A 65-year-old man has just been found guilty of murdering his ex-wife’s divorce lawyer. To cover up the crime, he then set fire to his victim’s office.
Gwinnett County, Georgia, was the scene of a macabre incident at the end of 2022. Master Doug Lewis, a lawyer specializing in divorces, was found dead in the middle of his office that morning. Both the office and the body suffered significant damage following a violent fire. However, investigators quickly discover that thebecause of death is not fire : but several bullets, fired right into the head of the victim. Doug Lewis died long before the fire was started, and her killer tried to cover up the crime.
The culprit does not take long to be found. A witness to the scene will put the police on the trail of a 65-year-old man, Allen Tayeh. The latter’s truck is parked in the driveway, right next to Lewis’s. His car keys were also found next to the victim’s body. In the suspect’s vehicle, gasoline cans are found, the same people who were used to light the fire in the cabinet. Allen Tayeh is located, on the run, less than a kilometer from the crime scene. The Lawrenceville police lieutenant, in charge of the case, tells the New York Post “He had burns on his pants, singed hair.” The man also still had the murder weapon.
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A financial motive
To understand what could have led Allen Tayeh to commit this crime, it is necessary to know that for more than a year, the65-year-old man and his wife are going through a divorce. Tayeh lost the case, and must pay, by court order, his wife’s lawyer’s fees. These costs are due directly to the representative of the latter: master Doug Lewis. Unwilling or unable to pay this amount, Tayeh would have decided to assassinate Lewis. He takes action barely a week before a new court appearance, precisely linked to this default in payment.
Allen Tayeh was tried for the murder of Lewis on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. He pleaded guilty, and received the heaviest sentence possible in this state of the United States : life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. All this was accompanied by an additional sentence of five years. Since the announcement of the judgment, tributes have been pouring in about Master Lewis. One of his colleagues, Phil McCurdy testifies at the microphone of KENS, relayed by the New York Post : “I never heard him raise his voice. I never saw him lose his temper. I’ve never seen him treat anyone with anything but respect. (…) I do not know anyone who did not respect him as a colleague, as a professional or as a human being.”
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