an animal: Parents who left 23-stone disabled daughter to die in her own filth are Holiday home owners in Scotland face new SNP tax hike under plans from front-runner to be new First Scotland should just self-identify as an independent country, one SNP member proposed. Likewise, Count Three charged that the appellants, as principals, aiders and abettors, and as co-participants in jointly undertaken criminal activity, unlawfully and willfully traveled in and caused another to travel in interstate and foreign commerce, to wit, travel between Kentucky and South Carolina, with intent that a murder be committed for compensation. Wilkinson revealed to the police that he and his former prison cellmate, Samuel Yenawine, were involved in a murder-for-hire plot targeting Nancy Latham. Christie Jacksons Attempted Murder: Where Are Vinson and Linda Cowan Now. Winds light and variable. Prosecutors say that Samuel Yenawine, also known as Sammy, planned to kill Nancy Latham for Wendy Moore and Chris Latham. But feds don't necessarily need her statement. Yenawines attorney, William Butler, argued that his client could be trusted on home detention in Kentucky. We should mention that his now ex-wife, Nancy Cannon, a real estate agent and a state lottery official, has since gotten back to her feet. Nancy Latham suspected that her husband was having an affair, and she was correct. At FindLaw.com, we pride ourselves on being the number one source of free legal information and resources on the web. The disgraced executive chose to retire in May. Section 1958(a), the Government must prove a defendant, one, traveled or caused another to travel in interstate commerce [or] use[d], or cause[d] another person to use the mail or any facility in interstate commerce; second, with the intent that a murder be committed; third, as consideration for the receipt or promise to pay anything of pecuniary value. The comments below have not been moderated. Just Friday @dateline_keith and Sunday @dateline_keith thinking it's going to be a very Morrison Mystery #Dateline weekend pic.twitter.com/qfKXLO4HqF, Dateline NBC (@DatelineNBC) May 25, 2017. Charleston, SC 29403, News tips/online questions: newstips@postandcourier.com, Delivery/subscription questions: subserve@postandcourier.com, var html = new Date().getFullYear(); At the very least, the recording proved the two were connected. I said What do you mean hurt me? Beloved wife of John, cherished mother of Kaitlyn, Grace and Lily. 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