Norfolk买凶杀人案陪审团定罪：Antwan Hue为停付子女抚养费雇凶 当着9岁孩子面枪杀孩子母亲 面临强制终身监禁
美国弗吉尼亚东区联邦陪审团10月28日在该州Norfolk裁定，42岁的Antwan Denetrick Hue共谋买凶杀人、买凶杀人、在贩毒活动中谋杀、共谋制造与分销可卡因四项罪名全部成立。司法部弗吉尼亚东区检察官办公室（USAO）当日公布了裁决结果，Hue面临强制终身监禁，量刑定于2027年3月4日。
据法庭记录与庭审证据，2015年至2019年间，Hue经营一个国际贩毒组织，与36岁的Regina Sade Chen（又名Erica Williams）一道，把多公斤装可卡因从牙买加等加勒比地区进口到美国。两人雇了运送人，其中包括34岁的Kayla Bedessie与33岁的Deshawn Hassan Mercer，负责把可卡因偷运入境、把毒资运出境；Hue本人则频繁往返美国、牙买加与其他加勒比国家，与同伙会面并督管走私运作。
检方指，案件的杀人动机与一笔子女抚养费有关。2016年，Hue申请续办即将到期的美国护照时被告知，因拖欠未成年子女的抚养费、无资格续办。2016年11月，Hue雇Mercer与32岁的同案被告Zquan Leon Steeps去杀害孩子的母亲，相信她死后抚养费义务会永久终止、自己也能续办护照。
2016年12月4日，Mercer、Steeps与已经身亡的Denasha Campbell来到受害人位于Norfolk的住所。Campbell敲门借故要借用受害人的电话，Mercer与Steeps随即强行闯入，当着受害人9岁孩子的面开枪将她杀害，三人随后逃离现场，留下孩子独自拨打911报警。
案发后，Hue得知父母一方死亡后抚养费义务并不会终止。2016年12月24日，他与受害人的母亲谈妥：由外祖母取得其儿子的完全监护权，条件是免除他今后全部抚养费。2018年10月22日，Hue以急需前往牙买加Montego Bay为由，申请并获批续办护照。2019年8月，国土安全部人员在佛罗里达州将Hue逮捕，当时他正试图接收一公斤可卡因。
同案其他被告的处置也已陆续明确。Chen已于2024年8月29日就共谋制造、分销可卡因认罪，面临最低10年、最高终身监禁。Bedessie同日认罪，已于2025年9月8日被判处70个月监禁。Mercer与Steeps已于2024年10月就共谋买凶杀人认罪，两人面临强制最低终身监禁。
宣布裁决的包括弗吉尼亚东区联邦检察官办公室第一助理检察官Theophani K. Stamos、联邦调查局（FBI）里士满外地办事处特别探员主管Ian Kaufmann与国土安全调查局（HSI）华盛顿特区代理特别探员主管Kai Wah Chan，裁决由联邦地区法官Arenda Wright Allen接受。案件由助理联邦检察官Joseph E. DePadilla与Brian J. Samuels起诉，案号为2:24-cr-38，相关法庭文件可经弗吉尼亚东区联邦地区法院网站或PACER系统查询。
Jury Convicts Antwan Hue in Norfolk Murder-for-Hire: Mother Killed Before Her 9-Year-Old Over Child Support, Mandatory Life Awaits
A federal jury in Norfolk, Virginia, convicted Antwan Denetrick Hue, 42, on October 28 of conspiracy to commit murder for hire, murder for hire, murder while engaged in drug trafficking, and conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced. Hue faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison when he is sentenced on March 4, 2027.
According to court records and evidence presented at trial, from 2015 to 2019 Hue managed an international drug trafficking organization. Hue and Regina Sade Chen, also known as Erica Williams, 36, imported multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine into the United States from the Caribbean, including Jamaica, employing transporters including Kayla Bedessie, 34, and Deshawn Hassan Mercer, 33, to smuggle cocaine into and money out of the United States.
When Hue applied in 2016 to renew his expiring U.S. passport, he was told he was not eligible because he owed child support to the mother of his minor child. In November 2016, Hue hired Mercer and co-defendant Zquan Leon Steeps, 32, to murder the mother, believing her death would end the payments and allow him to renew his passport.
On December 4, 2016, Mercer, Steeps and Denasha Campbell, now deceased, went to the victim's home in Norfolk. After Campbell knocked and asked to use the victim's phone, Mercer and Steeps forced their way in and shot and killed the victim in front of her 9-year-old child, then fled, leaving the child to call 911.
After learning that child support obligations survive a parent's death, Hue negotiated on December 24, 2016 for the victim's mother to take full custody of his son in exchange for discharging his support obligations. He obtained a passport renewal on October 22, 2018, and was arrested by Homeland Security agents in Florida in August 2019 as he attempted to take possession of a kilogram of cocaine.
Chen pleaded guilty on August 29, 2024 and faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and up to life in prison. Bedessie pleaded guilty the same day and was sentenced on September 8, 2025 to 70 months in prison. Mercer and Steeps pleaded guilty in October 2024 to conspiracy to commit murder for hire and face a mandatory minimum of life in prison. The case, No. 2:24-cr-38, was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph E. DePadilla and Brian J. Samuels.
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