William Weaver  Weaver_WilliamCase Facts: On July 8, 1987,
Charles Taylor was supposed to appear in U.S. District Court in
St. Louis to testify against Charles Shurn, whom authorities
considered an area drug dealer. It never happened.  On the
morning of July 6, two men confronted Taylor, 48, outside his
home in the Mansion Hills Condominiums in Normandy, a St. Louis
suburb; chased him across a putting green and shot him.
Witnesses said the pair got into a car but the car stopped and
one of its occupants got out and shot Taylor again. The victim
was shot six times in the head and once each in the stomach and
arm.  Police caught one man, Daryl Shurn, nearby and a second
suspect, William Weaver, running in neighboring Pasadena Hills,
about a mile from Taylor’s murder. Daryl Shurn is Charles
Shurn’s brother. Daryl Shurn is serving a life sentence after
his death penalty conviction was set aside.  Authorities said
Weaver was a hitman hired by the Shurns to silence a federal
witness. Weaver claimed he was out joggi