Opinion ID: 1943879
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Murder-Based Obstruction Count

Text: After appellant shot the three men, he ran to the gold Nissan Maxima in which Wiseman had been waiting and made the inculpatory statement to her about blowing his clip. Sharon Foxworth, a friend of Wiseman, noticed that soon after the murder she was quiet, drawn to herself... with a worried look on her face. Foxworth also testified that Wiseman said me and my friend killed somebody but then tried to appear to be joking. After Simpson's transfer to the custody of the District of Columbia, Simpson called Wiseman and told her that she should speak to a Detective Bell. Wiseman seemed scared and replied, what [was she] talking about. According to Foxworth, Wiseman seemed particularly tense and scared from December 28, 1996 to January 8, 1997. During one conversation Wiseman told Foxworth she was on vacation; when asked if she was with appellant, she replied, me and my Boo, we're okay. Upon being told that Detective Bell was looking for her, Wiseman replied, whatever anybody tell[s you] about [me], [I] didn't do anything. In a January 8, 1997 conversation, Wiseman told Foxworth that she was coming home to get her daughter for a court date, but she never did so. Two days later, Wiseman called a relative who worked at the Superior Court to inquire as to what was going on with the case of Jamyra. During December, appellant resided primarily at his mother's home near the Maryland border and the Eastover Shopping Center. When appellant's mother told him that the police were looking for him and had searched the house, appellant left the home. On January 11, 1997, the badly burned body of Takiesha Wiseman was found in a large field near the Eastover, Maryland shopping center. She had been shot twice in the back of the head at very short range. Two .380 bullets and cartridge casings were recovered from and around the body. Despite the burning, the body was identified by the medical examiner by fingerprints and a photograph. Appellant slept at the home of a friend, Diana Hewitt, shortly after leaving his mother's home. When Hewitt asked why he was staying with her, appellant responded, whatever [you] don't know won't hurt [you]. On February 4, appellant was arrested at Hewitt's home. Since the triple murder, he had stopped shaving his head, and had grown facial hair. The machine gun used in the triple murder and the .380 caliber gun used to kill Wiseman were recovered among other belongings of appellant during a search of Hewitt's home at the time of appellant's arrest.