Re: 10/27/99 - Two brokers killed execution-style in New Jersey
Updated 7:53 PM ET October 27, 1999
COLTS NECK, N.J. (Reuters) - Two stockbrokers were found dead in a pool of blood on a mansion floor in a double execution-style slaying, authorities investigating the case said Wednesday. Authorities said workmen found the bodies of Mair Lehmann, 37, of Woodmere, New York, and Alain Chalem, 41, on Tuesday in the million-dollar, 16-acre mansion where Chalem lived with a girlfriend. They said the men traded penny stocks for investors on the Internet. Prosecutors, who had no suspects yet, were investigating whether the killings were linked to their business. Chalem was shot several times in the head, indicating a struggle, and Lehmann suffered one bullet wound to the back of the neck, Monmouth County Prosecutor John Kaye said. Cellular phones, one hit by gunfire, were found near the bodies. The phones had more than 90 messages on them, many from locations overseas. Kaye said investigators were probing the traders' connections with "people they did business with in an organized way," including people in Russia. Kaye said the brokers were believed to be involved in practices that violated FCC regulations and might have led to the murders. But he said a disgruntled investor was not a likely suspect. "If you lost money trading, you'd want your money. If you kill them, there is no money," Kaye said. Investigators were looking for clues in the business's computer hard drives, cell phone logs and other records.
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